Parts from ohp???????

[foxdonovan]

Hi everyone,
I'm new to the world of diy projection and i was thinking of building my first lcd projector, I've had an old ohp in my shed for a few years and when looking in these messages about people building a projector from an ohp so i got the thing out to have a look at it, Anyway can you build a projector from bit's of ohp's, I'm not to keen on just adding an lcd screen to it, I would like to build one like many of the good people on this site, And if so what parts can i use.

Any help would be lovely

[tjh]

You could definitely just pop a lcd on there. But if you want to actually build something you could build your own box. Use the current lamp, fresnels, lens, mirror if you want. It's really not that bad using an lcd on the OHP though, so to play around with things I suggest you pop one on there first before you start building stuff. Using an OHP lamp, specially if halogen creates a big heat problem too. So yes, it is doable, but I personally have never seen anyone use a full OHP and make their own box. At the very least I would suggest you get a new lamp for a projector. And if possible if your OHP doesn't have a good lens a new triplet would do wonders.

[foxdonovan]

Thanks TJH, I think i will start looking for a good lcd projector plan,Only thing theres so many to look and wonder what the best one would be.

Thanks again

[tjh]

The member here "rth" put up this site describing his projector. I find it is fairly comprehensive for noobies, might wanna check this one out: http://www.arkansasmud.com/projector/

Tons of other info on the forum though, just keep looking and searching around here.

[foxdonovan]

Thanks tjh, My head ain't as confused as it was before, nice little setup there.

Thanks again