Hope you and the family had a great Holiday!

Randy, thanks. I hope you did too. We did have a great day today. Kids got a Wii and they've been at it all day. I think I need to buy a component switch just for the game consoles!

Bud

Kids got a Wii and they've been at it all day.

A quick piece of advice....USE THE WRISTSTRAPS!! Kids got one and playing the very first game of baseball, my daughter threw the remote right into the wall. Fortunately the remote lived to play on. Happy Holidays, Bud.

Scott

A quick piece of advice....USE THE WRISTSTRAPS!! Kids got one and playing the very first game of baseball, my daughter threw the remote right into the wall. Fortunately the remote lived to play on. Happy Holidays, Bud.

Scott

Get the updated one also is the second advise.

A quick piece of advice....USE THE WRISTSTRAPS!! Kids got one and playing the very first game of baseball, my daughter threw the remote right into the wall. Fortunately the remote lived to play on. Happy Holidays, Bud.

Scott

Happy Holidays to you too. I had visions of this. I keep reminding my daughter to use them, but you never know...

Bud

Get the updated one also is the second advise.

The updated one? With the rubber glove?

Bud

The rubber gloves were free via the Nintendo site. I don't know if they come in the box with a new Wii. My Wii was purchased in April, and I filled out a form on the Nintendo site and they mailed me 4 new gloves.

I picked up a Wii for the Grandkids to play when they're over (and me:))
I got a Pelican system selector pro 2.0 for 54.00 at Amazon and it works great.
It has 5 component inputs, 3 toslink and 3 coaxial audio & 3 lan hookups
As a plus, it works with my Harmony 880

The rubber gloves were free via the Nintendo site. I don't know if they come in the box with a new Wii. My Wii was purchased in April, and I filled out a form on the Nintendo site and they mailed me 4 new gloves.

We did get the rubber glove with the controller included. I bought a second one through Amazon, no glove. I did get the controller recharger, which includes the rechargeable batteries, holder and new back covers for the controllers (have holes in them to allow you get make a connection to charge the batteries), The Back covers have some rubber on them, but the glove is much better. The glove won't work with the recharging station though. I'll take a few pictures later.

Bud

I picked up a Wii for the Grandkids to play when they're over (and me:))
I got a Pelican system selector pro 2.0 for 54.00 at Amazon and it works great.
It has 5 component inputs, 3 toslink and 3 coaxial audio & 3 lan hookups
As a plus, it works with my Harmony 880

I've have to check that out. I did look briefly yesterday at one on monoprice, but it did not support many audio options. Thanks for the tip!

Bud

I got a Pelican system selector pro 2.0 for 54.00 at Amazon and it works great.It has 5 component inputs, 3 toslink and 3 coaxial audio & 3 lan hookups As a plus, it works with my Harmony 880

I ordered one of these puppies this morning. Thanks for the info. I'll post results after it arrives.

Bud

Oh, I also rejoined the membership here as a means of supporting the forum. I also know that some of you missed my face... :p

Bud

Here is my wireless Wii sensor bar solution, figured I'd post it here and its similar to Bigs. I used hardboard and spray painted it black, then put it between the GOM center panel and the screen.

http://images34.fotki.com/v1081/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC00765-vi.jpg
http://images32.fotki.com/v1061/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC00763-vi.jpg
http://images32.fotki.com/v1058/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC00764-vi.jpg

The sensor bar was purchased at Amazon and works pretty well. You just need to remember to turn it off.

Bud

Oh, I also rejoined the membership here as a means of supporting the forum. I also know that some of you missed my face... :p

Bud

THE Dome has returned....(two of my three sons are Chrome Domes)

Lol! I bought my kids a Wii to for XMAS and all 4 of use are VERY sore from playing that thing all day long. Even my 7 year old was hurting lol.

THE Dome has returned....(two of my three sons are Chrome Domes)
Yes.... domeier than ever, I suppose! ;)

Bud

Lol! I bought my kids a Wii to for XMAS and all 4 of use are VERY sore from playing that thing all day long. Even my 7 year old was hurting lol.

I haven't played much, just not my thing I guess. Kids are playing as I type. I'll stick to Tiger Woods 08 on the 360!

Bud

Yes.... domeier than ever, I suppose! ;)

Bud

The Forum is now whole again....! :)

BTW, monoprice has a bunch of Wii stuff, including the HD cables for 4.00! EDIT ( I think its 6.00 actually)

http://images.monoprice.com/productmediumimages/35661.jpg

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10830&cs_id=1083001&p_id=3566&seq=1&format=2

and a bunch of skins for the controllers:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=wii&x=0&y=0

Bud

The updated one? With the rubber glove?

Bud

Yep. Go to their web site. You can request them there for free.

Got it, but looks like its based on serial number now. Says soemthing about units shipped by end of year 2006 are eligible.

Bud

BTW, monoprice has a bunch of Wii stuff, including the HD cables for 4.00!

http://images.monoprice.com/productmediumimages/35661.jpg

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10830&cs_id=1083001&p_id=3566&seq=1&format=2

and a bunch of skins for the controllers:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=wii&x=0&y=0

Bud

OOO! thx, wouldnt have thought to look there for Wii cables and I need some!

http://www.nintendo.com/wii/what/accessories/zapper

I highly recommend the Wii Zapper... It comes with Links crossbow game for 20 bucks. it has something like 10 levels with 3 stages in each level. Worth the money for the zapper or the game by themselves. Bought it for my son for christmas it was the first thing he played with. Read many reviews for different shooting accessories, most if not all recommend the zapper over the others.

Monoprice accesories and skins are great for the price. Last year we bought skins for only the controller for 10 bucks, this year I got 3 sets of skins for controller and nunchuck for 10 bucks. Also picked up the 2 remote charger from monoprice best price by far from anywhere else, I highly recommend it as the wii remotes simply rip through batteries.

Cool. Thanks, will look into the Zapper. Looks like monoprice has the sports pack for only 11.00 too!

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10830&cs_id=1083001&p_id=3705&seq=1&format=2

Bud

How on earth does Monoprice do it?

Five letter word .... China (I bet).

Bud

Five letter word .... China (I bet).

Bud

I was at their warehouse on Monday picking up a cable for my dad (parents live only a few miles up the street), and judging by everyone who works there I would have to say that is probably true.

Andy

Merry Christamas and Happy New Year Bud!

Merry Christamas and Happy New Year Bud!
You too, dude!

Bud

I'd be interested in picking up extra power adapters for the wii. I don't see where monoprice has them. You guys know of any good places to pick these up? I see target has them for $30...seems pricey.

Mark.

Hey Mark,

Power adapter? As in a second AC power adapter?

Bud

yep, extra power cord...makes it easier to move from one room to the other.

see some on ebay for about $15 with shipping from hong kong. just wonder if there is any concerns on quality and could they possibly damage the unit.

btw, I hope to start my lighted poster frames this week and plan to follow your method closely. this is a project I have been looking forward to for a while. only difference is mine will (hopefully) be hinged, as they will serve as doors to 1) a crawl space and 2) the electric panel.

thanks,
Mark

Mark, take a look here:

http://gameasylum.us/niwiiacpoada.html
http://www.amazon.com/AC-Power-Adapter-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B000PS58JA

Good deal on the poster boxes. Make sure you post some pictures. Let me know if you have any questions too.

Bud

Wife camped out in line every morning for six days to get a wii for daughter and myself. We've been having a blast.

480p makes a nice difference imo.

Hey, wanted to post a pic of my brother's bar that we just finished. Well, still have to finish the AV as you'll see, but the bar is done.

http://gallery.mac.com/brianjwis/100024/DSC_0049/web.jpg

Top is solid 3/4 cherry, with solid cherry bar rail.

By the way, if anyone needs a mounting solution for plasma when your studs are not centered in the opening, send me a PM.

Hope I'm not hijacking too much c-dog. :)

Man, your bar came out great! Can you get a close up picture of the top of the bar? Looks mighty shiny!

Bud

This shot is not so good, but it's the only other I have for now:

http://gallery.mac.com/brianjwis/100024/photo1198940410357/web.jpg

Pretty sweet! ou're going to enjoy that for some time!

Bud

Thanks Bud. It's my bro's bar but I'll be stopping over plenty. :-)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Picked up one of these Saturday. :D Needed a commute car, the gas mileage on the truck is killing me! The truck will get garaged.

http://images34.fotki.com/v1076/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC00775thumb-vi.jpg

It's a 2008 Honda Accord Coupe EX-L in Polished Metal Metallic with Ivory leather (http://images34.fotki.com/v1082/photos/6/649633/5751015/DSC00775-vi.jpg).

More pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/bketterl/2008-honda-coupe-ex/

Bud

I am working on a downstairs bar area as well that looks curved like the one above. I have no idea how to go about constructing a bar on my own without some pictures. Does anyone have a link that may help?

Thank you,
Stephen

Stephen, take a look at my bar photos, maybe that'll help. You should also take a look at Randy's (^HeyNow) thread.

Here's my bar photo album: http://public.fotki.com/bketterl/early_construction/blazing_ridge_cinema-1/bar/

Here's Randy's thread: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=7063759

Welcome to the forum!

Bud

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Picked up one of these Saturday. :D Needed a commute car, the gas mileage on the truck is killing me! The truck will get garaged.

http://images34.fotki.com/v1076/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC00775thumb-vi.jpg

It's a 2008 Honda Accord Coupe EX-L in Polished Metal Metallic with Ivory leather (http://images34.fotki.com/v1082/photos/6/649633/5751015/DSC00775-vi.jpg).

More pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/bketterl/2008-honda-coupe-ex/

Bud

Garages are for vehicles? I can only get ONE in ours!

Garages are for vehicles? I can only get ONE in ours!

Believe me, its a struggle here as well. You can pull in, just can't open the doors... you have to crawl out through the windows! :p

Bud

thanks for the help with the bar. You have done a great deal to help me with my own theater and downstairs remodeling.

Stephen, no problem. Let me know if you have any questions. I updated my post to include the bar album, the site is back up.

Bud

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Picked up one of these Saturday. :D Needed a commute car, the gas mileage on the truck is killing me! The truck will get garaged.

http://images34.fotki.com/v1076/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC00775thumb-vi.jpg

It's a 2008 Honda Accord Coupe EX-L in Polished Metal Metallic with Ivory leather (http://images34.fotki.com/v1082/photos/6/649633/5751015/DSC00775-vi.jpg).

More pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/bketterl/2008-honda-coupe-ex/

Bud

Ha ha! I know you needed new tires for the truck but I didn't think that meant a new vehicle sitting on top of the new tires.:eek:

New year, new tires, new car... too many new things to think about. Still need the tires on the truck though ...

Bud

I guess it's a matter of time now before I buy that BD player (or PS3)..... especially if I can get a company discount!

Click on this: WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE ITS HIGH-DEFINITION DVD TITLES EXCLUSIVELY IN THE BLU-RAY DISC FORMAT BEGINNING LATER THIS YEAR (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=969114)

Oh, and anyone check out the Iowa Caucus results on CNN.com last night? ;)

Bud

As mrpergo suggested, I ordered, received and installed my Pelican Score System Selector Pro 2.0 from Amazon to connect the Wii, XBox 360 and whatever other game console comes along.

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/gamesusainc_1982_37483242

Had it working in no time and works well. I did however get stumped when I couldn't get audio from the Wii, but I got that figured out by ready the manual! I have the 360 connected to the switcher via component and optical and from the switcher to the receiver via component and optical. When I connected the Wii, I used the "HD" cable, which is component and a LR RCA connection. That was the problem. The switch won't convert the video or audio inputs to other types. In other words, it won't take LR RCA inputs and convert them to optical outputs. Once I realized this, I just connnect LR RCA connects to the same DTV audio LR inputs on the receiver and that was it. I believe the audio input is auto detected, so not changes on the receiver side.

Pretty nice little swtich. I was able to also define the label of the channel, so channel one says "XBOX 360" and the other says "N-64". No Wii option, but had a bunch of others including all the PS1, PS2, PS3 options plus more. You can only select from the list, not create your own.

Anyway, I'll try and post a front and back shot this weekend. Gotta go back into work tomorrow for the Wyoming caucus, so it may be Sunday.

Bud

Oh, almost forgot.... so I check my lamp life left on the AE900 tonight and I'm at 1898 hours, but the number in the menu is flashing slowly in RED. Not sure what's up with that, but I check the manual and it says if you use high power and don't use the dymanic iris, you may shortly your lamp down to 2000 hours. If you do use the dynamic iris and run in low power, they say 3000 hrs. That's what I do. It also says that the lamp indicator will flash if you're approaching the end of the lamp life, but I don't see it flashing. Any ideas?

I'll also post in the AE900 thread.

Bud

Great job on the theater and bar - I'm still trying to figure out my bar design, I really like some design aspects of yours....

Hey Spydrman,

Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions. I found bouncing ideas at the kitchen designers very helpful as well as using them to visual the layout.

Bud

Bud

Nice little ride :)

I need to do the same thing and get me a mizer car. I was thinking a mini cooper or a scion as they are nice and small to cram in my garage with all the other stuff.

My truck is a diesel and most of the time its a $100 bill to fill it :mad: I do not drive it much in the winter as I do not plow snow but still rough on the wallet

Scott,

I was eyeing a black Cooper S. Was looking for something with some pep, in the low 20s with at least 30 mpgs. I could only find one with a white roof and I started looking around and came across the 08 accords. I've had two Accord coupes now, an Acura Integra and a TL. This car is like the TLs baby sister. Fit all the criteria and didn't feel like I would get squashed in Atlanta traffic, which was another thing that I just couldn't get out of my head when it came to the Cooper. Pretty happy with it, especially getting it for a few hundred under invoice!

Bud

I know what you mean. some of the small cars pull up behind me and I can't even see them out my rear veiw mirror. If I hit some one with my truck you would be hurting for sure.

I have also been thinking about a 07 mustang with the 5spd manual

Bud,

I haven't had any luck searching in your thread so I guess I will just have to ask what the depth of your riser is? Do you have any issues with your Berks reclined? It looks like you were restricted by the entrance to the theater.

Thanks,
Judson

Hey Judson,

The riser is indeed constricted by the door and it's about 6 feet deep. The 090s are fine reclined, since they are designed to be right up against the wall (like 3 inches) and recline forward. There is plenty of room on the riser to pass by the seats when they are not reclined, but no room when they are reclined. When people are reclined in the back row, they can either walk behind the front row of seats if not reclined or on either side of the front row.

Bud

I have also been thinking about a 07 mustang with the 5spd manual Whats the gas mileage on that puppy?

Bud

Scott,

I was eyeing a black Cooper S. Was looking for something with some pep, in the low 20s with at least 30 mpgs. I could only find one with a white roof and I started looking around and came across the 08 accords. I've had two Accord coupes now, an Acura Integra and a TL. This car is like the TLs baby sister. Fit all the criteria and didn't feel like I would get squashed in Atlanta traffic, which was another thing that I just couldn't get out of my head when it came to the Cooper. Pretty happy with it, especially getting it for a few hundred under invoice!

Bud

Bud,

You would not have regretted the Cooper S, but your new Accord is very nice too. Here is a pic of my baby. Lots of pep and I get between 30-35 MPG. I got rear ended 2 days after I bought it by a girl putting on makeup while she was driving. My wife was concerned about it being so small and how she wold feel on the interstate next to the larger vehicles but she loves it and has never felt weird while riding with me in it.

http://images110.fotki.com/v1111/photos/1/1014235/5776114/IMG_4769-vi.jpg

John

John,

Nice! I'm sure I would have been fine. Tough for me to go from a full size Tundra to a Cooper... it was a mental thing. The fact that the sales chick couldn't find me the car of choice didn't help. I was all lined up, talked to her on the phone a few times and then I sent her an email asking how the search was going and never heard back. That's when I started looking for alternatives.

Bud

So after no response from my email to Panasonic, no replies on the AE900 thread about the question on the flashing lamp hours, I called Panasonic. The guy I spoke to was pretty much a moron and as I expected he said I needed a new lamp. I'm still not convinced since its not flashing on the projector itself, although maybe that happens later.

Looks like no one has these things in stock either. I'm now on the phone (on hold) with a ProjectorPeople rep. It's been like 10 mins already. I'm going ahead and order one now and have it on hand just in case. The Super Bowl is too damn close.

OK, so off hold now and as I expected, they have them backordered. She's going to call me with when they think they can get them, but she asked me if I had tried "Bulb Man".... sounds like a horrible name for a super hero.....

I took a quick look at bulbman.com and it looks like a great site, but doesn't look promising for a AE900 bulb.

Bud

Bulb ordered through PP, they expect to get them in around the third week in January. Hope the other one lasts. Pricey little buggers.... I bet we see disposable projectors some day... you can almost buy a new projector for the costs of there things.

Bud

I bet they area. When I bought my Z4 they included a free spare bulb so I should not have to worry about it for some time. Mine is not even in the HT yet and I have nearly 300 hours on the bulb LOL Right on my living room wall.

I'm hoping that the projector box had no impact on the lamp life. It had plenty of circulation and the fan to pull the air out. I used the recommended settings, so not sure what the deal is. Not too worried about it, I'm guessing that before the next lamp goes I'll probably switch projectors....

Bud

Ordered one of these today in preparation for the Super Bowl. It'll get used a couple times of year, tops. Some of the commercial ones are > $500.00! Not sure if its actually in stock or not, it'll probably be a race between the hot dog roller and the new projector lamp. We'll see which one comes first....

https://sc7img.dillards.com/is/image//DillardsZoom/hag053_zi?layer=comp&op_usm=2.0,0.5&&rgn=0,0,880,1020&scl=3.3333333333333335&fmt=jpeg&id=139wG5XOpnp5B_2AwCu72o

Bud

Bud

Check ebay Item # 260202087124 for bulb. Its a bit cheaper.

Scott, thanks. I had already purchased one, although I paid about 330.00 for mine. I just hope it ships before the end of the month....

Bud

... should have a cooler name.... I think "Red Screen of Death" is taken already....

Anyway, I know some of you that read this have the AE900, so figure I keep you guys up to speed.

There are a few interesting posts over in the AE900 thread in response to my posts. If you have AE900, take a look starting with the post linked below, which was a response to my comment about lamp life. Its states a "median life specification of 3000 hours only means you have a 50% chance, on average, of reaching 3000 hours before lamp failure". I'm not completely buying, but it is interesting and makes some sense. Not sure where 50% came from.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=12812152#post12812152

It sounds like there is someone else that had the same thing happen to him, the red flashing lamp life flashing in the menu at about 1850 hours (about the same hours as mine) with no "change lamp" indicators on the projector itself. He just reset the lamp hours to stop the blinking, bought a new lamp in the meantime and guess what? 500 hours later, the original lamp still going strong....

I'm thinking the flashing in the menu is just a warning now that you're in that close to the bottom range of the lamp life hours. Would be nice this was documented somewhere (or their tech support was trained correctly).

Bud

Bud,

Have you found a place in ATL that carries Linacoustic since 2005 besides NBHandy? I'm looking for some to line my hushbox (BRC based design) and columns.

Thanks,

Sam

Hey Sam,

Haven't looked for it since I bought it at NBHandy. I would think they would still carry it. Is there a reason you wouldn't get it from them? I think that Jason (jikkjack) knows where to get OC703 in the area.

BTW, where in ATL are you?

Bud

...Its states a "median life specification of 3000 hours only means you have a 50% chance, on average, of reaching 3000 hours before lamp failure". I'm not completely buying, but it is interesting and makes some sense. Not sure where 50% came from.


Technically, a "median" is the point at which 50% of the samples are above and 50% are below. So, that would mean you have a 50% chance of having a longer lamp life as well. A median doesn't imply any specific distribution other than that 50% thing (50% could have had a life of 100hrs and 50% could have had a life of 3001 hrs and the median would be 3000) but, in most cases its better than an average (mean).

Given the technology I would bet that most of the data is clustered pretty close to that 3000 hour mark and the lower numbers are certainly farther away from it than the higher ones. That is - there are probably some samples of only 1500-2000 hours but not any of 4000+.

I guess where I was going was how he determined that it was a "median life specification" and if this specification was typical of all bulbs, an industry thing or just an assumption.

Bud

Oh...Nevermind...

(sorry for the half-assed statistics lesson)

Hey Bud,

It's been a while since I've popped in and checked out you finished basement project. Very impressive!!! Makes me want to leave sunny California and fine a house with a basement of my own. Nice Honda!!! I also have the Accord EX coupe although it's a 2000 with 160,000 miles on it. You won't find a better commuter car. Very nice ride and good mileage. I average about 3,000 miles a month.

I was looking for somewhere closer to the Northwest side since I live in Woodstock but I could always visit one of my vendors in Duluth on the trip over. I've already have a load of OC703. All that remains are my surround enclosures, rear bass traps and hushbox.

I was looking for somewhere closer to the Northwest side since I live in Woodstock but I could always visit one of my vendors in Duluth on the trip over. I've already have a load of OC703. All that remains are my surround enclosures, rear bass traps and hushbox.

Gotcha. Well, I drove all the way from Acworth to Duluth to get the stuff! Sounds like you don't need a complete roll either. Maybe you can split a roll with someone here in Atlanta....

Got a construction thread?

Bud

Hey Bud,

It's been a while since I've popped in and checked out you finished basement project. Very impressive!!! Makes me want to leave sunny California and fine a house with a basement of my own. Nice Honda!!! I also have the Accord EX coupe although it's a 2000 with 160,000 miles on it. You won't find a better commuter car. Very nice ride and good mileage. I average about 3,000 miles a month.

Hey Jon, thanks for checking in. Funny you should say that, it wa's actually snowing here!

I've had both Acuras and Hondas and you just can't beat their engines. 3K miles a week? Thats insane!

Bud

Scott,

I was eyeing a black Cooper S. Was looking for something with some pep, in the low 20s with at least 30 mpgs. I could only find one with a white roof and I started looking around and came across the 08 accords. I've had two Accord coupes now, an Acura Integra and a TL. This car is like the TLs baby sister. Fit all the criteria and didn't feel like I would get squashed in Atlanta traffic, which was another thing that I just couldn't get out of my head when it came to the Cooper. Pretty happy with it, especially getting it for a few hundred under invoice!

Bud

Sorry for the off topic but I have to chime in here. I have two Mini's at the moment. A 2003 Mini Cooper (hardtop, getting ready to trade this one in) and a 2008 Mini Cooper S convertible. Once you know how to harness the power and "nimbelness" of the car I feel very confident on the road. Buddy of mine with a MC got hit broadside by a Suburban and came out only with a scratch on his knee. The guy in the Suburban had a broken femur :o.

Size does not equal safety! Smart engineering can.

Good progress on the theater by the way.

Size does not equal safety! Smart engineering can.

No doubt, it's just a mental thing for me... :o If that chick had called me back from the dealership, I'd be driving one now.

Bud

For sure, just took this a minute ago on the back deck. Happens every two or three years, then goes away quickly.

http://images34.fotki.com/v1079/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC01053-vi.jpg

Bud

Yep, it is headed my way. I just hope it is enough to cancel work tomorrow:)!!! Have fun making a really small snow man!

Hey, I'll trade you guys....we got 15" on Monday, and they're saying another 6-12" on Friday....Thank god for the thaw last week, or we'd have no place to put it all....


Cheers,


Dave

Ah ..... no thanks! I'll take those hot summers over those cold winters any day!

Bud

Or those 75 degree days in ATL in January. I'm getting baseball fever.

No time for threads. I'm doing good to just get this 5 year project completed.

Just finished up your thread, took me about a month to get through it. Great job on your HT, I'm so jealous. Kept showing the wife and told her if we hit the loto we're getting someone to build one for us! Putting an addition on the next year or so and hope to use some of your ideas as insperation! Really enjoyed tracking your project!

Just finished up your thread, took me about a month to get through it. Great job on your HT, I'm so jealous. Kept showing the wife and told her if we hit the loto we're getting someone to build one for us! Putting an addition on the next year or so and hope to use some of your ideas as insperation! Really enjoyed tracking your project!

Hey, well thanks and welcome to the craziness. A month, huh? :D

Bud

Wife kept bugging me about what I was looking at so viewed in short sessions. Showed her just enough to get her excited about some ideas, but not enough for her to figure out how poor my to do yourself skills are.

That is a very sharp car.It is funny you down sized to a smaller car Bud. My truck gets crappy gas milage to and I put in a reservation for the smart car. My debate right now is to keep the truck or trade it in. The money from the truck would go along way to pay off the smart. By the way, your honda is a cadilac compared to a smart!:D

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1926/112news06062805zdaimlervt7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I'm not sure the Smart would live up to its name when it seems you could get injured in an accident with a bicyclist in that thing.. I saw them in Europe and about the only advantages are fuel economy and park-ability (less of an issue over here). Imagine someone Bud's size trying to squeeze in one of them..

For sure, just took this a minute ago on the back deck. Happens every two or three years, then goes away quickly.

http://images34.fotki.com/v1079/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC01053-vi.jpg

Bud

Bud,

Were you trying to make me sad ;)

This is what happens to me every year at work and it stays for up to 6 months!! This isn't my truck in the pic but on any given day up here it could be.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Calvin2006/Misc%20shots/Winter.jpg

edit; forgot to say

Cheers
Calvin :D

I'm not sure the Smart would live up to its name when it seems you could get injured in an accident with a bicyclist in that thing.. I saw them in Europe and about the only advantages are fuel economy and park-ability (less of an issue over here). Imagine someone Bud's size trying to squeeze in one of them..

It was fun to drive when the tour came thru St. louis. The room is amazingly larger than you would think(inside). It is just convincing the girlfriend of my decision.;) It would be funny looking to see bud driving one of those.

Larry,

Nice! Whats the time frame on getting one of the puppies? My first car in high school was an orange 74 Toyota Corolla. Even though it was a four door, I had the seat so far back, I could put my arm out the back window...

I have the truck still, it's just has a different purpose now.... sitting.

Tim,

If gas prices keep going up, the accident thing will become less of an issue since everyone will be downsizing! I don't see that happening anytime in the near future though. I'd take the train if I could, but that just won't work where I live. I'd have to move to make it worthwhile.

Bud

This is what happens to me every year at work and it stays for up to 6 months!! This isn't my truck in the pic but on any given day up here it could be.

You know, I just love Canada... just not in the winter! Man, how do you guys do it! I know you get used to the cold, but man, that's out of control!

Bud

So we had an interesting weekend. I had family in town from MA and CT for my Dad's 80th birthday. I had a few of my nieces here, aged 16-19 and they basically camped out in the theater room and played the Wii non-stop. And when I mean "camped out", I really meant it! They actually slept in the room two nights, even though we have beds for them! :p I did boot them to watch the Giants game with my brother though. :D

Bud

Oh, almost forgot. Got my hot dog roller on Saturday. Looks like it'll do the trick. Will try it out maybe this weekend.

Also, my extra lamp came today for the AE900. I don't plan on swapping it out anytime soon though. I think I'm going to run the existing lamp in formal mode until it finally goes. After 2K hours, the picture is still pretty bright, although Jason was here a week ago and thinks its a little dimmer. I guess with the gradualness of dimming, I just didn't notice it.

Bud

I talked to the smart guy (no pun intended) yesterday and he said they are taking care of orders or reservation now that took place in april. I did my reservation in Oct. I can't move the seat to far back because there is no back seat.:eek:

Bud you should proclaimed technical difficulties with the WI. and unplugged something.:D

that was a good game to catch!

Bud you might want to put that new lamp in and use it till the warranty runs out then put the old one back in.
There is usually a 90 day warranty on new lamps.You don't want to put the new one in on day 91 and find its a dud :(

Sounds like a great idea. Thanks. I'll check out the warranty period.

Bud

Scott (SVonhof),

FYI, I had a clear bra put on the new Accord last weekend. He installed it here at the house so I got to watch him do some of it. I expect that the same technique for applying the template to the care if the same sort of technique used for car wraps and what I would have to do with the marquee to get it on plexiglass. At least I don't have to worry about all the curves...

Bud

Did it go on pretty easilly?

It took him about 4.5 hours to do the hood, fenders, bumper, mirrors and the handle "cups". He has to use wax the area first, then use a solution to keep it moist so the pieces don't stick to each other as he gets it on the car. He then has to adjust it to the right position and work out the bubbles and flatten it out. Each piece is custom cut based on custom template for the car. He actually had to put the car on a ramp to do the bumper:

http://images31.fotki.com/v1096/photos/6/649633/5751015/DSC00820-vi.jpg

If you look really close you can see a line on the fender to the left of the white reflection. I purposely tried to capture the lines in these pictures. If you didn't know to look for it, you'd never know it was there. Some angles you can't see it at all.

Another shot, with the line going across the hood towards the top of the picture:

http://images34.fotki.com/v1076/photos/6/649633/5751015/DSC00822-vi.jpg

Bud

Cool stuff! I also had this done on mine as well.

http://www.burtmanindustries.com/s2000/bra/bra_top.jpg

http://www.burtmanindustries.com/s2000/bra/bra_emblem.jpg

http://www.burtmanindustries.com/s2000/bra/bra_front_full.jpg

Best thing I ever did.

I am glad you have pictures, it was getting warm in here... :)

Randy,

Noticed I said "I had a clear bra put on the new Accord last weekend" and not "I had a clear bra on". Not quite sure why that would make you warm, I would think that would have the opposite effect around here! :p

Bud

"I had a clear bra on".

Scary thought :eek:

Ha~ I didn't read much further than a clear bra...or what you were putting it on. :)

You can buy the same kind of clear plastic for your iPod touch to protect the back and front screen. They do not call it a clear bra, instead it is call bodygardz.

Bud...

Wanna race?
http://www.erieridez.com/Gallery/albums/userpics/10012/350zdriveway.jpg

This is all you will see...
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3439/img1207ez6.jpg

Or would you want to look deep into my eyes and see...
http://www.erieridez.com/Gallery/albums/userpics/10012/normal_IMG_1397.jpg

Oh no, don't turn this in to a car thread please. My pics. will hijack the thread in a hurry......

Accord looks good bud, 6 cyl right? Perhaps you should race the 350Z droptop for a goof ;)

No racing here, especially with my 4 cyl commute car ... :o Dynfan, got the 4 instead of the 6 for the few extra MPGs. Had the car a month and I already have 2100 miles on it.

Bud

I understand about practicality! I daily drive a G35 sedan and while it has decent power I wouldn't mind better mileage.

In all honest though 4cylinder cars can make great race cars;) I happen to have one that makes 300 HP and when driven sensibly gets 30+ MPG.....

2 cylinders, 2 wheels and around 44 mpg.

http://www.vonhofs.com/TL1000R/TL1000R_8-29-05_12.jpg

OK, enough of the car stuff for now! :rolleyes:

Work is finally starting to slow down some after several months of long hours, postponed vacation days, working weekends, etc. Now I can get some other things I've been postponing. In the next two weeks I'm going to start seriously researching the star ceiling implementation, techniques and equipment. I have some ideas on how I'd like it to look and I'll throw some sketches together once I get some good measurements. Jason (jikkjack) has agreed to help out as well, so it should be fun.

Any tips/techniques you want to throw out at this point will be appreciated.

I also started looking at ways to extend my Wii sensor bar. The wireless one just sucks up too many batteries (read "my kids forget to turn it off") and I'm tired of making battery runs. I've been in the Nintendo forum and there are some guys who have powered their sensor bars with AC adapters, so I'm leaning this way. Reaper did this I think. I ordered some parts from the RatShack and we'll see what happens.

Stay tuned.

Scott, any news from Jeff on the marquee? No rush. Nice bike, BTW.

Bud

Bud,

Are you planning on the entire ceiling or just a segment for the stars?

Bud - biggest tips from me would be to use a low heat glue gun (avoid melting fibers) and to get various thickness of fibers rather than bunching fibers together to make large stars.

I do find the only time my star ceiling is used is for new visitors and kids movie nights. I find it a little distracting......just use rope for movies I watch.

Cheers,
Mark

I used that tacky glue I got from walmart in the hobby area. It looks like elmer's glue and has similar properties. My glue gun was too hot.

Don't forget to look into velvet for the fabric ...it just sucks up the light.

In the next two weeks I'm going to start seriously researching the star ceiling implementation, techniques and equipment. I have some ideas on how I'd like it to look and I'll throw some sketches together once I get some good measurements. Jason (jikkjack) has agreed to help out as well, so it should be fun.

Any tips/techniques you want to throw out at this point will be appreciated.

I also started looking at ways to extend my Wii sensor bar. The wireless one just sucks up too many batteries (read "my kids forget to turn it off") and I'm tired of making battery runs. I've been in the Nintendo forum and there are some guys who have powered their sensor bars with AC adapters, so I'm leaning this way. Reaper did this I think. I ordered some parts from the RatShack and we'll see what happens.

Stay tuned.

Scott, any news from Jeff on the marquee? No rush. Nice bike, BTW.

Bud

I was wondering if he ever contacted you. I guess not. I didn't realize he was gonna be such a flake when I first talked to him. Heck, this is his business, you would think he would go after it.

BTW, Steve (Swithy) had some tips for me for star-fields (I don't know if I will ever do it), he should be chiming in on here about it soon I would imagine.

Side note on the Wii and the sensor bar, have you seen this guy's applications for the Wii sensor bar: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

Oh, and the bike gets me around! :) Actually rode it twice in the past 10 days, hadn't ridden it in over 2 months before that.

Bud - biggest tips from me would be to use a low heat glue gun (avoid melting fibers) and to get various thickness of fibers rather than bunching fibers together to make large stars.

I do find the only time my star ceiling is used is for new visitors and kids movie nights. I find it a little distracting......just use rope for movies I watch.

Cheers,
Mark

Mark, I think my wife has a low heat glue gun. I'll keep that in mind. I was thinking variable thicknesses, for a more realistic look and I don't want it to be too busy and distracting. Understand that completely.

Bud,

Are you planning on the entire ceiling or just a segment for the stars?

Randy, planning on just the highest part of the ceiling, the area that the rope light highlights. The challenge is going to be the cans and the heat duct. I was thinking of a coffered look, not too busy though. I think the area is like 8x10 or so.

Bud

Don't forget to look into velvet for the fabric ...it just sucks up the light.

I'd definitely go velvet over GOM.

Bud

I was wondering if he ever contacted you. I guess not. I didn't realize he was gonna be such a flake when I first talked to him. Heck, this is his business, you would think he would go after it.

BTW, Steve (Swithy) had some tips for me for star-fields (I don't know if I will ever do it), he should be chiming in on here about it soon I would imagine.

Side note on the Wii and the sensor bar, have you seen this guy's applications for the Wii sensor bar: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

Scott,

Not a problem on the marquee, just wasn't sure if it would a 1 month wait or a 6 month wait. I'd hate to go to someplace like Kinkos, it'll cost a fortune.

I'll be checking out Steve's thread for sure as well as others.

I've seen some other variations of the Wii modifications and proof of concept. I did see where someone used two sensor bars, end to end to give it better constancy for projector screens. Need to look at that too.

Bud

OK, enough of the car stuff for now! :rolleyes:

I also started looking at ways to extend my Wii sensor bar. The wireless one just sucks up too many batteries (read "my kids forget to turn it off") and I'm tired of making battery runs. I've been in the Nintendo forum and there are some guys who have powered their sensor bars with AC adapters, so I'm leaning this way. Reaper did this I think. I ordered some parts from the RatShack and we'll see what happens.

Bud

Don't know if you have seen this or if its an option for you. I'm thinking of using this for my Wii when I finish my room.

http://www.videogamebundle.com/index.html

Charles

Charles,

No, I hadn't seen that that. Great find! This one looks promising: http://www.videogamebundle.com/sensorbarhd.html

Looks like it it wider than that standard bar as well, which I was also going to play with. Some guys are using them end to end and covering the middle IRs. The only thing I don't see is some sort of on/off switch. I may have to put in a switched (x10 or Insteon) outlet.

Bud

2 cylinders, 2 wheels and around 44 mpg.

http://www.vonhofs.com/TL1000R/TL1000R_8-29-05_12.jpg

You have to wake up the neighbor's!
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd6/Rumrunner_31/1905355719_7fef377f6c_o.jpg

I'll be checking out Steve's thread for sure as well as others.
Bud,

Here are a few things I learned when I installed my star ceiling:

1) Low-temp hot glue gun worked fine. I did not melt any fibers. Make sure you have a bunch of glue-sticks handy because you'll go through about 3/4 bag for a 5'x8' area.

2) Leave the strands long until you get the ceiling in place. The 1st time I did it, I cut them off (leaving about 1/8" sticking out). When I finally got the ceiling hung, I had stretched the fabric just slightly and a lot of the fibers went above the fabric. I had to pull it down, unglue all the fibers and do it again. A royal PITA! Once I got it installed (the second time), I cut them all off with about 3/8" of an inch sticking out. You cannot see them from the floor at all. My ceiling is about 9' from the floor.

3) The multi-size strands is the only way to go. IMO, its adds so much to the realism of the ceiling.

4) Get one of the LED light units. They run super cool, the LED light is the ice-blue color vs. the golden yellow you get with a regular bulb and is dead silent.

Good luck on your build. Feel free to ping me if you have any questions.

Steve,

Thanks for the info. Definitely going with the LED unit. I have the link somewhere, I remember you discussing it in your thread. On the multi strand option, did you get individual bundles of different sizes or are all the different sizes bundles together?

Where did everyone get the fiber?

Bud

Charles,

I went ahead and ordered the Nextronics sensor bar in the link above last night. I'll post back here when I get it hooked up. Again, nice find. Thanks!

Bud

Bud,

I got the fiber and LED unit here; http://www.fiberopticproducts.com/Coolsky_light_unit.htm

I got the EG -48 fiber that has multiple sizes jacketed there also. http://www.fiberopticproducts.com/Endglow.htm

I had a problem with the LED unit and they shipped a new circuit to me and was very easy to install. Great place to do business with.

Randy,

I assume you're talking about the EG-PACK48? Also, curious, how many bundles did you buy to do your ceiling? How many fiber bundles can you use with the cool sky? You just buy a million feet and cut it into multiple bundles? I won't need nearly as many as you, I'm sure.

Bud

Bud,

Yes, it's the EG-PACK48. I think I purchased a total of 75 feet. I used two runs per panel for a total of 96 stars per 8X4 foot panel, three panels total. You trim about an inch and a half off the jacket and you can insert 6 bundles in the LED. Tight fit but I got them in there!

So the raw end of the bundles just stack in the light source? How are they secured to the light source to prevent them from falling out? Is there any light spillage from the light source around the bundle ends?

Bud

Bud,

Correct. The LED unit has a soft gasket inside the nut. You insert the fiber ends into the nut and gasket and tighten down the nut. The nut tightens down on fingers that secure the fibers against the gasket. I used some black electrical tape aroung the six jacketed fibers to hold them together about 6-8 inches behind the LED unit.

You need pictures, don't you? :)

You need pictures, don't you? :)

Doesn't hurt!

Bud

Charles,

I went ahead and ordered the Nextronics sensor bar in the link above last night. I'll post back here when I get it hooked up. Again, nice find. Thanks!

Bud

Your welcome. I'll be interested to hear how it works.

Hey Bud,

I've been following this thread (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=911313) for a while. The products he's producing look very good and are inexpensive. I'm very tempted to go this route with my ceiling here in the next month or two. One of the things I like is the way the components hook up and are so small that you don't need a noisy illuminator.

-Ryan

Ryan, I subscribed to this thread along the way, but have not really had time to read through it. I'll take another look. Thanks.

Bud

The LED unit is silent and no heat to worry about. However, my application used more fiber so the cost was probably more.

Randy, do you dim the ceiling? Is it via the LED unit or a wall dimmer?

Bud

You have to wake up the neighbor's!
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd6/Rumrunner_31/1905355719_7fef377f6c_o.jpg

Oh, mine is plenty loud for me. Not as loud as yours, I am sure of it, but still, for a sport-bike, it's one of the louder ones as it's a V-twin like yours.


But we have to keep this on track, right Bud?
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5315/threaddirectionpb5.jpg

Bud there is a button on the LED light unit. Push it in and hold and it will brighten and dim.... Click it and it will change to differret flickering scenes.

Randy, was thinking IR control (not sure if its needed) and scenes.

Scott, nice Photoshop skills! :p

Bud

Sorry......couldn't resist.

Bud star ceiling system that Ryan linked on his post has IR control. Any universal remote with Sony TV codes can control it. I have DIY kit with 2 RGB units. It offers many color modes. You can get twinkle white units as well. He also offers shooting star modules and milky way modules to boot. Service is great but he works on his own and builds the units per order so it usually takes about a week for him to ship.

Stardesigner will be offering some new stuff as well. He mentioned something about lazers a little while back. Also his network card (the brain) offers 8 connectors to hook up to individual LED's for spot lighting which can be individually controlled and dimmed. Best of all he will be offering a dongle with software pretty soon so you can make program changes and updates. Good luck.

Oman, thanks for the post.

I took a look at that thread today some, saw the circuit board and wondered what the heck that is. I'm not sure I'll need IR control, but just wanted to think things through. The way I have my scenes setup, I can easily ad an X10 outlet or appliance outlet to turn the illuminator on. If it has a manual dimmer built in as Randy says, I could just find the right setting and be done with it. Not sure I'd do all the fancy comet and shooting star effects. I still have to figure out the coverage, whether to do a coffered look or not, and how to deal with the can lights. Pretty basic stuff.

Have you completed yours yet?

Bud

hi bud,
awsome build. i've followed your build from the begining, never had much to contribute until now. i started my build a few weeks ago. i am at the point of the star ceiling.
just waiting for the light boxes.

not very savy at linking threads yet. the places i got my material from are linked at my build page, THE ALMAX posts 46,47.

i would highly recommend drawing out your ceiling plans on paper, measure your cable runs. the amount of fibers per light box varies from 300-700 with the avg being 500. keep that in mind.

that should get you in the ballpark of how much cable you should need. definately go with the eg-48 multi-fiber pack. it will give you the realistic effect your going for.

oh ya,

if your doing a shooting star, use the 8 fiber cable, you can run several cable together in the shooting star generator to give you a long 20, 30 ,40 inch meteor trail. start with 1-fiber then as you go down the line add 2 to 5 fibers twards the end of the effect. this will give a realistic look. dim to bright, as real meteors look.

fiberopticproductes has a generator.
weidamark also has the same version. about 10$ less.
star-designers looks pretty cool, he's in canada though, i don't know if customs will be an issue.

(sorry, i tried to link, cut&paste, wont let me do it for some reason)

dr350x,

Thanks for the comments. I've checked out your progress a few times, pretty cool you're using the wood from your property. Looking forward to seeing how that works out for you. As far as linking, use the "Link" link on the upper right side of an individual post.

Thanks for the info on your ceiling project. I'm hoping to get some measurements this weekend so I can draw up a plan and get things ordered soon.

Bud

My panel is completed and ready to be put up and surrounded by trim. Been busy with a super bowl party and rebuilding the riser though, and haven't had time to focus on it for a little while.

I'll hopefully will be getting it up pretty soon. I need to get a new camera though, my other was stolen:mad:. Because of can lights that run the length of my room I had to limit my panel to be 4x6, but I was able to squeeze in enough constellations and stars to make it nice. I have been able to test with long fibers and it looks great. Once up I'll be able to trim them down. Whats nice about the control card is that you simply use cat5 to connect, i'm running cat5 from my projector bay to above the star panel which then connects to the scd units. I'll then be able to use the same IR flasher to control the projector and control card.

I went the non traditional route of using a very dark blue fabric, looks like midnight blue. I was able to match my ceiling paint to the fabric (blue coal from Lowe's) so I'm looking foward to getting it up and seeing what it looks like together. My guests at the party thought initially the ceiling was black so it is very dark. Good luck on which ever way you go.

I'd really like to see the midnight blue, so don't wait long for getting that camera! That sucks it was stolen. I had thoughts about doing blue as well and maybe going back to the frosted white rope light. I'm just concerned with the black soffit, it'll be really black in there. Good for movies though!

Bud

Scott, nice Photoshop skills! :p

Bud

I can only take credit for stealing the image from somebody else.... :D

LOL! :p

Bud

hi bud,
got an email from my partner, whos wood shop is buliding the columns, the oak wood is still to wet, and needs to be re-kilned. i'll get to that this week. hopefully it will be in progress soon. the next 1- 2 weeks anyway. thanks for checking out my build site.

Bud there is a button on the LED light unit. Push it in and hold and it will brighten and dim.... Click it and it will change to differret flickering scenes.

Randy, BTW, does it remember the last setting?

Bud

Exchanged a few emails with Bryan yesterday on the star ceiling. Sounds like I might want to take advantage of taming some ceiling reflection points while doing this, so that'll have some impact on the design. I'll try abd get some designs out in the next week. I have a few days off next week, gives me a little more time to get organized.

Bud

Steve,

Thanks for the info. Definitely going with the LED unit. I have the link somewhere, I remember you discussing it in your thread. On the multi strand option, did you get individual bundles of different sizes or are all the different sizes bundles together?

Where did everyone get the fiber?

Bud
Bud,

I used the same stuff that Randy (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=13097172&postcount=3628) used in his room.

I think I bought 35' of fiber for by 5'x8' setup (cut into 4 separate strands).

The LED light unit does have controls to dim, change lighting patterns, etc. I have mine hooked to a Insteon switch so I can turn it on/off at will. Honestly, once you have your light level and the flicker pattern set, you will never change it. So, IMO, having IR control to change things up a bit is not that big a deal.

Exchanged a few emails with Bryan yesterday on the star ceiling. Sounds like I might want to take advantage of taming some ceiling reflection points while doing this, so that'll have some impact on the design. I'll try abd get some designs out in the next week. I have a few days off next week, gives me a little more time to get organized.

Bud
It's pretty easy to do with as long as you use the 2" thick OC703 (or equivalent). It is a little more work but feel the benefits are noticable. You can see more HERE (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=10499428#post10499428) and HERE. (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=10564289#post10564289)

Steve, thanks for the replies. I expected as much on the level for the stars, just wanted to ensure you had to dim it every time. Sounds like you don't, so thats good. I think I'll end up making several panels with OC703 or OC705 (Bryan recommended), depending on the size on the panels. Glad you could tell the difference in sound, more incentive to to it this way.

Bud

Bud,

I used the same stuff that Randy (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=13097172&postcount=3628) used in his room.

I think I bought 35' of fiber for by 5'x8' setup (cut into 4 separate strands).

The LED light unit does have controls to dim, change lighting patterns, etc. I have mine hooked to a Insteon switch so I can turn it on/off at will. Honestly, once you have your light level and the flicker pattern set, you will never change it. So, IMO, having IR control to change things up a bit is not that big a deal.


Sir!

What he said :) On/off...one thing you don't have to fark with.

+1 reply for good measure

;)

+1 reply for good measure

;)

Thanks for the numbers pad, dude! :p

Bud

..*THAT'S* how you do it.

Let me play too!

CJ

:eek:

My AC powered sensor bar arrived yesterday, but since I didn't get home until 1:30 AM, I didn't hook it up in the theater yet. I'm on a conference call now, heading into work in a little while, so here are a few teaser shots I took just to get something out for you guys to see.

Even though its longer than the standard bar, it's "girth" is much smaller, probably because it doesn't need the room for the batteries anymore. I tossed a quarter in there for scale. One nice thing is that the bottom comes with double sided tape installed so you stick the sucker anywhere. In these pictures, I hook it up with the optional 30 ft extension. The AC power supply is tiny and has about 6 feet of cord with it.

I think this will work out nicely. I may try and fish the extension cord through the wall so I can use the triggered outlet in the receiver to turn it on/off (no on/off switch on the unit itself), but I may just leave it on all the time and just plug it in nehind the screen wall.

http://images31.fotki.com/v1086/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC01081-vi.jpg
http://images32.fotki.com/v1109/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC01082-vi.jpg
http://images36.fotki.com/v1134/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC01084-vi.jpg
http://images36.fotki.com/v1134/photos/6/649633/3402899/DSC01085-vi.jpg

Bud

Somebody dropped a quarter :D:D

Hey! Thats my quarter!

So after a day with the new sensor bar, I'd highly recommend it. Seems to make the cursor a lot less shakey. Having no batteries is a big plus as well. I just plugged it in and let it go. I don't plan on doing anything special about trying to trigger it or turn it on/off. It is what it is.

Bud

Hey! Thats my quarter!

So after a day with the new sensor bar, I'd highly recommend it. Seems to make the cursor a lot less shakey. Having no batteries is a big plus as well. I just plugged it in and let it go. I don't plan on doing anything special about trying to trigger it or turn it on/off. It is what it is.

Bud

I dunno, that quarter looks like the one stolen out of my pocket this morning.

Hi Bud,

No new camera, so I snapped off some pics with my camera phone. Not the best pics but it will give you an idea. This first shows the whole panel. It is an insulation panel from Lowes originally 4x8 cut down to 4X6.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff231/oman321/Starpanel1.jpg

Here's a closer shot for ya.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff231/oman321/starpanel2.jpg

And this is an angled shot so you can see the fibers sticking out about 3"
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff231/oman321/Starpanel3.jpg

Sorry I couldn't get ya better pics, but you get the general sense. The only minus was that the fabric had more stretch than I would have liked but I made it work.

Cool, thanks for the pictures...

Bud

So I've posted my rack before, but thought I'd show what it looked like in Racktools. Great planning tool, even if you don't use a Middle Atlantic rack, Software can be found here):

http://www.racktools.com/

Here is the comparison of planned versus actual (should have used Autostitch to show the complete rack, but my demo expired and its blanks below the shelf anyway:

http://images36.fotki.com/v1134/photos/6/649633/3055203/BlazingRack-vi.jpg

Did this a few months ago to play around with the tool, so the rack has some updates (Wii for one), but close enough.

Bud

C'mon, Bud...show us the back. Craig has set a new standard, but I'm sure you can live up to it...

I think I posted the back waaaaay back, but here it is. Somewhat organized, but not as nice as I've seen... yet. :p

http://images112.fotki.com/v581/photos/6/649633/3055203/100_1493-vi.jpg

Got a few more changes to make, then I'll likely redo it.

Bud

Bud,

That actually looks pretty good back there. I'd be happy as pie if I could get mine to look that clean. Nice job.

Mike

Yeah. You guys make me sick... ;)

OK, so here we go.

I took some quick measurements for the area where the star ceiling will go yesterday. So what I'm thinking about doing is abandoning the coffered look all together. I'm looking at 103x120, which means standard eight foot panels are a little short - but not by much. I have 7 inches to make up (3.5 on each side). I think what I can do is hide this area using crown (using some furring to close the gap around the panels and cover it with crown). If any of the furring would show, I could wrap that with the same material as the panels and we're good to go.

I'm also seriously considering using Numinus (http://www.numinus.com/avs.html) to build the panels for me. I've exchanged a bunch of emails with Lisa (longtime member LisaLynn on the forum) on pricing based on the new measurements. Once I have the final quote I'll go from there. Whats interesting is they don't use an illuminator that you guys use, the LED illuminator is built into the panels and daisy chained together. I'm still working on trying to figure out the best way for me to run power for it, but have some ideas.

Here is sorta, kinda how it would look. No gaps between the panels though.

http://images18.fotki.com/v329/photos/6/649633/3402899/Starceiling-vi.jpg

EDIT: I updated the "mis-measurements" from 103" x 116" to the correct measurements "103" x 120" na dreplaced the image.

Bud

Bud that's pretty much how I am going to trim out my panels. With one exception. I would like to put blue rope light around the perimeter hidden hidden above the crown.

Is the price of the custom panels palatable?

For me, yes, especially if you factor in the time for me to gather materials and build the panels. I believe in the link above they're offering discounts for AVSers as well. The last few months for me at work have been pretty brutal between long nights and weekends (working on Saturday again for the Wyoming caucuses), side business, baseball started up again, etc. In a nutshell time is becoming a premium now.

Bud

Time is valuable. Building those panels can be mine numbing too. But Pink Floyd helps!
Yep, pretty soon...yardwork! I think we all need diversions so we can come back late in the summer to begin thinking about football season coming so we better finish up those theater related projects....

OK, so I spoke to LisaLynn yesterday, who was very helpful talking me through some electrical ideas. I did one more round of measurements for the panels. I'll be ordering the panels in the next day or so. Not sure of the turnaround time, but will know more when I place the order. The actual measures are 103"x120", so I'm glad I remeasured.

Bud

Nice rack Bud!!! (no pun intended) :D

Cant wait to see how you build this star panel. Hope to start on mine soon.

BTW, whats up with all the receivers in that rack? One looks like its not even used.

Ronnie

Ronnie,

I have one receiver to drive the game room and bar (had it laying around) and the other was an ebay purchase for the butt kickers, although I have not installed them. Have them, prewired for them, but they're in the boxes.

Bud

Ronnie,

I have one receiver to drive the game room and bar (had it laying around) and the other was an ebay purchase for the butt kickers, although I have not installed them. Have them, prewired for them, but they're in the boxes.

Bud

What are you waiting for? If you don't want 'em, send 'em to me! BTW, I bought a BKA-1000 the Buttkicker digital amp they offer to drive my subwoofer. I could easilly add a buttkicker to the amp and it would drive both just fine, 1000 watts each!

Well, with the Hsu sub I have now, the damn seats already shake! I actually have 8 of the Aura shakers and I was thinking about just doing the back row just for fun. I never got motivated enough to pull the seats out to do it. I always sit in the front row anyway.

Bud

Hey bud... great thread and thanks for all the help that you didn't know you were helping me with. I went through your index and saw that your riser was about 8".
Is that what it ended up being? width of your riser looks about 6' or so? Just curious on your riser dimensions.

I'm trying to not put a step on mine either and wanted to know about how well 8" worked for you.

Wazzey,

No problem, glad you found it helpful. Yes, thats correct on the riser dimensions. I used 2x8s and then added plywood obviously. I was constrained by two things. The door being where it is made it only about 6 feet deep. Ideally, 9 feet would be perfect, but that would push my front row up another foot. Using the riser calculator, I should have been at least 10", but I didn't want a inside the riser step, especially at 6 feet, since it would be difficult to maneuver with other people reclined. A separate step would have interfered with the walkway to the door as well. As I said, you have to play the cards dealt and everything has a trade off.

Bud

Star ceiling update!

I went ahead and ordered my star ceiling panels today through our forum sponsor Numinus (http://www.numinus.com/avs.html) (Lisalynn here on AVS). Three panels 120" x 96" and all the installation hardware required. It'll take a few weeks before I get them, but that's OK, I've got plenty to keep me busy.

Looking forward to getting it completed! :)

Bud

I think I posted the back waaaaay back, but here it is. Somewhat organized, but not as nice as I've seen... yet. :p

http://images112.fotki.com/v581/photos/6/649633/3055203/100_1493-vi.jpg

Got a few more changes to make, then I'll likely redo it.

Bud

Is that electrical house wire for the speaker wire... and you are plugging the copper into the banana plugs? it looks like sheathed cable. is that possible?

Bolmsted,

Ahhh, nope! ;) The light gray wire (it is gray, but looks white here) is Carol CL3 UL in wall 12g speaker wire from Parts Express. Can be found here:

http://www.partsexpress.com/images/100-724m.jpg

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=100-742

They actually sell it at Home Depot too, just more expensive.

Bud

hi bud,
i will be interested in seeing the star panels installed.they sure will look great in your theater.
do the tiles allow for "wiggle room" if your room is square? make sure you do have alittle. i looked at their product before opting to go the dyi route. looks awsome. should really set off the theater.

Alan,

Thanks! The panels will have some wiggle room, especially on the length. 96" was perfect, since it'll allow me to either add filler on the sides and or/do the crown (which is likely how I'll go). As far as the width is concerned, I'm going with the exact measurement (120"), but I'll be able to peel back the GOM and trim the board if I need to. I have to make sure I have to perfect measurements for the cans so when I carve out the hole for them, I don't mess up. No room for error! I might have to build some templates just to get them perfect.

Bud

hi bud,
templates are an excellent idea. awfully pricey mistake....measure 3-4x then cut...i follow that motto and still booger it up...

Almost forgot. I picked up a URC MX-980 (http://universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=135) (actually two) on Monday to play with.

http://www.cepro.com/images/uploads/URC_mx980.jpg

I'm just playing around with the software to test things before I attempt to put it in play in the HT room. Right now I'm messing around with for the upstairs family room system. Definitely different than the Harmony setup. I'll let you know how that works out.

Almost forgot. I picked up a URC MX-980 (http://universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=135) (actually two) on Monday to play with.

http://www.cepro.com/images/uploads/URC_mx980.jpg

I'm just playing around with the software to test things before I attempt to put it in play in the HT room. Right now I'm messing around with for the upstairs family room system. Definitely different than the Harmony setup. I'll let you know how that works out.

Bud,

I'm curious why as a current Harmony user you didn't try out the new "One"? I'm still building my HT, but have eyes on the One and the MX-980.

Bud,

I'm curious why as a current Harmony user you didn't try out the new "One"? I'm still building my HT, but have eyes on the One and the MX-980.

Couple of reasons.

When I first heard about the One, I actually went down to Circuit City and picked one up and played with it some in the store. I think at that time they were also mismarked and we're cheaper than they were advertising them (if you've been in the official One thread, you know what I'm talking about). I thought it was nice, but no real beneficial upgrade features that the 880 already had.

I was really looking for another an excuse to buy a remote for our upstairs stuff (or replace the HT remote and move the 880 upstairs). I have an old Bose Lifestyle system (yes, I said Bose, its like 12 years old) and that is the monkey wrench in the setup. The 980 will actually handle Bose proprietary RF stuff, although I just started programming things and I haven't gotten that setup yet. The 980 does both RF and IR as well. If I can get it to work with that setup, I can put 4 remotes away.

My plan is now to use the 1st 980 upstairs, then use the second in the HT room and move the 880 to the bar.

Bud

Almost forgot. I picked up a URC MX-980 (http://universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=135) (actually two) on Monday to play with.

http://www.cepro.com/images/uploads/URC_mx980.jpg

I'm just playing around with the software to test things before I attempt to put it in play in the HT room. Right now I'm messing around with for the upstairs family room system. Definitely different than the Harmony setup. I'll let you know how that works out.

I've been a URC MX guy for a long time and I have to say I don't like that new layout at all. Completely different locations and sizes for the buttons. They had a fairly consistent layout of their remotes for a long time and then they came out with this...

Let us know how you end up liking it.

Have you seen one in person? I think half the issues with these remotes are how they fit in you hand, how accessible the buttons are how intuitive they're placed. The layout is pretty generic and straight forward.

Reminds me a lot of the Harmony 880 so far, but a little bigger. The buttons are much easier to read, especially in the dark. The Harmony buttons for the DVR functionality are a little awkward. I have to look close at them since they're the symbols (>, >>, <<, etc) versus letters. So those few things there are a plus in my book. Have not gotten into more advanced stuff yet, but so far so good.

Bud

Bud you will love the MX980 - I know I love mine. The best feature for me is that it shuts down when not in use but the instant its picked up it comes to life and buttons are clearly visible......add to that the flexibilty of programming its a winner for me.

Cheers,
Mark

Have you seen one in person? I think half the issues with these remotes are how they fit in you hand, how accessible the buttons are how intuitive they're placed. The layout is pretty generic and straight forward.

Reminds me a lot of the Harmony 880 so far, but a little bigger. The buttons are much easier to read, especially in the dark. The Harmony buttons for the DVR functionality are a little awkward. I have to look close at them since they're the symbols (>, >>, <<, etc) versus letters. So those few things there are a plus in my book. Have not gotten into more advanced stuff yet, but so far so good.

Bud

I have not held one so I am pre-biased without experience to back it up ;).

I do imagine I would like it better than H880. I have one of those that never gets used. I just don't like the layout or the feel of the buttons at all on that thing. I do have a H550 that I like much better (I replaced a MX500 with it) except that the buttons have to be pressed a little too hard.

I'm still using my MX-800 in the theater. I like it but its missing a button or two that I wish it had. I'd probably replace it with a 550 except that I need RF and for that button pressure thing.

Still searching for the perfect remote, so let us know how it goes.

i too played around a bit with the Harmony models at Best Buy. that pretty much sealed the deal for me and i stuck with URC. the Harmony buttons are small and packed in. while the peanut shape is nice in the hand the remotes felt cheap.

my upstairs system has been controlled since 2002 with the MX500. to stay in budget i went with the MX810 paired with the MRF260. it took me a couple days to figure out the remotes Wizard Software, but i have it up and running now and am very happy. having RF capabilities is fantastic.

later.

I have the MX-800 also and find that it has a very nice "hand" to it. I have many different remotes in the house and by far the feel and shape of the MX-800 is the most popular. I love URC remotes, but hate their consumer relationships (I digress)....I will have to check out their new remotes in person. I need the RF since my equipment is in another room. Mine works flawlessly. Keep us posted brother Bud!

This may help some folks.

I was looking around for some specs on the Carlon adjustable boxes (wanted to see how far they will adjust to) and discovered that they also make single and double gang LV adjustable boxes. Never have seen these at HD or Lowes. Never knew that they even existed!.

Single:
http://www.broadbandutopia.com/lowvoadbrsig.html
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/broadbandutopia_1993_5438845

http://www.broadbandutopia.com/lowvoadbr1.html
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/broadbandutopia_1993_6330649

Bud

Well, it has taken me a LONG time to go through your whole thread, but it was definitely worth it! You could almost turn this into a textbook of HT design and construction.

Great job with the build and documenting it. I for one am extremely grateful because I will be refering back to this thread often as my build starts to move from planning phase to construction phase.

Thanks again for all your effort and willingness to pass your experience along to the noobs like me.

This may help some folks.

I was looking around for some specs on the Carlon adjustable boxes (wanted to see how far they will adjust to) and discovered that they also make single and double gang LV adjustable boxes. Never have seen these at HD or Lowes. Never knew that.

Single:
http://www.broadbandutopia.com/lowvoadbrsig.html
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/broadbandutopia_1993_5438845

http://www.broadbandutopia.com/lowvoadbr1.html
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/broadbandutopia_1993_6330649

BudOh man, that would have saved me so much time in my build.

Well, it has taken me a LONG time to go through your whole thread, but it was definitely worth it! You could almost turn this into a textbook of HT design and construction.

Great job with the build and documenting it. I for one am extremely grateful because I will be refering back to this thread often as my build starts to move from planning phase to construction phase.

Thanks again for all your effort and willingness to pass your experience along to the noobs like me.

Thanks, glad you found it helpful. My way of giving back.

Bud

Oh man, that would have saved me so much time in my build.

My thoughts exactly!

Bud

Bud,

This is random, but would you happen to have the part number for Parts Express for the little magnets you used on the speaker grills?

Magnets:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=329-045

Bud

Magnets:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=329-045

Bud

I bet Bud didn't even need to look this up. He probably has that catalog and many others memorized by now.

Actually, I didn't know the part number, but remembered the correct search words ... "grill guides". :p I'll make sure I add it to the index.

Bud

Ahh.. Thanks for the link. That explains why I couldn't find it when searching for "magnets".

go figure.

OK, well, I just got a bunch of emails from folks about a tornado that hit downtown Atlanta and the CNN Center. I just turned on the news and saw the damage. Hopefully no one is hurt. My office is facing Centennial Olympic Park right on Marietta Street where it happened. I cant' see from the news if my windows were blown out. Not sure of the extent of the damage inside if any, but likely my laptop and 24" monitor is gone if the windows did break. I had it docked and my office is on the corner with two sides of windows, so if the wind didn't get it, the rain did. I guess I'll be working from home on Monday!

Bud

bud,
sorry to here about the windies,,, you and Video Cam aught to get together and play the lotto...

bud,
sorry to here about the windies,,, you and Video Cam aught to get together and play the lotto...

That's twice I wasn't there for these events (the other being the shooting). Here is a picture from last night and the circled area in yellow is my office.

http://images32.fotki.com/v1110/photos/6/649633/3402899/Budsoffice-vi.jpg

Bud

holy sh*t,
your gonna need a truck load of garbage bags...the building looks like it gonna need bunch of new doors...
glad to hear no one was hurt...

bud,
did you get your star panals yet? i look forward to your expirence with that system.

Alan,

I've ordered them, but it'll be April before I get them in. I'll post when I receive them and I'll post install pictures.

Bud

That's twice I wasn't there for these events (the other being the shooting). Here is a picture from last night and the circled area in yellow is my office.

http://images32.fotki.com/v1110/photos/6/649633/3402899/Budsoffice-vi.jpg

Bud

Must be the luck of the Irish there, Bud...

Holy!! Stay safe Bud you got some wild weather up there as of late.

glad you are okay, Bud! We were worried about you.

Geeezzzz.....I know what its like to be close to these near misses!

1) Was 4 doors away from the Iranian Embassy in London when it was taken under siege
2) Was actually in Harrods, London when it was bombed (used to use it every day as its Bathrooms had soft toilet paper)
3) My Office in Docklands, London was blasted by the bomb there, and the bus I was on passed the bomb vehicle 20mins after it went of.
4) I had been through Liverpool St station, London the morning that got bombed

Obviously God wanted me as a Sun Beam.

Hope everyone was OK.

Geeezzzz.....I know what its like to be close to these near misses!

1) Was 4 doors away from the Iranian Embassy in London when it was taken under siege
2) Was actually in Harrods, London when it was bombed (used to use it every day as its Bathrooms had soft toilet paper)
3) My Office in Docklands, London was blasted by the bomb there, and the bus I was on passed the bomb vehicle 20mins after it went of.
4) I had been through Liverpool St station, London the morning that got bombed

Obviously God wanted me as a Sun Beam.

Hope everyone was OK.


Holy crap! Remind me to be anywhere you aren't! ;)

Mark,

I was at Centennial Park for the Olympics right before the bombing there and I was actually in London on business a while ago and the hotel we stayed in got bombed the day after we left. I think is was a Hilton property across from Hyde Park, but it was some time ago.

Pretty sad we're exchanging bombing stories...

Bud

Yesterday turned out to be pretty wild as well with the tornados. We were under a tornado warning and there were several that touched down in Cartersville, which is about 15 mins north of us. Two people were killed. We got some wind and rain, but that was about it. Some places reported up to baseball sized hail.

Some other severe weather hit Atlanta again yesterday as well. From what I've seen on the news, there was a ton of property damage. Should be interested going downtown on Monday.

Bud

Pretty said we're exchanging bombing stories...


Yeah, enough of the bombing stories - lets get back to HT stuff.

Other than the Star ceiling what else yo got going on? I started my concession stand yesterday - won't get much done today as off to National Zoo.

Mark

I'm still messing with the MX-980 for the family room. I had to buy a IR-RF converter for the LS 25 called a C-1024A (http://www.audioauthority.com/product_list/IR_Converter) so I could use just the 980. Seems to work, but the exact IR codes are in the preprogrammed list for the 980, so still trying to perfect that. From there I'll work on the second one for the theater room. So for the remote works well for the kids, so that means having a second one in the theater room will be smart move.

Planning on picking up wood for my daughters' toy chest today. She needs something to hide all her crap (she's 6) in her room. I'm not planning anything fancy, something simple I can build in a day or so.

Last but not least, Jason (jikkjack) and I are building my neighbors theater room. He's not a DIYer and approached me about it. We're not doing the construction per se, we're doing parts of the job. He's having his whole basement finished by the company that built his house. We're acting as consultants to the owner/builder/project manager and doing some of the job ourselves. We did all the design details and prewiring. The builder did the framing, electrical, insulation, drywall and trim. They built the riser and stage, we built the screen wall. That's where we are now. Painters come this week and we'll go in next weekend and do all the acoustic treatments. We worked with Bryan (bpape) on the treatment design. I picked up a bunch of OC703 last week and will start cutting some of it today for the bass traps. I just ordered 260 feet of Fabricmate track that should be here next week in preparation for the install next weekend. After we get the fabric installed, we'll go back and do the equipment install. He wants his room to sound like mine, so it's likely going with the Ascend 340SEs and Sonance in-walls for surrounds, hence the track (only 12' of width, with small wood bump outs for columns). He's likely going with the Panny AX200 as well, but may jump on the AE2000. Should be a great setup for what he was trying to accomplish. I do have some progress pictures, maybe I'll start a new thread.

I told you guys I had post-construction depression!

Bud

Sounds like fun - I'm missing the build part now.

Although sometime in April I'll start on changing the Master Bedrooms vaulted ceiling into a multi tier soffet.....not HT but least keeps me out of mischief :D

Mark

Congrats on the showcase Bud,

Everything looks great, to bad they missed out on your upcoming star ceiling. I'm sure like everything else you do, it will be meticulous.

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/diyer_transforms_entire_basement/

Whoo hoo! Congrats Bud!

Oh man, forgot about that! Thanks for the link.

I'm at work. Windows are shattered on the outside, but not on the inside (safety glass). I'll wander outside during lunch and take some pictures.

Bud

Congrats on the article! Now I can tell all my friends that I converse with a celebrity!

Beautiful work on the HT!

You and Cam with the tornado's! My wife has re-occuring tornado dreams. We are in no rush to move to Kansas.

Congrats on the article.

Congrats on the article... when I started my foray into this home theater thing yours was one of the first threads that I read on the subject, and now I can say that from time to time I have gotten input from one of the best DIYers out there... Great article on a fantastic job... I give you a hearty and healthy "NAVY Well DONE!"


too much time off my project but now try to get back on track!

I told my wife about the tornado and first thing she thought was it hit your house after all the work you put into it. Glad it didn't get you and the wonderful basement.

Congratulations on the Electronic house article. Well deserved.

John

Thanks for the kind words guys!

Just walked around Centennial Olympic park and took a bunch of pictures. Will post them when I get home and put a link here. Pretty amazing.

Bud

Congrats on the article... when I started my foray into this home theater thing yours was one of the first threads that I read on the subject, and now I can say that from time to time I have gotten input from one of the best DIYers out there... Great article on a fantastic job... I give you a hearty and healthy "NAVY Well DONE!"


too much time off my project but now try to get back on track!

Yeah man!! Go Black and Gold.

Congrats on the showcase Bud,

Everything looks great, to bad they missed out on your upcoming star ceiling. I'm sure like everything else you do, it will be meticulous.

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/diyer_transforms_entire_basement/Congrats Bud! Great stuff!

Congrats on the article Bud... glad somebodys paying attention when someone's done as complete a job as you have. Well deserved.

Congrats on the showcase Bud! We all knew you were a star from the beginning!!!

I saw the article, and didn't realize it was you. Saw the reference here and went and actually read it. Congrats on the exposure. You deserve it.

I have followed your thread for quite awhile, and seeing the pics on the article, made me realize where I have received many of the ideas I have been sketching out in planning my space. I looked at those pics and thought that is exactly what I am planning, then realizes I probably got the ideas from you (and whoever you got them from) a few years ago.

Keep it up Bud, looking forward to the star ceiling updates.

P.S., the only "bombing" I have been around was watching "The Hulk" in theaters a few years ago (shudder). And if that movie wasn't bad enough, they are making another... Oh, the horror...

Here is a shot today of my windows (two on the left). Only the outer panes shattered!

http://images33.fotki.com/v1118/photos/6/649633/6026312/DSC00948-vi.jpg

The rest of the images around CNN center are here:
http://public.fotki.com/bketterl/cnn-tornado-march-2008/

There was a crane bringing up a dumpster up and down for the guys on the roof cleaning up debris. At some point they hauled up a porta-john for them! I guess that saves them a trip coming down.... :D

http://images35.fotki.com/v1128/photos/6/649633/6026312/DSC00952-vi.jpg

Bud

Whew finally got through the entire thread! Very nice! I hope to do something similar soon but in the planning stages now. It's threads like this that gives folks like me hope that I can pull this off.

I have but one question right now... many more to follow no doubt! I think I will get the same fan but was wondering how you turn it on? Do you turn it on manually or is it temperature controlled?

The tornado is just terrible news. I have family in Atlanta. My father-in-law used to work downtown. He is now retired. Very happy for that!

bud,
nasty stuff.

glad to see its spring in atlanta.

it sure in nice to see the pink fiberglass tree in bloom.... i always wondered how they grew pink fiber glass...

i'm still knee deep in snow...

Whew finally got through the entire thread! Very nice! I hope to do something similar soon but in the planning stages now. It's threads like this that gives folks like me hope that I can pull this off.

I have but one question right now... many more to follow no doubt! I think I will get the same fan but was wondering how you turn it on? Do you turn it on manually or is it temperature controlled?

The tornado is just terrible news. I have family in Atlanta. My father-in-law used to work downtown. He is now retired. Very happy for that!

Rodney, welcome! If you're talking about the bathroom fan in the closet, it's temperature controlled. I think I have the thermostat in my index. It's just an attic fan thermostat. Any more questions, let me know.

Bud

Alan,

Yes, thats the OC tree there. What do you get like 4 months of non snow months up there?

Bud

John, Craig, Wazzey. Michael, Dave, Randy, Ripcord87, Hlomax, Oman321 and Judson -

Thanks for the compliments!

Bud

Kudos Bud.

Hey Bud - Great job on the Electronic house article. It is nice to see. You are very deserving as you have helped many, many people in this forum.

Very sad regarding the tornado...Hope all you know is well.

Thanks guys!

Bud

Congrats on the showcase Bud,

Everything looks great, to bad they missed out on your upcoming star ceiling. I'm sure like everything else you do, it will be meticulous.

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/diyer_transforms_entire_basement/

Bud, you're a star!!

That's awesome, well deserved I'd say :)

Mike

I always knew I read this thread for a reason. Congrats on being recognized in EH. Your set up continues to drive me to finish mine.

Good to hear you're still in 1 piece down there Bud! Get back to work!

Mike and Ed, thanks.

Jerrod, you too my friend!

Bud