| verbose mustafa |
Hey there. Welcome to the forum. Great to hear you have been reading... Keep at it :D. You say you can machine just about anything? I'd love to chat with you one day about that as there is a slew of designs that both me and ace3000_1 might be interested in having machined. It is always great to know people who can offer other services in this game as you will get nickle and dimed with these projects if your not careful :). Both me and ace can strip about anything and we've both got some good sources. If you need projection panels cheap, I'm the guy to talk to :D.
As for finding the distances between optics, as ace would probably tell you, it's simply a matter of trial and error (and reading a good optics book). I will tell you that the best way to get into these projects is to set a goal for yourself and get going. Test everything yourself. Buying projection panels and stripping them down is a good way to get a nice LCD module and controller to test your designs with. nView panels are the best to strip and they are cheap (sometimes). My biggest advice to you is not to build what I will be the first to refer to as a BUP (Big Ugly Projector). As proven by by many people, the days of building a huge 4 foot crate are over. I'm still amazed that I see people using soup laddles and other "roundish" objects as condensers in these projectors full of "open air" and wasted space. I'll stop ranting now but just aspire for small, lol.
good luck |
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