Yes Dear, I'm down here working on your craft room!! - Page 17

Great!!!! Best news I've had in a month

I'm sure Im not the only monkey in the cage that's Freakin sick of winter now.. 4 Solid inches of ice, that doesnt act like its going anywhere soon... C'MON man... I have no idea now why I left Phoenix.....

Erkq.. That is truly a depressing story

I hear Ya Enders...

I grew up in the midwest, winters dont usually bother me, but we got hit with one of the worst ice storms I've seen since I was a kid..

Snow Blowers dont work on this, its been on the driveway for ~ 10 days now.. Solid ICE 3" thick...

I've busted my A$$ twice

I briefly tested them out ~ a year ago, the room was nothing but a drywall box at the time and the LR's I used were not up to the task. All I can really say is that they pack alot of punch.

I've never seen anyone complain about an IB moving thier screen.


There is 27" from the throat of the manifolds to where the screen will be.


Your likely to be testing yours out before before my lighting fast build gets to that point.

Quick Update on the progress:

Deployed the spray booth built last year-


Heres the exhaust door plug I use for winter operations-
(its really kinda sad that a build takes long enough that you can develop different methods for different seasons)


Part way through the clear coats I noticed the exhaust stopped working.. tracked it down to filters in the exhaust being clogged... At least I know the filters work.



I started mounting the wall panels.. heres where the walls meet the proscenium


I made an overall design decision.. I was getting worried that with all the trim etc that I was planning, the room would get "TOOOO BIZZY" and detract from the look I'm shooting for. So I decided I would go with all black fabric, and not use any of the Bronze colors on the side walls. The only color on the walls besides the black, will be the sconces. I am planning on putting a slightly higher sheen on the details like the Capitols and Fluted columns etc.

I built the 10 frames for the side walls and covered them with the 701 and slipped them in temporarily, they will eventually get a trim around them but Im waiting on some of the treatment materials.

So what I will be ending up with is the classic Red and Black ..



Heres a shot with just the soffit lights



I tried to take pictures with a longer exposure but I need a tripod or a steadier hand.. sorry for the blurry pics.

Right wall:



Left wall:



Ive not done anything to the back wall yet.. still thinking about how to work in the hush box. I think Im gonna finish the underside of the side soffits next.

Slowly plugging away, one piece at a time...

Brad

Thanks for the kind words everyone.


I'm really happy with the black, as you guys know it can be difficult to visualize and commit based on a small sample of fabric, black was the safe choice.

I've held one up and I think the sconces look great aganist the black.. as soon as the perfsorber arrives and I finish the underside of the soffits I'll be able to mount the sconces.


Thank you Mate.

Thanks to anyone who noticed and didnt point this out from the previously blurry pics.. it makes me feel like my efforts were somewhat sucessful so far.

One of the challenges I faced was balancing the symmetry of the room, for both the accoustical treatments and the sconces, due to the EQ room door.

So this was my work around...




This door originally opened into the room and I had planned on communicating doors here. I figured that since this only went into the eq room I could eliminate the second door and just focus on a good seal without sacraficing any sound proofing efforts.. so I flipped the door, it now opens into the EQ. room.

I ended up sacraficing ~ 2" on the actual door height, and It may seem odd at this time where I chose to split the opening, but once the capitols, fluting and trim are on the seams and hinges will dissappear completely.

I still need to install an armoured door loop to get power to the sconces.

Here are a couple more shots of the work in process..
The door frame is 2 3/4" thick to accomodate the 2" perfsorber.

Put in some 703 so I didnt have a hollow cavity

Test fit to align the door skin with the wall panel



Mount the skin

Jeff.. Thats funny


Tom..Actually a close personnel friend and beer drinking buddy, (shown helping spread GG on the 1st page of the thread), owns a carpet store. He's the guy that helped carry all the sheet goods to the basement, and the one I call if I need a hand with something. He's got a lot of sweat in the room so also, If anyone is going to be careful.. it will be him.

Brad / Matthew.. Thanks for the bump.. and the kick in the rear..

"Old Thread Warnings" have become an integral ingredient of this build thread.

Brad - I'm sure whatever you decide for your side wings will look fantastic. Your theater has such clean lines that even a subtle details on the front will stand out.

I think working through the concept/design is the most enjoyable part of the build..

Matthew - I would settle for Low res photos of a completed theater at this point

Update:
I returned last week from 7 weeks in SE asia, and still recovering from the time change.

I received 3 full 4x8 sheets of perfsorber before I left, and started on the hush box. The hush box needs finished/mounted so I can complete the soffit face around the rear, and the perforber was needed to permanantly install the fabric frames and mound the sconces on the side walls.

Hopefully I'll post a couple pics in the next week or so... of something...

Brad

Bingo Dude!!! You've obviously been there!!

Its been several years since I ate chicken feet, I no longer feel the need to immerse myself completely in the local cuisine, but it is funny how I crave a pizza as soon as Im back.