First off please let me know if this is the right forum to be posting this in.
OK to start things off special thanks to Eme1 for selling his Panny PT-AE2000 to me. Thanks to Aussie Bob for his curved screen prgm, and thanks to Randy Wood from Home Theater Brothers (HTB) for the anamorph lens and Marc Rumsey for helping to answer some of my questions.
Will be posting pics once I get a site to host images Today started out with a bang as I got started on making my CIH curved screen. My screen hieght is 45' and my 2.35:1 width would be 105.75' .
Screen build materials:
- 1 4x12 1/4 inch drywall cut down to 4x9
- 1 4x8 OSB 7/16ths
- 2 1x4 spruce boards
- 4 1x3 spruce boards
Traced out my top and bottom curves and proceded to nail/staple the 1x4 on the back and 2 on the sides. I then used the 1x3 and working from center out and placed one board every 16 inches. I then screwed the outside edge down in the zone where I will put the boarder.
If you and using drywall and only using one sheet I just remembered a trick you can use to get away from having screws to hold your drywall down. Of course the thinner the better when it comes to bending drywall. I used silicon and applied a generous amount to each of my support planks. Once I was happy with my drywall being centered in my frame I pressed down on all the supports and then tossed paint cans on top to give added weight till the silicon sets up. You can also get PL panel adhesive over silicon but, I find both work really well and the best part is no screw holes in the image zone to fill.
I will post pictures of these steps as soon as I can.
Next report: Spraying of the Black Widdow paint.
OK to start things off special thanks to Eme1 for selling his Panny PT-AE2000 to me. Thanks to Aussie Bob for his curved screen prgm, and thanks to Randy Wood from Home Theater Brothers (HTB) for the anamorph lens and Marc Rumsey for helping to answer some of my questions.
Will be posting pics once I get a site to host images Today started out with a bang as I got started on making my CIH curved screen. My screen hieght is 45' and my 2.35:1 width would be 105.75' .
Screen build materials:
- 1 4x12 1/4 inch drywall cut down to 4x9
- 1 4x8 OSB 7/16ths
- 2 1x4 spruce boards
- 4 1x3 spruce boards
Traced out my top and bottom curves and proceded to nail/staple the 1x4 on the back and 2 on the sides. I then used the 1x3 and working from center out and placed one board every 16 inches. I then screwed the outside edge down in the zone where I will put the boarder.
If you and using drywall and only using one sheet I just remembered a trick you can use to get away from having screws to hold your drywall down. Of course the thinner the better when it comes to bending drywall. I used silicon and applied a generous amount to each of my support planks. Once I was happy with my drywall being centered in my frame I pressed down on all the supports and then tossed paint cans on top to give added weight till the silicon sets up. You can also get PL panel adhesive over silicon but, I find both work really well and the best part is no screw holes in the image zone to fill.
I will post pictures of these steps as soon as I can.
Next report: Spraying of the Black Widdow paint.
