Calibrating a UST with your Dailey Woodworks DIY mount

Still wondering why you should use a mount for your UST?

Or wondering how to use the DIY UST mount I’ve been talking about?

This is the post/video for you!

I collaborated with my husband, Robert Dailey of Dailey Woodworks and The Recreational Woodworker, to design a mount for Ultra Short Throw projectors. A mount isn’t really necessary with a UST projector but it can be really helpful in keeping your projector calibrated if you put it away each time you use it, in getting your calibration right to begin with, in positioning your projector where you want it vertically, etc. I have another post on The Trouble with Mounts detailing why most mounts don’t end up working well for our pattern projecting purposes. BUT this mount? It’s tailor-made for pattern projecting!

The feet on the bottom give you the control to level each corner of your projector, making it easy to physically adjust out the keystone during calibration.

The easy-to-turn screw thingies on the back make adjusting your projector up and down, therefore adjusting the size of your projected image, a breeze.

And if you add some masking tape or otherwise mark where your projector belongs, it’s pretty easy to set it right back up every single time.

Other than these simplifications, there’s not much difference in calibrating with this mount than without a mount. But, just the same, I’ve made a video walking you through the calibration steps with the mount. Be sure you checkout the links in the description box for all of the links to helpful calibration tools and tips!