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11-13-2006, 02:28 AM
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Thanks Andy! I am just waiting on a little warmer weather so that I can do the painting. I am going with flat black krylon fusion for the plastic and flat black on the stand. The cans say 15degrees is the minimum but I thnk that I will chance it if we get a day in the 5-10degree range... guess I waited too long to get started.
Cheers - Chad
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11-16-2006, 11:11 PM
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Black eggcrate anyone?
Well, I took advantage of the brief warming to do some painting. I put one coat on the stand and one coat on the egg crate sides. Here is a comparison shot:
 I couldn't be happier with the results. Not only is it cheaper to buy the white stuff and paint it, it definitely feels stronger and 'less brittle' than the regular black eggcrate. The krylon fusion paint seems to act like a flexible coat of armor. - Chad
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11-17-2006, 01:03 AM
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Couple stand shots
Here are some shots of the completed stand and sides. I still haven't painted the wood pieces so it doesn't look 100%. I thought it would be easiest just to buy a pint of paint and a roller, rather than using spraypaint on it.
 Side:  Front:  I came across some aluminum channel that would be perfect for the the eggcrate to sit in - still trying to decide what to use on the top to lock it down... What do you think? - Chad
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11-17-2006, 01:20 AM
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Looking very sharp,Chad.How do you remove the egg crate for access ?
................Dave
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11-17-2006, 01:42 AM
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Dave,
That is the challenge right now. I have envisioned the bottom of each side sitting in a channel and then some sore of tab or rail fastened to the stand at the top. I thought I could have screws or something that poked out from the rail that I could attach a strip of acrylic or metal to on the outside of the screen. You know the turn latch fastener on some womens handbags... Oh man, this is tough to explain... I would baisically like to have some way of fastening a strip to the outside of the top of the screen that connects to a strip on the inside of the screen, the two strips functioning like the solid channel that holds the bottom in place. Even if one of the sides was accessable like that and the other three sides were 'semi-permanently' secured - I could drill holes in the underside of the stand top tube and thread little black zip ties through to the top screen. That way, if I ever did want to take all the sides off, I could just clip the innexpensive zip ties and pull them off. Sorry if this doesn' tmake any sense... - Chad
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11-17-2006, 02:08 AM
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Actually, this just came to me but I could use aluminum channel on the top and the bottom of the screens. The bottom channel would be screwed to the wooden base. The top channel would not be attached to anything but I would use a dremmel to carve a three notches in it, each one like what you see on a barrel bolt lock. These notches would match up to three screws attached to the underside of the top rail of the stand.
Eg:  I would set the bottom of the screen in the bottom channel, then set the top channel on the top of the screen and swing the screen into place, matching op the notches to the screws. Once in place, I would just push the channel to the side and that would lock it in place on the screws. To take the screen off, just push the channel the other direction and swing it off the screws and out of the frame, and lift it out of the bottom channel. Does that make sense? - Chad
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