{"id":523,"date":"2016-01-17T20:38:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T01:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewarbird.com\/projects\/?p=523"},"modified":"2016-01-17T20:38:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T01:38:06","slug":"ahhhh-ten-sion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewarbird.com\/projects\/index.php\/2016\/01\/17\/ahhhh-ten-sion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahhhh-Ten-sion!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forward, WOAH!<\/p>\n

With this update we’ll arrive at a very usable theater room, as long as you want to sit on a dusty wood platform. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

All four platforms have the curtains up and the rear corners are done with a black panel intended to simulate columns in the corners.\u00a0 The back ‘wall’ measures out just such that it should be perfect for four red panels with a black panel between each pair.\u00a0 This will simulate a column breaking up the wall of red.<\/p>\n

The screen arrived Friday afternoon and I must say it was packed awesomely!\u00a0\u00a0They could have dropped it out of\u00a0a FedEx plane at cruise altitude.\u00a0 Had it then went through the roof and first floor it would have landed in the basement in perfect condition.\u00a0 I gathered up some scrap wood and built out a couple of areas on the wall\u00a0to secure the mounting hardware to.\u00a0 This is\u00a0so\u00a0the screen hangs out in front of the speakers by a couple of inches.\u00a0 Getting the screen material on the frame was a breeze.\u00a0 They use a tension band system that went on super fast.\u00a0 There are a couple of grommets in the material ever so slightly peaking out from under the frame in the top corner, but only really when you’re standing right in front of it.\u00a0 My only concern at this point is that as the bands age and go slack that the grommets\u00a0will become more visible.<\/p>\n

Once I had the screen mounted and adjusted the projector accordingly, I sifted through the Directv guide and stumbled across Top Gun.\u00a0 Obligatory crappy iPhone pic of the screen is included. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

After turning things off it was time to tackle the floor.\u00a0 It’s been close to\u00a0ten years since I last put down tile and grout.\u00a0 I was quickly reminded that I hate the grout part of the job.\u00a0 I got all the joints covered and the first pass at cleaning up the residue, I’ll get the rest of it up and clean up the lines in a day or two.<\/p>\n

On with the pics!<\/p>\n

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