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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shardian on July 09, 2009, 09:12:44 am ---The metal poles are gonna stay in the ground the rest of the summer, and most of the fall.
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How high are the posts? I'm thinking of putting in some pressure treated 4x4s with hooks near the top. That way I can just hang up the pulldown screen with minimal effort. They'll have to be tall but if I put them in the same spot we're viewing now they'll be close enough to the house to be out of the way.
--- Quote ---For now I am just going to use ping pong table that will already be out there on the patio. 2 floor speakers and an 80's era amp for sound.
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That's what I was doing but with a piece of plywood and sawhorses. Honestly I liked the sound better with the 60's amp and bigger speakers.
Fordman:
If you have a Jo-Ann fabrics store near, there are plenty of grannies and old maids :laugh2: in there willing to sew this for you. They'll probably do it for about $100.00 or if you talk to them kind enough and offer the old maids a date, they'ed probably do it for free! :laugh2:
All kidding aside, at any fabric store, walk in and ask if the know a seamstress and they will point you ta at leats 99% of their employees that do that on the side or they have business cards of plenty that will do the work!
As for the screen itself, shouldnt be that hard to build a stand that will with stand 5-10mph winds out of pvc.
:cheers:
Fordman
shardian:
Sewing the blackout cloth was tricky. The stuff just does not like needles due to its vinyl like nature. We used upholstry thread, which is WAY stronger than the actual fabric. You will tear the screen to pieces before you ever break a single thread. We experimented alot with scrap pieces, and the seams are pretty sturdy regardless of which stitch used.The main thing we noticed is that more needle holes = more likelihood for tearing. The heavy duty stitches were actually less durable because they created more - and bigger - holes. A simple straight stitch or zig zag stich with well spaced stitch lengths were best.
Also, the sheer volume of the fabric made it difficult to handle. My wife has a nice sewing table, but I had to hold up the bulk of the material at the edge of the table while she sewed. It is definitely not a single person job.
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 09, 2009, 09:17:23 am ---Honestly I liked the sound better with the 60's amp and bigger speakers.
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We used the same set of 15" woofer floor speakers and 100 watt Onkyo amp at our wedding reception. It was a large reception haul with vaulted ceiling and a 2nd level seating area. Those 2 speakers filled the entire place with crisp, clear, full range sound. It sounded just as good as most DJ setups I have heard.
Sound quality is definitely one thing I am not worried about.
And if I feel lazy, I always have an awesome 2.1 pc speaker set that I used for the Hallowindow/Monster house thing last October. That setup, though small, puts out a ridiculous amount of sound.
ChadTower:
Hrm. Maybe if I plant those posts wider and put a treated 2x4 across the top, as I had been thinking at first, that would be better. That way I can put hooks for the screen I have now and gives me the ability to mount a wider screen like this one should I actually get one made.
Let us know how the cloth actually works out in terms of colors and brightness. There was a HUGE jump in quality from the vinyl siding to the actual projection screen but we had to shrink the pic to 96" wide. That's the perfect size for inside my house but small for outside. Your screen looks roughly the same size I had on the side of the house so (knowing we have the same projector) you shouldn't have any issues with it.
Yeah, I think the sound issue I have now is twofold... one, I didn't point the speakers in the direction of seating well enough. Two, there's no large cone in those little speakers. They stay clear at high volumes but they're just not pushing enough air for low frequencies in movies. The Sony receiver might be part of the issue, too, as it just may not have the power. The old GE definitely did a better job and I might swap it in. That one is RCA connections, though, and I don't really like chopping the end off a cable to split it. Never did get good results with that.
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