Hi Guys,
Thanks for the guidance given to us how to build and first I read each and every post then i started to order the Stuff...
I Live in Sri Lanka. COLOMBO is the central town here. I live at Wickramasinghepura, Battaramulla.
(That’s about 12KM from Colombo) I found the Lamp From Pettah Market (Colombo) as a complete set.This is Me
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Our Currency is Not US $ but Rupees For your Easy Reference for Prices I will Indicate How Much is a Dollar $ In Rupees.
1US$ = 116 Sri Lankan Rupees
Here Are the Parts that i got For my Projector
• LG 1752 S Flat Screen Monitor
Specs 8MS, Response Time
1600:1, Dot Pitch
Cost 23,000 Rupees (198 $ Roughly)
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• The Lamp is Made in Germany and it came as a Complete Set With the Coil Ballast
400W / 9300k MH Lamp laugh.gif laugh.gif
Cost 9,000 Rupees (77.50 $ Roughly)
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• The Box, I Built it Ma self Make Sure u use a Glue to Glue the box and then put Screws. I didn’t
do it Exactly to Lumen Lab Meshaments. the reason behind this was I thought of adding a
couple of inches More to the Box so the Bulb will have more room , as a result less heat so what
I did was made the box in ply wood and I placed 2 layers of wood protective sealer to the box
once that was done Added a Court of ARALDITE GLUE to all the Bonding arias such as the
corners of the box. After words made the necessary holes using a jigxo cutter. Later Placed thin
Aluminum sheets with Tin-tex nails in side the box where the Bulb is placed so the bulb heat
wont harm the wooden box. Once all that is done painted Dulux Mat Black Paint inside the
Box ,For the Out side I Had to Apply 3 Courts of Primer and Sand it using sand paper to get a
good Finishing once that was done Painted it with Dulux Gloss Black Paint. Out side and inside
was Painted 3 Courts Each with the mentioned Paint. To do all that and Make the Box it Cost ed
me a total of
Cost 11,200 Rupees (96.50 $ Roughly) laugh.gif laugh.gif
• Lances Kit With Projector Triplet From Lumen Lab Pro Reflector,
2 Fans , Fan Vibration Dampers ,Fan Covers Etc With Shipping. From Lumen Lab
Cost 18,328 Rupees (158 $ Roughly) laugh.gif laugh.gif
• Got A Small Computer Stand Free From My Brother To Mount my Projector. (Thanks Dasun )
• 7’’ Elbow PVC Bend for the Exhaust Fans, 2 Hangers to fix the projector bottom to the Computer
Table, Silicone Glue, Wires ,Switches ,Connectors,
• Making The Screen [2 L Of Gray Paint (Master pallet Custom Made) ,500g of plaster Paris, 1 L of
Binder Glue ,Roller Brush ,Paint Tray ,Small Brush to paint Borders, Acrylic Sticker Sheets (150
Sheets 12” Into 8” Sheets) Black Border Paint 1 L
Method : - Clean the wall With a Soft piece of Cloth Once cleaned
Apply a layer of Binder Glue by a brush to the wall.
Let it get Dry then carefully mark the aria to apply the
Sticker Sheets .I my self Made a Screen of 9 Feet in to
12 Feet 180 INCH Diagonal Screen Place the Sheets
on the wall and apply a glue Court on top of them then
once dry fill the patches with plaster Paris and sand
paper it to get the proper level once done clean it with a
damp cloth and apply a glue court again. Now apply at
least 8 layers Courts of paint by a roller brush me of
cause I painted 14 Courts Still I didn’t drew the Black
border the results were outstanding.
Cya....
Chamal