Bathroom Magic Mirror

spitzlbergerj

I’m working on a furniture project for my wife. It’s gonna keep me busy for the next four or five weekends. After that, in the middle or end of February, I can take care of your frame.

With all the cut-outs, holes, millings from my frame as well as the grinding work and the safe packing I will work on the frame with my machines for about one weekend. For this I would like to charge you 60 EUR.

The wood incl. angles and flat dowels will cost about 15 EUR.

All in all that will be 60 + 15 + 25 EUR = 100 EUR.

Maybe you can find a private woodworker near you via the relevant internet forums. Or a carpenter in your area. The CAD plan of my frame I have made available. Everybody should be able to rebuild it.

Regards
Josef

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

evgeniy88

Thanks for your posts. At first I was skeptical about the idea of gluing a mirror on silicone, but now I want to use your design.

spitzlbergerj

Thanks a lot
Josef

tootiemac3

Hi,
Thank you for all this info.
I am at the very start of my magic mirror journey and came across you mirror which is simply fantastic.
I noticed you had metal LED buttons on the side of your frame which I would like to install one in mine for powering opn/off.
Having looked at button tutorials I see most are just 2 jumper wires to the GIPO is this the same for your buttons?
How is the LED powered?

thanks!
Vicki

spitzlbergerj

Hi,
please forgive the late reply. It slipped through.

I use these buttons: https://smile.amazon.de/gp/product/B00JSEX1A0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

These have separate connections for “nomaly closed” NC and “normaly open” NO. And there are also the connections for the button LED.

But I did not connect the LEDs. Otherwise, besides the LED of the toothbrush and the LED of the mouthwash and the LED of the razor and … another LED would burn. Then I could slowly save the ceiling lighting in the bathroom :-)

PeterKatana

Hi Josef,
Looks very impressive. Which source do you use for the wooden frame?
Thanks a lot
Peter

spitzlbergerj

Hi @PeterKatana,
What do you mean by source?
The frame is made of beech wood. You can buy it from a wood dealer or carpenter. I have taken solid wood shelf savior made of beech from the hardware store. These are glued rod-wise and therefore torsion-resistant.
Regards
Josef

PeterKatana

@spitzlbergerj said in Bathroom Magic Mirror:

The frame is made of beech wood. You can buy it from a wood dealer or carpenter. I have taken solid wood shelf savior made of beech from the hardware store. These are glued rod-wise and therefore torsion-resistant.

Hi Josef,
thanks for the recommendation. I will search here for a carpenter. A miter saw I should have. Before I lived in Aschheim, that was easier. Now I am jobwise in Göppingen. Will search around.
I am curious for your next project you announced.
Stay safe !
Br Peter

spitzlbergerj

Hallo @PeterKatana,
Ich kann dir den Rahmen auch zuschneiden, wenn du mir die Maße sagst. Vielleicht kommst du ja mal nach Oberschleißheim oder in die Nähe.
Grüße
Sepp

SuneRadich

Your mirror looks amazing, but I am wondering. How is the electronics holding up, being put in a bathroom with alot of moisture? I cant see you did anything extra to keep moisture out of the mirror?