Gday All,
just though I would share my first attempt with all you kind folk...

Please note Pic's are better in life, they are bright and clear, Screen size is 3.6m in diagnal or (11' 3/4") for our over seas freinds.....

BTY she has a TV tuner internal...

sweet!

here are some more to give you a better idea of size.

wow...i hope mine will come out lookin that good...can u list some specs and parts u used and maybe some more pics of the projector itself

Looks awesome. thanks for sharing the results. I can't wait to get mine going.

I will get some internal pic's later, and do a spec list for you all... this would have to be the best project that I have ever taken on, sad thing is I build this one for my brother as I can efford the parts yet, and he lacks the skills in some areas (if there is a nice way of saying that)

make another one, paint it white, and call it white power.

That's a good one

Hey Bret

Looking very nice..once u get a proper screen set up you'll be

Can u post a few more PJ specific shots so we can see your build?
It looks like you have an extra fan above the LCD area. Have you three fans in all or just one for the light chamber>?

Gday All,
Sorry i have not gotten back with inside photo's still working on it. I must say I had a MOVIE night this saturday just gone and set the screen up better, I projected an Image 4100mm Diagnal man it was huge and guess what I could have made it bigger, clear as a bell, every one who attended were in awe of the
prodjector, I dont have pic's as I was hoping one of my mates the came would have brought his camera but he forgot...............

More soon..

I helped with the final stages of bretts projector, and in answer to your question, yes that is a third fan on top of the LCD - 120mm AC fan, to blow air in, and the two on the back to suck it out.

Sits nicely at around 34 degrees C....

I believe the white panther is on it's way... to my house!!

Gday All Sorry for taking so long to get back will inside pic's but here they are.


This is pre alloy heat shielding installed in rear section.


This little puppy is a Dyna-link plug and go TV tuner, that I have stripped to put into front of projector you can pug S-video, component, PC screen cable- sorry don't know the correct name of plug. In this one you can also see the focusing tube.


Front of projector, Focusing Lens, I have a lot of adjustment in the lens bigger and smaller there is also a small perspex window for remote control for TV tuner.

Here we have the Lamp and $3 S/S salad bowl, transformer, Bridge rectifier for fans and TV tuner... Thanks for the help Peter from (Jaycar Albury) 400w Metal-halide choke. Please note all these components are now covered by Heat sheld



Last one, a bit of an over view, Note that the heat Shields are not in place and there is a piece of thin MDF for air diversion to go in just past the 2nd fres.




Thanks Lumenlabs for a Great product and a building community of great people.......
This would have to be the best thing that I have ever made.... and totally enjoyed every minute of it. Now all I need to do is Build one for myself as this one I build for my brother that tried the Fresnel's in front of the TV product.......

Great project.
Do you have any closeups of the I/O ports located on the rear of your PJ? It looks very clean.

Gday, here is a pick of rear of prodjector mate.

thats amazing...i was wondering if u could give a list of things u used. Im especially interested in the back panel u have set up with the switches and plugs

Gday, the parts came from Jaycar.


1 @ PS-0376 4 pin mini din/s-vhs panel socket $2.15.
1 @ PS-0628 75 OHM metal chassis mount socket $1.85.
1 @ PS-0259 gold-plated red RCA Socket $1.15.
1 @ PS-0260 gold-plated yellow RCA Socket $1.15.
1 @ PS-0258 gold-plated black RCA Socket $1.15.
1 @ PP-4003 chassis male with switch & fuse $5.90.
1 @ PS-4106 IEC power lead $8.50.
2 @ sk-0962 Red Illuminated Round Actuator SPDT $2.65.

Alloy 50mm x 350mm hand polished by me.... Alloy approx cost $10

Link to the Australian web site for Jaycar.

http://www1.jaycar.com.au/

I hope this helps you out.

is it possible to show some more detailed pictures of your wiring job?or describe it

If you paint your aluminum flashing black, you may reduce some glare inside the pj and improve your brightness a bit more. Very sharp looking pj.

which monitor did u use?

Great projector!

What reflector did you use and where did you get it from? Also why are your fans upside down?

Thanks.

The LCD is a Benq 567v2.

The reflector is a cheap salad bowl from 2 dollar shop It dose have a flat bottom but I dont find it a problem at all.


The reason for putting the fans upside down was to push the heat up instead of blowing it down over the back of the unit. Also with the unit possably beening mounted on the celing I didnt want a hot curtain of air blowing bown into peoples faces...

couple of more pic's to give poeple a Sizing, sorry about the quality of the pic

where did you get your black focusing cylinder that your triplets sit in?

I made it

Items:

Sub port
100mm PVC
small piece of timber that f/lens sits in.
counter sunk screws to hold timber into place.
Spray flat black.
after dry spray with silicone spray for it to glide, for easier focusing

I hope this helps

NEW Prodjector comming soon..... this one is going to be a bueaty.........

COOL! Can't wait!

You sir, are insane...

Why's that slick?

ok all,

here are some pic's of the New projector, Not finished yet.

Also sorry for the pic's in this thread not appering as I changed Isp and lost all pic's I will as some stage get them back up.

Hope you like thease pic's

Humm m I tried to attach pic's to this post and they didn't work ??
Any suggestions

Were the pictures too big? That was my problem and someone told me how to shrink em.

Here the link to the response.

Beekeeper Gallery

cool thanks for that I'll give it ago....

Ok trying for a pic.

And this.

and another

OK this is the First shots of this massive projector....
Its a Coffee table, with projector installed into it, but that's not all. This puppy is a hamburger with the lot.
It will have its own built in PC, with High def gpix card. 7" Touch screen LCD on side, key board draw, with light above it (Back lite out of LCD monitor) auto cool down and off, so that you don't have to wait for things to cool down, and she can also hold 80 of your favourite DVD also with its own illumination.
The top will be made out of mini orb, sheet of glass and also have bule ccfl illumination (very efective)

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and again. I hope Im not boring you!!??

more, this is it for now we have been working on it for months(when we get time, you know how it is) and we are on the final straight, I will keep you all posted

PC test, 7" LCD test.

So what do you all think im interested to get some feed back????

i think it looks amazing!! well done
how much have you, will you spend??/

i think about $2000 so far, incl everything - but we shouldn't have to spend much more..... Thats Australian Dollars

Looks nice. I cant wait to see it all finished. I like the keyboard tray.

Well after 3 and 1/2 months part time of course...... She is finished.

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