projector

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:58 am

My kid , the future Red Fox junk man..Pulled an overhead projector out of a dumpster..Well I own it now..Spent all day rebuilding it..First ruan all th wires for contineity..Had to work the fan and safety switch over..Then disassemble the lens and mirrors and clean them..I went to the office supply store for light bulb..""I's the big one"" "red fox" They wanted 25$ for that light..

phil · Post by **phil** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:34 am

Twenty-five bucks isn't that shocking, to me anyway.

Way to go green, unjon - A _real_ greenster would have repair the lamp, though. :->

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:55 am

Nice! I see those things going for $50 pretty regularly, with lamps of unknown age.

Now all you need to do is find an old laptop and hack the screen to work with the projector. Make your own computer/home theater projector.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:42 pm

Is it opaque or overhead?
I might be able to help you find a cheaper bulb.
Or you could put a more efficient light in.
Either cooler or brighter and a longer life.
Depends on what you want to do with it.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:51 pm

gyre wrote:Is it opaque or overhead?
I might be able to help you find a cheaper bulb.
Or you could put a more efficient light in.
Either cooler or brighter and a longer life.
Depends on what you want to do with it.

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It's the overhead..I've went the bulb $ already..Found a print shop that will make transparents..Only need like three or four..I will be using it to inlarge my drawings to desired size..Tanksanyway..

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:11 pm

I think there is a special material that you can run through a standard copier or printer that makes transparencies.
Seems like 80 cents a page.

Sometimes a commercial blueprint shop can make enlargements cheaper than you can.
They are fading away though due to computer cad.
We had one near me that could do b/w up to six or eight feet wide.
If you need any blueprints done, hurry while the machines are still running.
I only found two large ones locally.

phil · Post by **phil** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:46 pm

> I think there is a special material that you can run through
> a standard copier or printer that makes transparencies.

Yeah, it's called transparencies. :-> Available at every office supply store I know about:
http://officesupplieslane.com/presentat ... rs-3m.html

twenty-something bucks for a hundred sheets of 8.5x11

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:09 pm

How about the overhead on that overhead bulb? Ouchlikkamuddafuggah! They are costly little buggers. I'm in the R&D phase on some overhead projects myself, having scored one with functional bulb (!!) at a yard sale for nuthin'...Big, bare overhead spaces in the house need big projected images- INGSOC propaganda, Pop Art.....I don't care long's it's purty.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:18 pm

robotland wrote:How about the overhead on that overhead bulb? Ouchlikkamuddafuggah! They are costly little buggers. I'm in the R&D phase on some overhead projects myself, having scored one with functional bulb (!!) at a yard sale for nuthin'...Big, bare overhead spaces in the house need big projected images- INGSOC propaganda, Pop Art.....I don't care long's it's purty.

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Dragon

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:28 pm

Already working on another big, hanging recycled-aluminum dragon to put up there! No projection required!

AlmostJaded · Post by **AlmostJaded** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:49 pm

[quote="phil"]> I think there is a special material that you can run through
> a standard copier or printer that makes transparencies.

Yeah, it's called transparencies. :-> Available at every office supply store I know about:
http://officesupplieslane.com/presentat ... rs-3m.html

twenty-something bucks for a hundred sheets of 8.5x11[/quote]

If you're printing transparencies on an inkjet printer be sure to get the ones specifically made for inkjets. (They have a rough side and a smooth side and you can get them through Phil's link) If you run a reguluar transparancy through one of those printers it won't dry and it will just wipe off.