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Old 08-24-2008, 04:34 PM
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Default An outdoor "die"ve-in movie screen

This is how to make make a simple outdoor screen for halloween and pretty much any kind projection you want. The total cost in my case was $4.50, since I had to buy the sheets from Walmart at $2.00 each. I had everything else lying around from previous home and garden projects. Your costs should be under $40, not including skeletons and what-nots

To start, if you have any 15 or 20 gallon plant buckets (the ones HD uses for trees), save two for this project. You'll also need those big tree stakes. I also got some L-brackets from some vertical blind kits which holds the pvc pipe down. I used 1" pipe to hold everything.

I screwed the L-brackets to the stakes, with the pointy ends facing up.





Then i put the stakes in the buckets and filled them with any useless dirt I could find. I pounded them in so I'd get a stronger fit on the stake



Going to the pvc pipe, I made two lengths- one to span across for the screen and a another piece to serve as a mid-point to keep the screen from sagging. I inserted a larger size T-section which I could slide freely along the pvc pipe for more flexibility in where I mount the mid piece









Then from walmart i bought this 2 of these shower screens, at 1.97 apiece. They measure 70x72, so put together the screen should be 70x144, or 165" with tops and the bottoms cut off- which when presenting 2.35 marterial you'll probably not even care about





Attach them using tie-wraps and to prevent them from moving add or make holes on the bottom to attach them to ground via string or other means.

Voila- or in this case, Boo! You're done. Happy projecting



Victor
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