"Vic Fraenckel" wrote in message
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Has anyone ever constructed a viewing hood for using a LCD display
(monitor)
in daylight? I am thinking about a full hood that would be positioned over
a
screen and one would then peer into it. Sort of a truncated pyramid sort
of
thingy that could easily be removed and stowed. These sort of things used
to
be used on PPI radar scopes and on Oscilloscopes.

If you have done this and would be willing to share your knowledge, I
would
like to hear from you. I have searched with google and could only find
sites
that sold some partial hoods that do not interest me.

Any enlightenment will be appreciated.

TIA

Vic

I did that for a Garmin Ique 3600. It has 2 openings on opposite sides of
the top for the stylus and for a headphone jack. I located 2 brass rods of
the appropriate diameter and made sure the smaller one was short enough not
to short out the contacts in the jack. Then I drilled appropriate sized and
placed holes in a piece of brass bar stock and soldered the rods in place.
That bar was gorilla glued and screwed to a 1/2 x 3/4 inch stick of wood the
width of the unit. Using the wooden piece as the main support, I made a hood
from 1/4 inch plywood pieces gorilla glued together. A wooden support bar
was placed between the sides and under the screen for further support. The
bar was glued in place and also pinned in place with glue coated brass wire
through the plywood sides and into the bar ends. 1/8 inch square and
appropriately long glue blocks reinforce the plywood joints. A hardwood 3/8
inch square stick a few inches long with a hole drilled lengthwise is glued
to one side of the hood to hold the stylus. The whole unit is painted flat
black.

Pat