Well, I sold my motorized Draper screen monday...and went into an immediate panic. I had no screen!
I had decided I could build a better screen than Draper, one that is maybe as good as a Stewart.
I went to Lowe's and bought some 1X2 hardwood for a frame, and a 4X8ft sheet of peg board.
I glued and screwed the 1X2 hardwood into a 47X82" frame with a center support. Then I glued and screwed the peg board onto the front of the frame. I then routered around it to remove the excess peg board.
Today I purchased a 56" wide roll of artist canvas at one of the local artist supply shops.
After 2 hours of stretching and stapling I have a very smooth surface.
My daughter has been asking to watch "Almost Famous" for the last 2 nights, so even though the screen surface is only primered right now we decided to watch it anyway...the canvas comes with an acrylic white primer on it, and I must say, the picture looked very good as is, it already looks as good as the Draper...maybe better!
Everything just fell into place, my screen paint was delivered today, so tomorrow I'll be laying on 2 coats of "ScreenGoo".
It looks so good now I almost hate to paint it, but the roll of canvas was 6 yrds long, so I have plenty left if I don't like the results of this screen paint.
Lastly I built a "frame" for the screen. I bought several pieces of 1 1/8 corner trim (it's "L" shaped) 4 pieces were cut to fit around the screen, then 4 more were cut to sit "back-to-back" on the first 4...this gives we a 2 1/4" border around the screen (screen area is actually 45X80") I then covered the border with black felt. The back-to-back area of the corner trim are glued and staples together, this area also forms the lip that is screwed to the sides of the screen.
I have a total of $256 in this screen, the screen paint was 160 of it. If this paint is correct this screen will be every bit as good as my friend's $1,400 Stewart studiotek 130.
I had decided I could build a better screen than Draper, one that is maybe as good as a Stewart.
I went to Lowe's and bought some 1X2 hardwood for a frame, and a 4X8ft sheet of peg board.
I glued and screwed the 1X2 hardwood into a 47X82" frame with a center support. Then I glued and screwed the peg board onto the front of the frame. I then routered around it to remove the excess peg board.
Today I purchased a 56" wide roll of artist canvas at one of the local artist supply shops.
After 2 hours of stretching and stapling I have a very smooth surface.
My daughter has been asking to watch "Almost Famous" for the last 2 nights, so even though the screen surface is only primered right now we decided to watch it anyway...the canvas comes with an acrylic white primer on it, and I must say, the picture looked very good as is, it already looks as good as the Draper...maybe better!
Everything just fell into place, my screen paint was delivered today, so tomorrow I'll be laying on 2 coats of "ScreenGoo".
It looks so good now I almost hate to paint it, but the roll of canvas was 6 yrds long, so I have plenty left if I don't like the results of this screen paint.
Lastly I built a "frame" for the screen. I bought several pieces of 1 1/8 corner trim (it's "L" shaped) 4 pieces were cut to fit around the screen, then 4 more were cut to sit "back-to-back" on the first 4...this gives we a 2 1/4" border around the screen (screen area is actually 45X80") I then covered the border with black felt. The back-to-back area of the corner trim are glued and staples together, this area also forms the lip that is screwed to the sides of the screen.
I have a total of $256 in this screen, the screen paint was 160 of it. If this paint is correct this screen will be every bit as good as my friend's $1,400 Stewart studiotek 130.
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