{"id":49,"date":"2018-10-16T16:17:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T16:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigbeanbag.net\/andythings\/?p=49"},"modified":"2019-04-18T13:24:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T13:24:15","slug":"projector-shelf-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigbeanbag.net\/andythings\/2018\/10\/16\/projector-shelf-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Projector Shelf Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately the cat has finally discovered the shelf that holds the basement TV projector.  I have no idea how this lasted so long (nice warm fan, good view) but it is time to finally do the projector shelf panel I have meant to do for a long time.  Projectors do not mix well with cat fur !<\/p>\n

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One of the main reasons I have been putting it off is that it will likely involve fiddly hole cutting.  But recently i have discovered that the main branch of our city library has a laser cutter, and this would be a good project to go try that sucker out.<\/p>\n

The trick though, was that the maximum size sheet that the laser cutter can hold is 24″ x 12″, and my opening is much bigger.  So I had to make it in two pieces, and use an overlapping frame to hold it together (and make it look nice).  I had to do some fiddling in Inkscape to come up with the shapes that would overlap each other so that none of the joins would be in the same place.  I also wanted to use as few sheets as possible, since there always seems to be a lineup for the laser cutter and i want to be as efficient as possible (and I pay by the minute).   The result was something like this :<\/p>\n

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(if i am sending something to a machine i hate to waste an opportunity, so I put a bunch of test pieces for other projects in that blank space)<\/p>\n

Once happy with the design, I put 1\/4″ ply into the laser cutter and I am pleased with the results:<\/p>\n

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You may notice that the vents are not rounded on the right piece.  That seems to be from a bug when I print to the laser directly from Inkscape.  For some reason the rounding on some shapes disappears, so for the second piece i imported it into Corel and printed from there.  All good learnings.<\/p>\n

Everything fits well into the wall:<\/p>\n

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So I spray paint it flat black, glue it all together, and  voila !<\/p>\n

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Looks great !  And the cat is not happy LOL :<\/p>\n

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He was seriously trying every angle to see how to get past\/remove it.<\/p>\n

Good first laser cutting project.  Working with the 1\/4″ ply is not so great though since it is only a 40W laser.  At that thickness little pockets of glue melt-then-rejoin after the laser goes by, so most of the pieces didn’t detach quite easily and I had to wrangle it with a box-cutter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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