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PVC Booth

A project log for Raspberry Pi Photobooth

This build has been done with the picamera and junk in my garage.

doctorlardoctorlar 05/11/2016 at 20:280 Comments

I made the booth out of three-quarter inch PVC. All pieces of PVC were cut into 2 ft lengths. Makes packing it up EASY and there is no designated spot for any specific piece. My goal is to pick up some 1/4 bungee and string sections together for easy setup. All the parts were purchased at Lowe's, along with Home Depot, who now carry furniture grade parts in stock! I acquired some free Hospital sheets (don't ask how) and used one bottle of fabric dye to color them.

I used the http://rasterbator.net/ website to enlarge this photo for a Girl Scout dance with a rock and roll theme as the background. I printed the sheets on card stock, then cut them out and use my kids glue sticks to stitch it back together for the 4x6 panel.

I kept one of the hospital sheets white. I doubled it up and sewed it on the sides of the screen to diffuse the two lights. 1" elastic was sewn into the bottom of the hole for the screen so that it would hold snug.

Wood clamps hold the background up. Again, using card stock was the key to this working out.

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