Homage Tektronix Circuit Computer: Minimally Viable Product, Pickett Variation

Tek Circuit Computer - MVP - Pickett Edition - front — Tek Circuit Computer – MVP – Pickett Edition – front

The yellow decks may not be authentic, but they definitely look nice; think of it as an homage to Pickett’s Eye-Saver Yellow slipsticks.

The rear has my how-to-operate hints:

Tek Circuit Computer - MVP - Pickett Edition - back — Tek Circuit Computer – MVP – Pickett Edition – back

Laser-printing on “inkjet” paper worked fine, although this isn’t fancy Gloss-coated Brochure paper, and the text looks like it should.

The cursor sports a two-pass hairline scribed at 330 g and filled with Lacquer-Stick paint:

Tek CC - Milled PETG cursor - Lacquer-Stik hairline — Tek CC – Milled PETG cursor – Lacquer-Stik hairline

This time, I had the clear film on top!

Although the picture doesn’t do it justice, the scales are in blue ink, which looks better against the yellow background. I suppose I could do custom colors:

Pilot V5RT cartridge - ink levels — Pilot V5RT cartridge – ink levels

The line width has decreased as the ink level drops: 0.3 mm on yellow card stock and 0.2 mm on glossy white brochure paper. I don’t know if they’re supposed to work like that, but, for this application, narrower lines are definitely better.

Comments

2 responses to “Homage Tektronix Circuit Computer: Minimally Viable Product, Pickett Variation”

2020-04-16

Pickett 110-ES Circular Slide Rule Manual: Scanning Thereof | The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning

[…] mostly finished futzing with the Homage Tektronix Circuit Computer, my Pickett 110-ES Circular Slide Rule once again came to […]
2020-04-22

Tek Circuit Computer: Water Test | The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning

[…] Advisory: your shiny new Homage Tektronix Circuit Computer is not waterproof, so don’t use it in the […]