Willeisen's Build Log

[Willeisen88]

For about a year now I have had an old laptop lying around with a nice 15" screen. I had the idea to use it to build my own "Cintiq" when I went to my local Mac expo this year and saw a real 21UX at the Wacom both. As a digital artist I fell in love immediately, but I am also a broke student.

Which leads us to the current situation, consisting of me Googling "build your own cintiq," finding this site and subsequently this forum.

Because I already have a 15" laptop lcd, I will be working toward something almost identical to ya3' initial build design.

Step 1: Extract LCD from laptop.

This was pretty darn easy. Hardest part was getting the connectors out of the hinge, an now I am pretty sure I won't even need those. 

I am wondering If I will have to further break up the components in oder to prevent interference or if I can leave it as is. Anyone have experience with this?






Total cost so far: $0 (Laptop free from CRC)

[chingwa]

The metal lip may cause you a problem since it's lying on top of the sensor board...  but you could always wait to remove it until after you've tested it with it on... no biggie.

[fpevul88]

check out flo's laptop tablet build because he also used a laptop lcd to build his cintiq. It might be of some help. I tried that on my only laptop and I broke the lcd because of carelessness. I dont think im trying that again.