I've talked to Tony about the process. They have to have a 100% good face to obtain a photographic image of the printing. They make a correctly sized pattern from that. Unfortunately, even on the same model, there are variations, so he has three or four patterns for just a 2230. And then the fabrication requires four different companies to perform various steps in the process - and most of them have a sizable minimum order. This is why a one-off or even a few pieces are not financiallly practical to do. You need a unit that has quite a bit of demand for the process to be feasible.
That would give you silver printing on a silver background. Even if it could be done, I'm not sure you would have anything usable when you were finished. And, like I said above, none of these are financially feasible unless there is significant demand because the only way to keep the price down is to have several thousand dollars worth made at the same time.
AK member Aaron99 got info from Tony about how he had those faceplates made. Then he bought much of the equipment to make them himself. He sells extremely nice silver and black brushed aluminum faceplates at vintagehifiaudio.com. So, are you saying you heard that Bob passed away, or were you just wondering? He has several units belonging to AK members, and they have been looking for them for a couple of years. Very little has been heard from him during that time.
