Projector mount in the toilet?

Eh? Well, in a way. I've given up on the motorized mount because it would be a whole lotta trouble for just moving it twenty inches. If I were to really do it right, it would disappear into the ceiling. Since I don't feel like cutting the rafters to have the box go up, it will remain fixed. So, I'm tossing it...

So, how to fix it? Right now, the projector is mounted to a metal place and is suspended on a piece of iron pipe. This works, but there are lots of cables hanging down. The projector can make a bit of noise- so I want to build a 'hush box'. This would be a wooden box with a glass front and some speaker-type sound absorbing material. But, it'll need to be vented, as the projector blows a lot of air around (hence, the noise).

I've been consulting with Andy, and our plan is to build a wooden box with oak plyboard (3/4") top and bottom, with thin oak paneling on the sides. One side would be made to be removable (same side as the cables plug into the projector). Also, there would be a vent cut into the bottom for an air intake- and an exhaust on the top.

To be especially clever, we're going to combine these elements- the support rod, the exhaust and the cable run.

I've got a 'water closet' flange- these things have a grooved portion that can be used to lock a device against it. We looked and looked for the other 'device' so that one end could be mounted to the box, and the other could be on our tube. Well, it turns out that the device that mounts to the flange is a toilet. Yes, there are quick-release grooves for toilets- and they don't exist off of toilets.

Oh well, what we ended up doing is using bolts to attach the flange to the hushbox, and the same thing on the other side. We also glued the tube into the flange on the box, and put a cotter pin on the ceiling side so the tube could be lowered out of the ceiling. Photos to come.