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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JDragon" data-source="post: 5274171" data-attributes="member: 780">Take a look at the bottom of your projector, if its designed to be mounted it will have several (3-4) threaded holes in the bottom.  Check your owners guide for screw/thread size that you will need to work with your projector.  Make sure the bolts you get are not to long as they could go to far in to the projector and cause problems.Their are mounts that are available for ceiling mounting etc.  However with your set up I would suggest you build a custom mount.For my ceiling mount I built a rig out of aircraft grade alum i got at my local home depot.  Its a square frame with holes drilled to fit the mounting holes in my projector.  I have spacers between the mount and the projector to help with airflow.  For my set up I have a bar attached to the frame that my mirror is mounted to.  To connect mine to the ceiling I have large lag bolts coming through the ceiling that go through the mount.For your set up I would do the pole like you are talking about.  Then build a frame like I mentioned above and then look for hardware that will allow you to connect that frame to your pole.  Preferably in a way that you can adjust height as needed.  You will probably want to build in some spacers like i did to have a little space between the parts to allow you to work and for airflow.  Just remember what I mentioned about the issues with heat rising up through the projector with that lens down set up.Hope this made sense and helps, if you want to see pics let me know and I'll see what i can get for ya.</blockquote>

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