MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - Boar Tusk - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11045	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Tue, Jul 5, 2022 1:56 PM I have wanted a porthole with a TV screen behind it but didn't have a good wall to mount it on, so I decided to use the ceiling instead. My patio roof has exposed ceiling joists so I have room to stash a TV. Didn't want to buy a $100 brass porthole so I made one from particle board instead. Inner diameter is 12 inches, outer diameter is 19". I cut some blocks and tabs for the hinge & latches, added bolts, nuts, and washers Painted with a base coat of latex paint to seal the wood A couple coats of spray metallic over the latex And sponged blue and green over the copper Mounted to the ceiling Up Next, video [ Edited by MadDogMike on 2022-07-05 13:57:41 ]

I have wanted a porthole with a TV screen behind it but didn't have a good wall to mount it on, so I decided to use the ceiling instead. My patio roof has exposed ceiling joists so I have room to stash a TV.

Didn't want to buy a $100 brass porthole so I made one from particle board instead. Inner diameter is 12 inches, outer diameter is 19". I cut some blocks and tabs for the hinge & latches, added bolts, nuts, and washers 291225464_3350084008570032_942594677922892147_n

Painted with a base coat of latex paint to seal the wood 291936660_3350084061903360_1164508347076400034_n

A couple coats of spray metallic over the latex 291860458_3350084088570024_5049887191627675817_n

And sponged blue and green over the copper 291756437_3350084128570020_1507855198769413098_n

Mounted to the ceiling 290926142_3350084155236684_5584503394288719665_n

Up Next, video

[ Edited by MadDogMike on 2022-07-05 13:57:41 ]

Post #804415 by MadDogMike on Tue, Jul 5, 2022 1:56 PM