This section needs to be strong since it will bear most of the weight. I didn't have a lot of space, so my workstation was an upside down Amazon box.įrom there, I began building the outside of the frame that would house the monitor and mirror. I then glued the pieces together at the corners and let it dry overnight. It's worth noting that the mirror I bought was 24" tall, but the monitor was only 20", so I had to shimmy up the button to hold the monitor in place. I did this after I bought the monitor, but before I got anything else in order to make sure all the parts would fit in a reaonsable way and to figure out how much wood I needed to buy.įrom there, I stared by building the outside of the frame that's visible from the front by taking my 1.5 by 0.25 sections of wood and cutting 45 degree angles at the proper lengths. The first thing I did was sit down with a tape measure and create a sketchup model of what I wanted to build. At the end of the day, the acrylic reflects light a little less (meaning the reflection itself is a bit darker), but I'm still happy with it. I figured if I wanted to change it to glass in the future I could, so I went with the acrylic. With that said, since this was my first project, I wasn't confident that I wouldn't end up accidentally breaking it. Both risked breaking in the mail, and all the reviews said that glass looks way nicer. I went back and forth between a cheap acrylic or an expensive ($100+) glass one-way mirror. If you do this, I would recommend seeing if you can find one that has the ports coming out of the bottom, but overall I feel like this was a good buy. This just meant I had to buy a right-angle HDMI cable. The ports on the back come out perpendicular to the monitor.This ended up being fine, but it's worth noting two things: Stand can easily come off (Has VESA mount).no cheap monitor has great sound quality) Built in speakers (Not great sound quality, but that doesn't bother me.I landed on a cheap spectre for a few reasons: I aimed for a monitor that had a low-profile (these days, ultra-thin monitors are pretty cheap and easy to find). I spent a long time choosing which monitor and mirror to buy for this project, but for each, one thing ended up swaying me. USB Extension Jack - Which I'll mount on the bottom to access the pi.3-outlet power adapter, which will be mounted internally.In addition to the tools, the basic set of parts I used: I already had a drill, but you'll need to purchase one if you don't already have one.Metal brackets (Which I used to hold the monitor in place).Here's a list of the tools I needed to purchase: This would be my first wood-working project since I was a child, so a trip to Home Depot was in order. I had some time this holiday season and wanted to try a different project, so I decided to take a stab at making my own magic mirror.
0 kommentar(er)
