Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
My First Build, 24 Inch In A Custom Frame
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I got the mirror here: http://www.tapplastics.com/product/plastics/cut_to_size_plastic/two_way_mirrored_acrylic/558
Although I might try a true glass over an acrylic on my next one. You can get that here: http://www.twowaymirrors.com/
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@AdamMoses-GitHub what were the exact dimensions of your monitor compared to the piece of acrylic? Also, any chance you have your frame build plans lying around? Looks really nice, great job!
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@chieftainSupreme The precise dimensions of my order are pasted below, although I did have to sand one edge to get a perfect fit inside the frame.
Effectively the mirror is the precise dimensions of the monitor itself once the bezel was removed. Once I had that measurement I could cut the wood according to the same dimensions plus obviously accounting for the width of the wood itself and adding just a bit more (1/16 of an inch) to ensure that I wouldn’t have trouble getting it in. Given I had 3/4 of an inch all around interior of the frame to put the mirror and the monitor I didn’t have much fear about it falling out.
Also, sorry, I didn’t keep an official build log although I plan to build another one soon so I will for sure do that and let everyone know on here.
Dimensions:
Mirrored Acrylic Two-Way (Customize Sizing) - Clear
1/8 (.118) inches Thick, 12-3/4 inches Wide, 21-15/16 inches Long -
Just wanted to give you props for an awesome build, plus the AT-AT in the reflection ;)
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@hartattack Thanks!
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@AdamMoses-GitHub do you leave it on 24/7? My pi is overclocked and cooled with fans/heatsinks but my monitor runs pretty hot. I’m thinking about writing a script to turn the mirror off when I’m asleep/not home, have you had any issue with overheating yet? I see the thermometer warning in the upper right in your first few pics
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@chieftainSupreme I do leave it running 24/7 without problem.
The thermometer in the pics was my mistake, I left my VNC connection running for about a half-hour and in that case it will start to overheat, but otherwise it’s fine.
I’ve also want to use the PIR sensor to automate turning it on/off, but mostly to save on the energy and the edges of the mirror tend to glow when left on in a totally dark room.
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@AdamMoses-GitHub do you have any fans/heatsinks? i’m not worried about my pi overheating as much as i’m worried about the tv, it gets hot real fast. I suspect this is normal for tvs, we just don’t know about it usually because there’s a bezel and we rarely touch the backs of our tvs
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@chieftainSupreme I’ve swapped the Pi in the mirror, one had heatsinks and the other didn’t, neither had any problems for me.
But I do take your point, most TV monitors as opposed to desktop computer monitors seem (from my experience) to run just a little bit hotter. If you remove the bezel and run into heat problems I could see how just getting some decent heatsinks on the monitor itself could be useful.
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@AdamMoses-GitHub didn’t even think about heatsinks on the tv. That could work, it seems like the heat comes more from the screen itself and not from the board. Since it’s in my bedroom, I’ll probably just write a dinky little script to turn it off from 9pm-8am, should give it some time to cool down and also take care of screen burn, which I’m worried about because I run retropie on the same screen
