ok ive got everything but the lighting. going to go ahead and make my box so i can get my lcd seated asap(dont like it sitting in the closet). starting with roughing out the press board an a table saw then going to machine everything out on a cnc machine. hopefully ive drawn everything up right in autocad . still got some designing to do but at least im making chips. this is my cousin doing the sawing. im not that strong of a sawer!!!

im going to post as i go tonight so bare with me

this is how i thought the air vent might work good....not sure though. trying to keep the light in while letting air enter.

trying to get my pics smaller sorry about that

machining the internal frame cuz is working it as i deligate

another pic too large ill fix it tomorrow.

HOLY WOODWORKING TOOLS BATMAN!

Dukemd4

those are sweet pics!

what camera are you using?

Is that a cnc machine man...... what ever it is nice workshop

wish i had tools like that.

Can you explain how you doing the air vents, pictures shows you are grooving on MDF for air vent seems like you are doing some thing deferent from any other PJ Box hope this works out good

dr bev, its a nikon coolpix 775. i like it too cant wait to get some screen shots with it.

i have a main frame thats going to hold everything. on the lid there is 6 grooves that will travel from the sides around to the inlet slot then thru the inlet slot thats cut in the top of the frame. ive got a pocket milled at the bottom of the isolation glass to allow the air to get in the light chamber. i thought doing it this way might keep light in and still get the air delivered to the right area. not sure yet. heres a pic of the lid and the main frame.

got it somewhat tweeked in heres the first pic...

the dots are from the camera not sure why its doing that but the picture looks really good

another pic madden 2004....

ill also try to get some better pics to show. these dont do it justice.

How's the cooling channel thing working out?

~DM~

Hey, you gotta take out Rickey Williams out of that last picture....He's Retired! Off to spend his day smoking up.

Forget Madden! I just picked up ESPN NFL 2K5 for a cool $20.

sure glad i didnt buy that williams jersy i saw. hows that espn game? graphics as good?

dm.....the cooling channels seem to bog down the fan. if i was going to try to keep that design i would need alot more channels but for now i added the 3/8 slot to the top. im not loosing as much light as i thought i would. i was having some bad light getting thru the triplet because in my design i didnt completely frame the fresnels or the lcd. i put some electrical tape around them and i have perfect borders now . still need to work on my bowl. think if i move it more toward the light ill get even a brighter picture. cant be more pleased with what ive got so far.

ive already shown this pic before but im just trying to get my posted pics smaller. sorry about that.

you can go to the prvious post and replace the pics by selecting edit post and then replace the old pics with the resized ones.