Recently my church acquired a small Epson powerlite projector. It works fine for our needs the only problem is the noise (worse because we have to run it in high-altitude mode).
I wanted to build a hushbox for it so not only to silence it but to keep the projector in a box where people wouldn't stress the wires, inadequately cool it or be confused by whatever else.
This is my hushbox build.
The plan is to add intake and exhaust fans with filters, which will move air through baffles and the projector.
The projector will be in a center cavity which at least one air gap between itself and the outside on all sides (except top and bottom, but I have used thicker MDF sections along with felt and foam for this.
Materials
3/4 MDF (Home Depot)
Black craft felt (Wal Mart)
Assorted craft foam (Wal Mart)
Spray on adhesive
Wood glue
Power strip
VGA cable
HDMI cable
1.5 inch torx screws (Home Depot)
2x single-gang low-voltage drywall mount boxes (Home Depot)
VGA Wallplate
HDMI Wallplate
Wireless IR extender
2x 4.5 inch anti-reflection glass windows
3x 120mm Fan Filter and Grill
2x 4-pack 120mm fans (used 6 only)
Molex adapter
multi-fan adapter
Started by cutting all the MDF into sizes I thought I wanted to use
Plug in all the fans, make sure they run!
This is my general drawing of how I want to lay it out:
Measure from the bottom where the screws will go for the sides, then glue and screw!:
Of course, clamp all glued surfaces... I wanted the outer sides to be fully dry before doing anything internally so this was the last for this day:
Lack of foresight!! I didn't check to make sure the throw of the projector would be ok through the MDF (didn't account for the thickness!) so I drilled the hold and test... everything was good.
I wanted to build a hushbox for it so not only to silence it but to keep the projector in a box where people wouldn't stress the wires, inadequately cool it or be confused by whatever else.
This is my hushbox build.
The plan is to add intake and exhaust fans with filters, which will move air through baffles and the projector.
The projector will be in a center cavity which at least one air gap between itself and the outside on all sides (except top and bottom, but I have used thicker MDF sections along with felt and foam for this.
Materials
3/4 MDF (Home Depot)
Black craft felt (Wal Mart)
Assorted craft foam (Wal Mart)
Spray on adhesive
Wood glue
Power strip
VGA cable
HDMI cable
1.5 inch torx screws (Home Depot)
2x single-gang low-voltage drywall mount boxes (Home Depot)
VGA Wallplate
HDMI Wallplate
Wireless IR extender
2x 4.5 inch anti-reflection glass windows
3x 120mm Fan Filter and Grill
2x 4-pack 120mm fans (used 6 only)
Molex adapter
multi-fan adapter
Started by cutting all the MDF into sizes I thought I wanted to use
Plug in all the fans, make sure they run!
This is my general drawing of how I want to lay it out:
Measure from the bottom where the screws will go for the sides, then glue and screw!:
Of course, clamp all glued surfaces... I wanted the outer sides to be fully dry before doing anything internally so this was the last for this day:
Lack of foresight!! I didn't check to make sure the throw of the projector would be ok through the MDF (didn't account for the thickness!) so I drilled the hold and test... everything was good.