27" Mirror with selfmade frame

lavolp3

Would interest me as well.
Also, your mirror seems very cheap! (and that in SWITZERLAND :-))

kruemel

Thanks :)
Its 12% and 4mm thick

They have 1, 12, 20, 30 and 40%
https://www.glastroesch.ch/glas/82-spionspiegel.html

MadScientist

Thank you very much. I saw they are also in Germany. I will call them up tomorrow and ask for prices for the mirror and for shipping. If it’s really that cheap I will order one with 12% and with 20% transmission and see which one fits best.

maxbachmann

How far does your radar detector detect through the glass?

bhepler

Excellent work. That looks great!

kruemel

@maxbachmann
Its in the middle behind the thick wood and it detects at least 4m. (would be more if there would be no wood, just the glass :-)
Due to the position across from my wardrobe thats fine but if the range is too faar for detection it would be possible to reduce it with a resistor.
https://github.com/jdesbonnet/RCWL-0516

maxbachmann

@kruemel ty for the info

soul

great job, looks great full height!

PhilReis

Nice work, i see you used a radar sensor.
How and where exactly did you attach this?

Arjen

Very nice mirror. Looks great.
I am also curious about the prices of the mirror and shipping costs.

MadScientist

FYI: Glastroesch.de doesn’t ship their mirrors. They also do not directly sell to private people but give you a contact that does. Apparently they are around Ulm (for those that live close enough).

onkelbobby

Hi kruemel,

good job… looks very professional.
Since I’m using the same RCWL0516 motion sensor I have also some questions:

How did you mount it that it is working through the glass?
I tried id with my Mirropane Chrome Spy 4mm but there was no detection trough the glass at all.
Maybe you can share some pictures especially of the motion sensor?

Thanks, onkelbobby

jersam

which router bits did you use on the 2x4s?

kruemel

Ah sorry i did not get any notifications about new posts :-)
I will answer all the questions this week

kruemel

@jersam said in 27" Mirror with selfmade frame:

which router bits did you use on the 2x4s?

Sorry i dont get your point ^^
Do you mean this, maybe?

kruemel

@onkelbobby Hi, thank you :-)

I just mounted the sensor on a piece of wood behind the glass (to reduce the range a little bit without a tresistor) instead of directly behind the glass.

If you need i can make a picture but i think the illustration should do the job ;-)

jersam

@kruemel which bits did you use to cut the wood.

Looks like you started with a 2x4, cut into a L shape with a ledge, put a smaller strip of wood to hold the mirror and display in.

its nicely done so i was curious.

I just picked up a table saw so i can do a datto cut in wood.

onkelbobby

@kruemel
thanks… no need to take pictures…
I’m just wondering why my sensor is no working trough the glass wood combination (Mirropane Chrome Spy 4mm + plywood 5mm)

Anyway, I found another way to mount it almost invisible.

teegray1124

does your myweather module still work?

kruemel

@teegray1124 Yes but i think you mean the “rainfall” amount, when you ask like this ^^
I noticed that it states “nullmm” instead of a number, since a couple weeks.