![]() ![]() I don’t have pictures but I ended up using painters tape to cover the mirror and stain around the edges.īut volia! A mirror that allows light to shine through it. By this I mean the plastic dust.Īnother pitfall I made was to not stain the frame and case separately before gluing the mirror between them. My only word of advice here is taken from Will it Blend? : “Don’t breathe this”. I happened to have a band saw available and put that puppy to use. You can do it a number of ways, TAPPlastics has a whole tutorial series on it. Luckily it’s really easy to cut a double sided mirror. Essentially I was in a bit of trouble because the mirror didn’t fit flush with the frame, causing a gap between the case and frame. This part of the project I thought the least about and when I make another I’ll definitely do it differently. ![]() My only regret is not buying two so I could get this part done twice as fast. Now I could just use some liquid nails at the joints and this tool would hold them for a few hours to let them dry. But luckily a helpful employee at Home Depot showed me this awesome tool: But however 3/8 thick wood, just like jihadst groups, are cowardly and easily splintered under the slightest pressure. Instead I said I was a “minimalist” and wanted simple cuts 90 degree cuts on purpose.īut another snag, originally the plan was to use a kreig jeg to make little pocket holes to screw in. I didn’t get pieces long enough to make that kind of cut possible. Remember when I said I wasn’t an expert craftsman? Yea, that bit me a little bit. Building the frameĪt first I wanted to make a fancy frame with 45 degree angles at each of the corners. I ended up just using a straight saw and making a slot to fit the cable through. You’ll need it later when you’re wiring up your monitor and raspberry pi’s power through the case. You don’t want your computer to bake in a completely enclosed space.įinal side note, remember to make one of those holes at the bottom of the case big enough for a power plug to fit through. This was to allow the raspberry pi to at least have some air flow. With this method you’ll get a flush fit and be able to remove the montior from the case with no issues.Ī side note, I also screwed in holes at the top and bottom of the case. ![]() I used a few clamps to hold the pieces in place while screwing in the sides. I just cut 4 4x2 pieces to fit the new Jenny Craig’d monitor in a case. They’re wiring is very thin and you’ll definitely need it intact to turn on and adjust the monitor. Make sure to be careful removing the monitor controls. I used a paint scraper to pry at the edges of the monitor till it eventually gave in and split. Turned out to be a good call because at first I didn’t take in for account the depth space I’d need to fit in all the wiring. I decided to make the case fit even closer to the monitor by removing the plastic around the monitor. I ordered my mirror from but you can get them from several other vendors online. But don’t worry too much about ordering slightly too big, you can cut to fit the size you need. So order a mirror that’s close to the size of your monitor (only the screen part, do not include the bezel in your measurement). They’re much more forgiving than actual mirrors and you can cut them in several different ways to fit what you need. However what I didn’t know was that these double sided mirrors are actually acryllic and plastic like. The mirror is definitely the most essential piece to the whole project. I ended up picking the BenQ GW2760HL 27 inch monitor. I was cautious to get a monitor with it’s inputs on the bottom or side because it would be hard to make the frame to fit and have the raspberry pi’s HDMI cord also fit. Another important aspect is making sure you get a monitor with the inputs towards the center of the monitor rather than the sides. I wanted to get something large as possible but also with a removeable arm so it could fit inside of a case. The size of the mirror is really dictated by the kind of monitor you get. Basic woodworking tools like a saw, sander, screwdriver.Or just buy a complete CanaKit Raspberry Pi 3 kit for convienence so you don’t have to buy individual parts.the power supply, HDMI cord, wifi usb dongle, and a keyboard for initial setup A raspberry pi and it’s needed components, i.e.Thin wood to build the forward facing mirror frame, I used 1/8 x 3’ board.A few 2 x 4’s to build a case around the monitor.A double sided acryllic mirror fit to the size of the monitor.No low level hardware hacking required, just some basic woodworking and some code I’ve already put together. This version includes widgets for displaying the weather forecast, the date/time and a nice randomly generated greeting. A mostly black web page allows you to add some widgets to the mirror’s reflection as if by magic. A magic mirror is a raspberry pi powered monitor behind a double sided mirror.
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