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So we moved houses a few months ago and i had to say goodbye to my original golf shed (https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum...imulator-build).
The new house came with a bigger shed but it had no doors and was in pretty bad shape...
The ceilings inside the house were too low so the shed was still the best place to plan for a new sim.
Fast forward a few months and the shed is starting to look a bit better... Part of the ceiling has been raised (was originally at 2.7m).
The shed was divided into 2 sections, one for storage and the other for the 'man cave' / golf sim.
Golf sim section is 9m wide x 8m long
I decided to copy more of less my original shed design and build an enclosure that would be 6m wide x 3m high x 3.6m deep, and i thought i'd experiment with lightweight metal framing instead of timber. 6m was the longest span that i could find.
Building the frame with the metal extrusions took 1 weekend only and was way cheaper / lighter than timber !
This is when i came across this thread (https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum...planning-phase) and i started thinking about trying a curved screen instead of a flat one...
I removed the ceiling framework and moved the side walls a bit further apart to increase the width of the enclosure... i went as far as possible laterally but within the 3 meter height constraint
The structure to support the curved screen was made out of 1" emt pipe bent to shape and put together with standard connectors... The EMT was attached to the back wall and to the side walls for extra rigidity. The EMT came in 3m lengths. i bought 12 pieces but ended up using 11 only...
The top EMT bar was wrapped in protective foam and fleece tape. The bottom bar will be below the floor so no risk of ricochet and no need for padding.
The distance between the screen and the back wall in the center area is about 45cms, then obviously that safety distance increases toward the sides...
I 'recycled' the metal from the ceiling framework to build a support beam across the top of the enclosure to mount the eyexo and run cabling without having to crawl inside the very tight ceiling space...
The walls were lined with OSB boards then homemade padded panels that are about 1.5" thick
Flooring is 30mm EVA mats and some cheap carpet bought online.
Projectors are Epson L1500U with ELPLU04 lenses
There are 13 KEF speakers + 2 Subwoofers
All the electronics are housed in a server cabinet behind the padded wall on the left side.
For the ceiling, as the width of the enclosure is now over 7.2m, i decided to just stretch an impact net across the top, it's very heavy duty and should hold up well.
Running all the cables for the speakers took a while but the metal bridge over the enclosure made it much easier...
The impact screen is from GolfSimAustralia, it's 9 meters long x 3 meter high.
The center projector is used for movies, while the 2 side ones are for the golf sim. The image from the 2 side projectors is combined using an electronic box (Geobox) from a company called VNS inc. The one i bought can do 3 projectors, but i only use it for the 2 side ones...
Watching movies using the whole screen is not ideal as the image gets stretched too much (3:1 ratio). The center projector image is about 5.5m wide, which is already quite nice.
Still a work in progress, hopefully will be finished by Christmas.
The new house came with a bigger shed but it had no doors and was in pretty bad shape...
The ceilings inside the house were too low so the shed was still the best place to plan for a new sim.
Fast forward a few months and the shed is starting to look a bit better... Part of the ceiling has been raised (was originally at 2.7m).
The shed was divided into 2 sections, one for storage and the other for the 'man cave' / golf sim.
Golf sim section is 9m wide x 8m long
I decided to copy more of less my original shed design and build an enclosure that would be 6m wide x 3m high x 3.6m deep, and i thought i'd experiment with lightweight metal framing instead of timber. 6m was the longest span that i could find.
Building the frame with the metal extrusions took 1 weekend only and was way cheaper / lighter than timber !
This is when i came across this thread (https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum...planning-phase) and i started thinking about trying a curved screen instead of a flat one...
I removed the ceiling framework and moved the side walls a bit further apart to increase the width of the enclosure... i went as far as possible laterally but within the 3 meter height constraint
The structure to support the curved screen was made out of 1" emt pipe bent to shape and put together with standard connectors... The EMT was attached to the back wall and to the side walls for extra rigidity. The EMT came in 3m lengths. i bought 12 pieces but ended up using 11 only...
The top EMT bar was wrapped in protective foam and fleece tape. The bottom bar will be below the floor so no risk of ricochet and no need for padding.
The distance between the screen and the back wall in the center area is about 45cms, then obviously that safety distance increases toward the sides...
I 'recycled' the metal from the ceiling framework to build a support beam across the top of the enclosure to mount the eyexo and run cabling without having to crawl inside the very tight ceiling space...
The walls were lined with OSB boards then homemade padded panels that are about 1.5" thick
Flooring is 30mm EVA mats and some cheap carpet bought online.
Projectors are Epson L1500U with ELPLU04 lenses
There are 13 KEF speakers + 2 Subwoofers
All the electronics are housed in a server cabinet behind the padded wall on the left side.
For the ceiling, as the width of the enclosure is now over 7.2m, i decided to just stretch an impact net across the top, it's very heavy duty and should hold up well.
Running all the cables for the speakers took a while but the metal bridge over the enclosure made it much easier...
The impact screen is from GolfSimAustralia, it's 9 meters long x 3 meter high.
The center projector is used for movies, while the 2 side ones are for the golf sim. The image from the 2 side projectors is combined using an electronic box (Geobox) from a company called VNS inc. The one i bought can do 3 projectors, but i only use it for the 2 side ones...
Watching movies using the whole screen is not ideal as the image gets stretched too much (3:1 ratio). The center projector image is about 5.5m wide, which is already quite nice.
Still a work in progress, hopefully will be finished by Christmas.