Carlton Bale

I worked most of the day alone on the rear platform with too little sleep. I finished the platform and installed tactile transducers in the floor of it. Because of the fatigue, I got angry at Nicole for no reason. I should have just stopped and taken a nap.Read More →

We took a trip to Home Depot to get can lights for the room and wood for the front platform. I figured out how to sandwich the tactile transducers between the top of the platform and a carrier piece. This turned out to be more complicated than I expected. I ran wires for the front 3 speakers. It was no fun fishing it behind the front wall and into the utility room before putting it through the ceiling to the back of the room. Kyle had a Fiberglas cable puller that made it much easier than the flexible fish tape I had. He made cut-outsRead More →

I took my first real vacation day of the entire year today. I used up the rest of my vacation during a school-related trip to China this summer and it sure was nice to have a 3-day weekend. Nicole was off from work as well and we got started early on house-related projects. I worked on the platform again and though I would get the whole thing finished, but then realized that it would take more work than I expected with the rope lighting and tactile transducers. I decided to vibration isolate the top of the platfrom from the base so that the tactile transducersRead More →

Kyle and Nicole worked on the soffit most of the evening. This was my last night on campus for my MBA! So I went out with some classmates and had a couple of beers to celebrate. I wa surprised how much work they accomplished — they were still working when I got home at 10:45!Read More →

Kyle got to the house about the same time I did. He started working on the soffit around the back half of the room and I worked some on the platform. He and I removed the mirrors from the side wall without too much trouble – except for the one that scared us when it popped off all at once. We were expecting it to slowy peel-off the way the other 5 did and thought we were going to have 4′ x 6′ of broken glass on and around us.Read More →

I started building the platform base. I finished up the 4 sides of the base while my brother-in-law Gregory and I watched the Colts game. I should have worked later but he and I want to see Oceans 12 instead.Read More →

After of several weeks of planning for components and room deisng, I’m actually starting the project. I’ve been wanting to convert the exercise room in our basement to a home theater since the first time I walked through the house 6 months ago. Nicole is in full support, although she initially wanted it to be her art studio. She likes home theater quite a bit and will be helping with the construction. Our frined Kyle is helping out is well. His real job is a home builder so his insight and assistance will be invaluable. I went to Home Depot and purchased the lumber neededRead More →