How to Build and Hang a Projector Screen 

Wow this was posted 7 years ago? You’re still helping people build an amazing projector screen! Everything someone needs to know to build it is in this video. The tools. The material. The measurements. The placements. And the possible problems and how to fix the problems. Everything is in this video! A true “How to” video! Well done sir! Mm Since it’s been 7 years, do you still have it up? Has there been any problems since you put it up? I would love to know!

Brilliant Easy to follow, excellent instructions, potential problematic issues defined and basically a blueprint how “how to make” videos should be presented, a little, music, humor and editing combined with a lot of information. Be proud, nice job.

Just ordered that smaller Kreg Jig and fabric from Carl's Place. Doing basically exactly the same just a wee bit smaller. Super simple design with outstanding results. Thanks for the guide!

Great build Rick. I did pretty much the same a few years back but I used 1"x2"s instead. Turned out great and it was light enough to hang with 2 picture hanging anchors.

Thank You so much! I've built my screen EXACTLY as you described it. Took me an afternoon! It was awesome. Thanks for the great ideas and tips. It made this effortless...

Thank you for the step by step guide. I did essentially everything you did, including picking up the baby Kreg Jig and it turned out great! I cannot thank you enough, this is by far the best guide I came across on RU-vid. Continue doing what you're doing... You're good at it.

I followed this video with a little tweaking of my own. My 156" screen turned out awesome. Thanks for making this!

Love your playfulness and "imperfections". Kudos, guys!

Followed the instructions to the T and ended up with a beautiful projector screen! The one thing I did wrong was follow your instructions to set my kreg jig to 3/4” because I was using 1x4s so I drilled all the way through. So I got some more wood and set it to 1” and the rest of the job was a piece of cake! Thanks so much for the tutorial! I have no woodworking experience but I’m so happy how it came out following your process! I even did the French cleat using my neighbor’s table saw!

Love your attention to detail! You just convinced me to DIY!!!!

I very rarely comment, or even like videos. Not because I don’t want to. There are loads of excellent people out there making amazing content, that I watch over and over again. But I am now going to take the time to make you my first comment and like in -I don’t know how long. I have to say, you’re awesome dude. Not only do you seem well versed in diy, but your process is well thought out and carefully executed. Definitely going to browse through the lot of your videos. Thanks.

Yo wtf bro I literally cried watching this. I've never seen such a soothing process in building a real life projector screen. I'm happy for you that you have a wife who you seem to have a very good relationship with. I hope you guys will be together forever, and I;m sure you will. Keep jiving my man keep it up xoxo love you

Tackled my project yesterday, drew a lot of inspiration from this video. Thank you! Turned out great!

It's soothing to watch this. It seems to be the combination between chill music and straight forward working, do this, do that, step by step and everything gives you results. Appreciate it

Best screen build I've seen. Bravo.

Added this to my favorites for when I get my next house. You left just enough room for some nice Floorstanders on each side.

Rick, I never comment on people youtube video but sir, this is one of the best instructional videos I've seen thus far buddy. Keep it up and thanks cause i was about to spend $300 on a screen size that was too small for my vision of a threater room. Thanks again Rick!

I'm in school for interior design and woodworking in Austria and I've actually never seen screws put in at an angle this way but it looks way easier than any other framing techniques we had to learn, probably going to try this one out soon. Also I just found your channel and your videos are amazing and really helpful.

best built diy screen ive seen on you tube and i watch them a lot.

I had this same exact project, with the same exact size screen. I can't stress how nostalgic this is for me. My project took 6 hours with help. Stretching and stapling definitely took forever. Tip about the felt tape is spot on, I have a small crack in one of my corners. :

Awesome editing!

The commentary was top notch. Definitely pushing me towards DIY.

I just saw your video. Very well explained. I will try it myself! Thank you you just gave me the confidence to tackle this project!

Wanted to say great job! ^^ Wish you had uploaded your DIY guide earlier , built my screen in April and could've really used your handy tips! So far quite happy with the finished product, though only 90'', it offers quite an immersive experience over the old flat tv I had. I chose Carl's Flexigray for deeper blacks and 2'' velvet tape for borders. True that, the tape does shrink! At first I thought I was losing my mind as I could've sworn, when I installed it, it was slightly overlapping. Used the same on-wall mounting mechanism, but instead of putting spacers in the corners, I just drove one 1x4 into the wall along the bottom edge. Happy family movie nights and +1 sub from me. Cheers!

Thanks for the video and the write-up as well! Forgive me if I missed it somewhere, but what kind of wood did you use?

You're good at presentation. You relay information in a way that feels like I'm keeping up. It's always clear how we've come to the point in the tutorial that we're at. Perfect balance of words for the concepts that needed words and visuals for everything else, so as to not become too wordy. Most tutorial videos are too wordy and end up hiding important information in their word salad. If you didn't already have a DIY youtube channel I'd say: "You should start a RU-vid channel where you walk people through other projects."

Hi Rick...very good job..i think it's a real pleasure now for you to watch your movies....! Excellent

Man, so I’m in the process of this project. 170” screen. When I was mounting the cleat to the wall I snapped the lug bolt. FML. Ended up using the spot right below that. So far so good. Tomorrow going to stretch the screen. So nervous. It’s been tough. You make it look so easy.

This brought back some good old memories:) well done.

That was really cool to watch! Good vibes! Great job, man.

Wow!! This is awesome! Moving into a new apartment soon, definitely have this on my to-do list now. Thank you!! You got yourself a new sub :)

This is the first video I saw from you. Your explanation is very easy.You got a new sub :)

This was amazing. Great to see someone interesting and funny doing DIY videos. Subscribed immediately. Great work man!

Thanks for the great video....Also can you send me link to the screws & what size wood you used...Thanks.

This was excellent! Thank you for this video. Ya made it look kinda easy. Now I want to try! Subscribed.

Great Video! I like your style. Channels like yours are what make RU-vid great!

Good job. Looks professional

that is a legit screen! I may have to borrow your design. thank you for sharing

I see you linked in the projector and ceiling unit, what type of surround sound system do you use and what is the system you play ur dvds on? Thanks

Super bien vu j’adhère. C’est quand même un sacré boulot chapeau !!!

Thank you for your video. My screen material is coming to me today from Carl’s place. Can I please ask what is the exact material you used for the frame itself? Thank you again!

Hanging the screen like a canvas painting! I like this idea! I might use this idea!

This is a magnificent video. Great job

Glad to see that you and the project manager could work together on this one. The final product looks fantastic, just don't tell her about the wood glue on the carpet ;)

Awesome man got a projector myself only my walls arent vertical so its a pain in this house. I will get a setup like this in the future already got the beamer so and this looks very good

Hi great work. What projector did you use?

Great video man. Thanks and God bless

Great job 👌 perfect look

I was sooooooooooo happy when I sow a new video ! Keep up he great work! Those carpet vacuum lines are on point haha

very very good work. BRAVO

Very nice presentation, thank you!

As i saw this video, i knew that i had to Subscribe. Keep up the good work..

Nice man....thanks for sharing this with us...

I'm wondering who will give a thumbs down for this hard work put into building his projector. What brought them on the page? Either you didn't know how to do it and came to learn or you have a PhD in carpentry, in that case, have a better video of the same concept. Shame on those souls. Great Job...

Well done! Inspired me to make my own!

great vieo, well edited and presented amazingly.

thanks rick for this video you are really magic

Hi what kind of paint color did you use for the wall ? Great video btw 😍

Man, I was literally just thinking that I hadn't seen any DIYwithRick videos in a while, glad to see you're still up and about doing your thing.

Amazing job man. How's the screen holding up? I wouldn't mind challenging myself to do this.

I followed this video to make my 194" diagonal screen (170" x95") with 1"x3"x8" pine boards frame and Carl's Projector screen material. It's amazing.

I know this video is old and I'm late to the party, but that was an outstanding job.

That was the best video on RU-vid, very funny in it's own way. Love it tanks for sharing ✌

Awesome work

amazing work

Your screen looks great and you inject just the right amount of humor to keep it interesting. Dangerous watching people like you though because you're obviously a very skilled woodworker. I might just get the idea that I am as well, which is sadly not the case. 🤣🤣

Nice video Sir.. Love from India🇮🇳

Good job, very nicely done 🖒

I would have given you the thumbs up for this video but I can't because I've already done it last year lol, I loved it

Killing it man. Congrats on another awesome build video

Beautiful screen, man. Nice work!

Did mine per the 120” BOM. came out outstanding. TY!! The hardest part (to me) was cutting/installing the blk velvet tape on. Holy cow. The easy part was getting all the wrinkles out and shooting a couple hundred staples in to secure the material to the wood. (Electric stapler for the win)

One trick I did to make the smoothing go better was to do a temporary securing job with of gorilla tape every couple inches. Using the tape allows multiple re-positioning, and holds for the hour or so needed to get it smoothed out and stapled. Using the small pieces allows for compensating for stretching in the direction along the edge. Thee gorilla tape's extra grip enabled a better hold with some stretch. After that, stapling was quick and smooth.

damn, awesome work man. happy to see this. every man cave dream

good job as always good too see ya back

I LOVE A CREATIVE GUY LIKE HIM...

That's awesome, what is this projector???

Wonderful job

Awesome job..

great work

Great video. I am getting ready to make a 140” 2.35:1 scope screen. Just that I already have a 65” OLED on the wall. What I want to ask is this, we gave people who watch a whole lot of tv and that would burn the bulbs. I would like to figure a way to mount the screen over the OLED . And then have a way to lift it up when we watch tv. Maybe using the small shocks you see on car hoods or hatches. Have you ever thought about something like that?

Video was already fire adding dirty dancing brought it to another level

How do you decide what size screen to make for a room, what factors do you need to think about and what type of projector would you recommend.

Great screen! May I suggest... While stretching the screen material one person method start with thumb tacks before using staples, you start on corners first! Start on one corner with tact's then go to opposite corner while stretching material, then another corner then opposite corner. After you get it nice and tight staple corners and remove tact's, after that the sides are easy! This is a great method I discovered on my own, also I took a sander and sanded the FRAME Screen side corners so the when stretching material no sharp corners to rip the screen while stretching! Hope this is helpful! Have a great day!

very nice mate good work and enjoy

"Don't tell Rachel" My favorite part.

Great! Only one question, this is the "1:69 / 86x153 / 175 in / Rolled" option in the Amazon link? Thanks

Sooo much better than my build. Wish this vid was available then. Oh well. Great job!

Hii, Nice work, which projector??

Good job buddy. Just curious, where did you brought the screen, any specific name. Thanks dude.

Reddit led me to you. Great job, I love the commentary.

Quick question if I may? How much do you think it would cost to build a Screen that's between 175''-200'', or even 250''????

Excellent thank you! We are going to do this!

Clicked for the lesson, subscribed for the humor.

How did you set the sound? I'm about to build a 100 inch thing, my main issue is to put the 5.1 there without too many running wires... That's not too easy...

NO ADS! It has been so long since I have seen a RU-vid video without ads, it felt like something was missing.

what a fab idea! awesome rick

I am looking for cordless drill that can drill woods, metal and wall and is the voltage important? coz i saw on the market has 9 v,12v,16,18v .. so the more volt means better?

The 45° hanger piece was genius!!

Sweet setup! That screen's hugeee! Now if you get some 4K blurays you'll have that genuine 35mm quality