I just joined this site, briefly looked over the plans, and looked at the finished results, and i have to say this seems very realistic and worth the time and money used, but it does look complicated. I was just wondering from the people who have finished these projects, is this projector project somewhat easy to do? are there any tips that you can offer? Any things to avoid or focus on? I appreciate any input. Thank you.

BRYAN: First of all, welcome to LL. In my opinion it can be fairly simple by following the basic design, but as you go along you will then find yourself adding your ideas into the project whereby adding more to the challenge. Bottom line, it all depends how much you want to put into it so set your goals and stick with it.

Also, read on this thread. There are some good advises there. http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7835&hl=
sim

Thank you very much

Welcome Bryan,

Like Sim said, the build is fairly simple as long as you read, read, and then read the forums some more. There is a ton of information in these forums and alot of people that are willing to help you along the way. Basic carpentry, and basic understanding of electricity skills will be helpful. But if you are the DIY type of person than you will be able to figure out.

Good luck,
BoomerBrian

Funny thing, my grandfather is a carpenter, of which i have worked with him on many projects, and i am also an electrician and go to school for computer network engineering, i think this is going to be a fun and realitvely easy build.

If that is the case then it should be pretty easy for you. Just be sure and take your time when stripping the lcd.

Any other precautions about the LCD besides taking my time? I have been reading the forums a lot and have found that they seem to break very very easily, along with scratch. Any tips from personal experience or what you have read would be great.

I personally don't think the lcds are that fragile. Some people are just really rough with them and handle them incorrectly or have some kind of accident while handling them. You do need to be careful with the ffc cables and the edge connectors that connect the lcd to the controller board. As long as you don't put stress on these cables you should be OK. The lcd I have in my PJ was actually stripped twice. I bought it used from another LL member that had stripped it and used it then put it back together and sold it to me and then I stripped it. As far as scratching the lcd just use common sense. Just be sure you lay it on something soft.

There is a comptible monitor list pinned in the forums. You might check it before deciding on a monitor. Some monitors have ffc cable that are in the way and make them harder to use once stripped. The list is basically a list of all of the lcds that people have stripped for their pjs.

Bryan welcome! The best piece of advice I have for you is to make sure you build a sled to hold the lcd. Once its in a secure frame/sled the chance of damaging it becomes absolete unless you drop it on the floor Good Luck!

the hardest part of the whole thing for me was making the enclosure...stripping the lcd(have stripped 3 now, 4 if you count a psone) .... only had problems with one and , well, lets just say I was frustrated that day
BBrian is right, I mean I have big fat clumsy fingers(I'm not noted for my delicacy) and as long as I go slow with the lcd its easy... I would also recommend building a sled for the fresnels/lcd..... for my first build I didn't and it was very hard to tweak the pj(and no matter how careful you are, you will need to tweak positions of the bulb,fresnel , etc)