Tommy's HT In-Progress

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Tommy

Discussion Starter · Apr 20, 2006 (Edited)

Tommy's HT Room

Woohoo - first member to start a complete project here. To recap my intro:

Ok to start, I've been framing the basement for weeks, an hour or two per night. Finished basement will have a gym and HT room. I should have got some before pics but I'll get some soon now that I'm thinking about it.

First mistake I made was not calculating how many boards and trips to Home Depot the framing would take. I had an rough estimate but decided to go to HD and pick up like 30-40 2x4's at a time in my Explorer.

Let me say after about 8 trips so far and almost 1k down on wood, it would have been easier and cheaper to just buy it all at once from a lumber yard and have them deliver it.

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Tommy

Discussion Starter · #321 · Jun 29, 2007

Now for the really hard part, selling my beloved BenQ.

Considering I've only used the pj for about 6 months (less then 500hrs on bulb) plus original cost, acessories & recent ISF calibration I figure I'll probably lose 3-4 thousand dollars selling it compared to what I paid for it and hopefully it wont be more then that...

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mechman

· #322 · Jun 29, 2007

Hey Tommy,

Where did you get your movie posters from? Someplace online? Thanks!

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Tommy

Discussion Starter · #323 · Jun 30, 2007

mechman said:
Hey Tommy,

Where did you get your movie posters from? Someplace online? Thanks!

Hello:

Yes it was a place called allposters.com, I didnt really comparison shop when I got then so there may be better deals elsewhere. I know the wife doesnt like a couple of the ones we have and wants me to replace them already. Are there any specific ones your looking for?

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mechman

· #324 · Jun 30, 2007

Tommy said:
Hello:

Yes it was a place called allposters.com, I didnt really comparison shop when I got then so there may be better deals elsewhere. I know the wife doesnt like a couple of the ones we have and wants me to replace them already. Are there any specific ones your looking for?

Not really, I haven't talked to the boss about it yet so....:whistling: I would have just done it but I've seen what your wife says and that's making me think "This may have to be a team decision".:bigsmile:

I was just looking for a recommendation. My walls are a bit bare at the moment other that some Minnesota Wild Hockey memorabilia. Plus I've seen a lot of people do this and I've always thought it looked cool.

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mechman

· #325 · Jun 30, 2007

Tommy,

Were the frames a lot cheaper at Michaels? I should be in bed and I'm looking at movie posters!!

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Tommy

Discussion Starter · #326 · Jun 30, 2007

mechman said:
Not really, I haven't talked to the boss about it yet so....:whistling: I would have just done it but I've seen what your wife says and that's making me think "This may have to be a team decision".:bigsmile:

I was just looking for a recommendation. My walls are a bit bare at the moment other that some Minnesota Wild Hockey memorabilia. Plus I've seen a lot of people do this and I've always thought it looked cool.

Oh ya she was ****** (about that too) when I ordered the posters and didnt ask her which ones she wanted. I was like do you even care about movie posters and got the whole it would have been nice to ask type ****... As you can see, I'm a firm believer in the "its easier to as for forgivness; then it is to ask for permision" philosphy :bigsmile:

Frames can get very expensive, and I dont see much reason to paying more for them. Plus delivery on line for something that big coule be very expensive. I would definetly suggest the cheaper frames at Michaels. They usually go on sale for like 50% off once a month, wait for then...

As I said the wife wants to change a few of the ones in are room so if ya want to trade for something (movies or what ever) let me know. I know she doesnt like the king kong one and also the braveheart one. I remember buying a fifth one also that is still in the tube but cant even remember what it is at the moment

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mechman

· #327 · Jun 30, 2007

I'm thinking along the lines of like a Casablanca, Star Wars, Gone with the Wind, etc. What I'd really like is that Jack Nicholson - The Shining Poster. But I know momma won't like that...:huh:

May be a week or so, before I converse with my better half and get back to you, but I'll let you know one way or the other regarding King Kong and Braveheart.

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Chinadog

· #328 · Sep 15, 2007

Hey Tommy, new to the shack and your thread, so I just jumped from the beginning of your thread to the end to check out the finished product. Nice job! Bet you're logging a lot of hours on that lamp. Congrats!

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Tommy

Discussion Starter · #329 · Sep 16, 2007

Thanks Bud

wow 114 pages on your thread. That certainly has humbled this old thread

I started to look but dont have that much time today. Is there a summary some where

I would like to get a chance to though, I am interested in doing something almost exactly similar to your ticket window pictures. Did you do it from scratch or was it a kit to be ordered?

I'm not sure if I've blogged this here previously or not or if you have already completed something like this yourself. But I did create a light box, similar to your theater picture on your first posts to your thread and hung it above the door outside the HT room. It came out really good and only took perhaps an hour or two and 30 bucks.

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Chinadog

· #330 · Sep 16, 2007

Hey Tommy. That thread took on a life of its own!

If it helps, I went back and created an index for my thread in the first post. There are some links there in regards to the ticket window. I built it from scratch, no real plans, except for a basic layout in MS paint and the dimensions for the plexiglass. I did however take a bunch of pictures as I built it and put it in an album that may help you. I've done a few poster lightboxes myself and they're in the same album as the ticket window.

http://public.fotki.com/bketterl/early_construction/blazing_ridge_cinema-1/ticket_window_and/

Happy to help with anything, let me know if you have an questions.

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Tommy

Discussion Starter · #331 · Apr 29, 2009

Getting that upgrading itch and looking for what to add/replace in the room...

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IDSkoT

· #332 · May 2, 2009

Great build, man. Looks amazing. I bet it's awesome.

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Tommy

Discussion Starter · #333 · Jun 8, 2009

Update Bug:

01)
Ok I decided to add faceplates to my equipment rack. It winded up being a bit expensive but it definitely looks a lot better then before. The faceplates only work with a specific type of shelf (of course not the ones i already had on the mid atlantic rack) so I winded up replacing the shelves too, plus added a couple of slide-out drawers. Not including the rack itself, just the new items came out to around $800; plus im still wating to finish off one of the shelves since they dont currently have the faceplate for my cablebox in stock.

02)
My harmony 880 univeral remote died recently. Well it just sort of stopped working if not used within 1' of the component its controling. Bday & fathers day coming up so the wife say she would put money towards a new remote, so I ordered the Harmony 1100 model which hopefully will be delivered today. To compliment the new remote, this morning I also ordered the wireless extender & ps3 adapter.

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