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chris_columbia · May 28, 2022

mwr4440 said: ↑

I had two made.
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Mark, your graphics are a perfect match for converting the "Veglia Bressel" gauge I show in picture a couple posts back, without using a different resistor to adjust needle position. Can you share the graphics? Or at least let us know where you where able to find the correct font? Would make this project really easy for anyone going forward.

Brian A · May 28, 2022

chris_columbia said: ↑

I'm resurrecting this 7yr old thread...because I finally made some progress(actually just started today). Also, I have a few ideas that may help others who want to do something similar.

A couple things I've learned:
1. The earlier 308's have a slightly different "Veglia" text size from the later 80-85.
2. The case diameter on all the Veglia 52mm gauges with the left-to-right needle sweep appear to be universal. Meaning you can pry the case ring off and swap the internals and bezels between gauges. This is true of gauges marked "Veglia Bressel" and "Veglia Borletti"
3. All the 308 accessory gauges(the small gauges), are basically voltmeters. Meaning the gauge sees a voltage and the needle moves. They all have a single soldered resistor that can be changed to another value to "set" the position of the needle. For example: you can take a fuel gauge and change the resistor to 4kohms to make it a volt meter where 13V is applied and the needle goes to the center of the range.
4. The cheapest(and simplest) way to make a voltmeter is to use the bezel from the clock or any other gauge(I got mine from Ferrparts), and put it on a Veglia voltmeter(see pictures)
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This is super cool. The gauge is beautifully done.

mwr4440 · May 28, 2022

chris_columbia said: ↑

Mark, your graphics are a perfect match for converting the "Veglia Bressel" gauge I show in picture a couple posts back, without using a different resistor to adjust needle position. Can you share the graphics? Or at least let us know where you where able to find the correct font? Would make this project really easy for anyone going forward.
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Chris,

Happy to help.

The POC who did all the work is in this thread.

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