I want to use a stencil to make a giant poster, and in order to do that, i need to project the shadow of the stencil onto a wall. Since I dont have access to an actual projector, I was wondering if there was any way i could achieve the desired effect with household items like a 500 watt work lamp.
anyone have any clever suggestions?
2006-11-06 09:00:49 · 3 answers · asked by Spuck 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
You might be able to find help by either
browsing some DIY sites, or try looking
up some information on the following website...
H a p p y
D I Y i n g !
2006-11-06 13:15:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You'll need some type of lens to focus the light ... not just a light source. Something similar to an overhead projector should be possible.
DIY projectors is a fairly busy "hobby" area with some people making fairly sophisticated designs (for example, link #1)
A site with a lens calculator exists (2nd link) which works for single and multiple lens setups and for the fresnel lens usually used.
Do a Google search for "DIY overhead projector" and I think you'll get some ideas.
2006-11-06 09:28:37 · answer #2 · answered by agb90spruce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to your local collage the arts dept will help u get this done as long as u have the materials and it won't take more than at most two hrs or even the library can help u get this done
2006-11-06 16:02:36 · answer #3 · answered by starchild1701 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋