Re: Identifying and Adapting Meters

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Original poster: "Paul B. Brodie" <pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Dave,
I guess it really comes down to how often you think you would have a need 
for such a program. I have drawn plenty of meter faces with India ink and 
drafting stencils and it hardly cost me a dollar. Like I said, this is a 
very nice program and it works like a charm while being intuitive and easy 
to use. If you are into making a lot of meters or modifying salvaged ones, 
I suppose $24.95 isn't so bad. For someone like me with an occasional 
requirement for a new face on a salvaged meter, no way. My $.02. Regards.
Paul
Think Positive

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Subject: Re: Identifying and Adapting Meters

> Original poster: David Speck 
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> Paul,
>
> I guess it's a matter of preference.  You can pay more than $25.00 for one
> good quality meter, even used.  If you want something with a custom scale,
> you will pay waaaay more than that from a commercial supplier.
> OTOH, one $25 investment will let you make as many meters as you need, not
> to mention that it will save you time to do even one, compared with setting
> it up in a CAD program.
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> My $0.02
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> Dave
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>>Tonne Software offers a trial version of the Meter program for free
>>download. It is good for 10 uses and then the print function is disabled.
>>I downloaded a copy and it is definitely a really fine piece of software.
>>It is very functional and intuitive and easy to use. It creates
>>exceptional meter faces of almost any configuration you can think of up to
>>4 scales on a single face plate. I still believe that $24.95 is too high
>>and that they should have kept to the $10 price.
>>They also have some other interesting technical software for electronics
>>hobbyists available on their web site. Some of this software is free.
>>http://www.tonnesoftware.com/
>>
>>Paul
>>Think Positive
>>
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>> > Original poster: David Speck
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>> > List,
>> > You can download the meter scaling program at:
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<<http://www.tonnesoftware.com/meter.html>http://www.tonnesoftware.com/meter.html>http://www.tonnesoftware.com/meter.html>http://www.tonnesoftware.com/meter.html 

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>> > Pretty nice program for $10.00
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>> > Dave
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>> > Tesla list wrote:
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>> >>Original poster: Yurtle Turtle
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>> >>I'd be interested in the link. I did a Google and
>> >>checked on shareware.com, but didn't find it.
>> >>
>> >>thanks
>> >>Adam
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