Ace_3000....pictures of Projector?

[mikekniner]

Yes I know Thanks to you everything is possible, I heard ya got another shipment of condensors and reflectors for sale. If anyone needs them you should give ace a call. My projector will still probably be smaller than most other DIY ones anyway

[ace3000_1]

ya probally abit bigger than a comp case if not the same size

trev

[mikekniner]

Probably but thats still a big improvement over the other one lol

[jcbklyny]

Very Nice design Ace.

[ace3000_1]

well here is a few more pics, the lcd unit isnt finnished yet but getting there, the first pic is with the unit upside down and you can see the lcd mounted inside, the bottom is clear at this stage as i am working out the mounting holes for the bottom plate, also it still has the protective coating on so the unit isnt as shinny as it should be in the pic, the holographic silver on the angles i added for abit of a twist, when the light is in a certain angle the angles are polished silver, in the right angle all comes to colour, i thought id try this as somtimes normal pollished silver can be a bore and also a projector is a colourful machaine so i thought the hell with it lol and if i dont like it i can always change it. also in the following pics u will see a clear fan there, that is not where it goes but i put that there for a size comparison so some of us can get a estimated size, the fan size is 80mm.

[ace3000_1]

and this is the top veiw, the mirror inside will be at the 45deg angle to the right and the lens will come out of the front small square most in here would have already guessed that, the lens will be mounted in this part while also will be going through the clear one peice wall of the projector front casing yet to be fabricated, as u can see in this pic the front angle is not done with holographic covering.

[ace3000_1]

for those who are interested here is a shot of the controller card, it has vga and svideo inputs, the vga in this pic has been removed prior to being rewired at a later stage.

[ace3000_1]

this is the inside of the light path, u can see the center line that will follow right from the center of the reflector, to the burning arc, through the condenser, frensel, lcd, mirror, and finally the projection lens, if u care to look to the top right the holograpgic stuff seems to look like it has a bubble in it but its not, it is the clear or blue protective coating, the frensel will be mounted this week and as other components arive will be mounted also ie diy labs triplet and a high quality fs surface mirror cut to size, also on hold at the moment is my light, it should be here friday so ill update pics of the light engine as im progressing on it, hope these pics helped and kept u amused or interested.

Trev

[ace3000_1]

well today i rounded the corner's of the bottom panel and cut the top panel and rounded the corners on that also, in the next 2 pics u will see the projector starting to take shape and u will also start to see the design of it coming to shape, the top panel is just sitting in place but that is the overal dimensions of the projector hight , length and width.

Trev

[ace3000_1]

here is the second pic taken from a different angle, the ballast will be mounted to the bottom right corner on the plan