Case Mod - In Progress Project: Mission

I yanked both pictures into imageJ - the Java based program I use for satellite picture analysis and sprectral analysis, and if you rotate the laying down one - the US Govt. program says they are identical. Must be optical human error. On my LCD they dont even blink a pixel changing from one to the rotated one in Windows Photo Gallery.

john

 

Some monitors will show a perfect square as a rectangle (vertical being longer), due to the pixel aspect. It's not your eyes.

 

OK. I did the same check on my wife's monitor (why didn't I do that before? ) and it looks fine. I'm using a Samsung 40" HDTV as my monitor at 1920 x 1080. I didn't think there was any issue because everything has always looked great. I wonder what Cheaps is using?

OK..My bad. Thanks a lot for the help.

No sense in wasting a perfectly good post so here's a photo...



I brushed latex flat black paint onto everything that wasn't walnut. I had to finish this before I could permanently glue the six stanchions. Pulling them out made the complex "interior" painting much easier. The entire bottom of the shell is painted flat black including the lower vent grill seen here masked off to the right of this apparently properly proportioned photo.

 

Hmmm, on my screen the two images have exactly the same outer dimensions, so I greatly doubt that the contents within those dimensions have shifted. I'm pretty certain that this is an optical illusion; we do perceive things differently in the horizontal than we do the vertical.

The test is to print out the entry, then cut out the pictures. If you can't tell which was was the horizontal one, then it's an illusion.

Alfred

 

Hey Alfred.

For me it's definitely not an optical illusion. I measured the photos on the screen and there is a significant difference between the two photos. I'm going with the rectangular pixel thingy. I have heard of this before and it makes perfect sense in this case.

I suspect Cheaps is also using an LCD TV for a monitor.

 

It's not hip to be not square.

I wasn't thinking about non-square pixels, and that could be a factor. Most LCD monitors are designed with square pixels, but there are some funky resolutions that I think may be rectangular. It's been too long since I was testing monitors. But if the overall picture dimensions are the same when printed, but different on the screen, rectangular pixels are a plausible explanation.

 

I thought I read something about NTSC TVs having issues with rectangular pixels. Anyway, as long as everyone else can see the photos correctly. I have the real thing to look at in person.



The stanchion tops get their veneer.






24 pieces of veneer measured, cut, glued, clamped, dried, trimmed and sanded.






Everything that is not walnut is brushed with flat black latex paint. This includes the lower vent frame shown at bottom right.






I'm taking this last opportunity to sand around the stanchion holes while the access is still easy.










Thanks for looking!

 

I had to get in one last "glue drying" photo. The veneer on the bottom of the stanchions marks the end of the veneer work.






Pulled the chrome pieces off and slapped on a thick coat of lacquer sanding sealer. The sealer raises the grain to make sanding easier. It saturates the wood so that final lacquer coats go on evenly and also highlights areas that need work like my errant glue marks. For me, the best part of the sealer is that it simulates what the final wood color and grain pattern will look like.






The wife wanted me to try out this panel solution. I told her I would toss it to the wolves to see if it gets any comments.



Thanks for looking!

 

Looks cool however I am not 100% keen on that side pattern.

 

Nice work as usual, the side pattern does fit, but im not too convinced about that kind of look for the whole thing. Other than that, great stuff!!

 

I still maintain that that beautiful scarlet set off the whole wood look VERY nicely.

 

i dunno about the scarlet, but maybe a dark red? that would look subtle im guessing.

 

Thanks guys.

I have tried to avoid putting any serious thought into the panel scheme until this point in the project. Here's a revisit to the scarlet. That's some serious red.



I have a solution coming that is a compromise between the wife's paisley theme and a darkish red. I have already determined that the face panels will have to be a solid colour. Too much going on there to pull off anything else. I'm looking at a paisley pattern that has red in it and the face will be a solid matching darkish red.

Think I'm also going to do dripping blood over a rusted surface just to counteract all this frilly designer stuff. LOL

 

Naugahyde






Almond Slate






Moss Slate

 

Try off-white canvas? The 'natural' looking kind with flecks of brown/tan.

Will this thing double as a side table?

 

maybe a dark green leather would go with that wood colour better?

 

Wouldn't it be more appropriate for you and The Missus to pick something that complements where the PC will be mainly shown. Hot Pink is not proper for The Louvre! Stainless and glass don't work well in a Victorian sitting room.

A thought.

john

 

Almond slate!!
Just the right amount of contrast, with a little patterning. -No loud paisley patterns, and no 1967 red velvet.
(^This from the guy who used green crushed velvet in his last build.)

I am using a crap flat panel monitor to surf on. I'm so spoiled with the workstation crt upstairs, I forgot about those things... I am ashamed.

 

Don't know how much room you've got to play with , but I think it needs
some birds eye maple veneer in there.

 

Might look interesting. It's worth a look. Thanks. I don't know what she plans for it. I have a long HDMI cable, wireless Internet, cordless keyboards, mice and trackballs so I'm good to go no matter what.

Green actually does look pretty good. The moss slate photo isn't correct because it actually has more green. Gotta fix that. She says the moss slate is her favorite now. (Insert appropriate non-PC female stereotype comment here).

The problem is that I have certain objectives different from hers. I need good stand-alone photos without regard to matching its environment. After I get those pics then I'll make it however she needs it to be.

The slate ones look even better in person because of their texture. Hard to photograph that especially the almond one.

LOL That is exactly how I first envisioned this project. Bird's eye maple fixed panels with a black walnut frame. I wasn't sure how it would turn out so I came up with this removable panel stuff. That way I could defer the decision. It is still very high on my list.