Carlton Bale

I started working on the wiring. Not much specific to report, just ran satellite and ethernet cables from the mechanical room to the rack location. Can’t remember what else we did.Read More →

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 →