[ELECTRON] projector

[Roy Mohan Shearer]

I'd be up for helping in building a projector - as always,
instructables throws up a raft of options:
http://www.instructables.com/pages/search/search.jsp?cx=partner-pub-1783560022203827%3Anpr2q7v5m6t&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=projector

Roy Mohan Shearer
(post-)Industrial Designer

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On 28 April 2010 10:24, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> you mean make our own projector?
> I d be interested to see the documentation and maybe a  how to video
> and I would love to learn how to assemble my own computer or increase my
> ram, or change the fan
> I have seen that done a but I am still not confident myself
> but I can bake  cakes :-)
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:27 PM, ben dembroski <ben at dembroski.net> wrote:
>>
>> I was just thinking, maybe this would be a good reason to make a DIY
>> unit...  Certainly for the cost of replacement bulb, we could get most
>> of the bits we would need (that we don't have already).
>>
>> Who's in?
>>
>> Now, I just need to find those plans I found a few years back.  <starts
>> looking>
>>
>> On 27 April 2010 21:58, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > yeah, well
>> > I think modern ones may go on standby after a period of idleness
>> > one way is to ask ppl who use the projector to spare a quid  towards
>> > amortization costs when they can
>> > which would be a minimal effort to ensure at the end of its life theres
>> > a
>> > sum for replacement
>> > in which case we would make a proportional contribution since we have
>> > left
>> > it open for longer than it should have
>> > or let us know when the time comes
>> > we may need some specs to find the bulb
>> > its really handy to have the use of a projector
>> >
>> > P
>> >
>> > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Clive Mitchell
>> > <bigclive1 at googlemail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> More than you could possibly imagine given the nature of the projector
>> >> industry.
>> >>
>> >> The manufacturers could make the projector sense when the unit had not
>> >> been receiving a signal for a given time then switch itself off, but
>> >> that wouldn't be good for profits at all.
>> >>
>> >> There are some rather neat projectors that use a fairly standard 150W
>> >> metal halide lamp which not only lasts for about 5000 hours, but costs
>> >> about 40 quid to replace.
>> >>
>> >> On 27 April 2010 21:38, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > how much does a bulb cost? I am sure we can find a way to compensate
>> >> > for
>> >> > our
>> >> > carelessness
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Clive Mitchell.
>> >>
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