Bathroom Magic Mirror

hedmik

Very nice design and crafts!!! I’ve just built my two first mirrors and i’m now also planning a bath mirror :-)
Thanks for sharing all detaild pictures as a guidance!

otto

I was think about, maybe build something similar, and got an idea.

Do u think a rpi move sensor can see through the glas?
Think if u have an eye behind the screen, and when it’s noticed movement the MM will show up on the screen.

I don’t own any senor to try it

qu1que

@otto

I’ve tried that with a PIR motion sensor, and really doesn’t work very well. So I’ve finally decided to put it outside mirror.

Anyway, you can try it by yourself.
Hope it helps.

spitzlbergerj

Hi, I’ve tried several options:

Motion detector in the mounting arm of the lamp
Radar sensor behind the glass
Radar sensor inside near the frame
Radar sensor outside on the lower frame

Actually, only the latter works well. And that’s how it’s stayed now. The foil of the mirror shields just about everything. Actually the motion detector in the lamp arm should do the job. But apparently it is also shielded by the aluminium so that it didn’t work.

So not yet an optimal solution …

Fozi

@otto I put a microwave sensor behind the Glas and it works reliably. You can find my tutorial if you follow the link in my signature.

secdude

Hallo Josef,

how happy are you with the chrome spy mirror glas? is the reflected image brigth enough or is it too dark to operate as the main bathroom mirror? Any comments from the wife?;) I’m about to order the same from glas star.

Beste Grüsse,
Mat

spitzlbergerj

Hi, Mat,

my wife and I are very happy with our mirror and we would both not want to miss it anymore. The mirror is a little darker than a normal mirror. But it is perfectly adequate as a bathroom mirror. My wife has never complained about the (missing) brightness. And I myself am also very satisfied.
But before I bought the mirror, I had built a “sample mirror” for my wife from the sample glasses that you can get from the supplier. At that time the direct comparison was possible and the conversion was officially “approved”. :-)

Grüße
Sepp

secdude

Thanks for that!

evgeniy88

Impressive work. How many cans of silicone did you use?

spitzlbergerj

Hi @evgeniy88,
I probably needed a lot less than half a can. The relief of the milling helps to save material and still guarantee stability.

Soon I will start building a bathroom mirror cabinet with a magic mirror. I will post the details in this forum again. :-)

Best regards
Josef