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GEBrown
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:21 am Post subject: DIY "Lazy Susan" Speaker Stands |
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Well, me being the "thrifty" guy that I am, went looking on the 'net and found many DIY speaker stand ideas. I took some of those ideas and concocted my own version. Here they are if anyone is interested:
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| Here I am getting ready to cut a hole into one of the base plates. The top plates are prepared in the same manner. |
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| Here is one base plate with a 4" hole. The plumbing flange next to it will serve to support the 3" black PVC riser column. Be sure to cut some practice holes first to make sure the fit is snug. |
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| Here is a bottom view of the base with the plumbing flange installed. I used archery "field points" as speaker spikes. They are 8-32 threaded into the T-nuts in the corners. |
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| Here is the plumbing flange support as it protrudes up through the base. |
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| Here is the detail of the tops. The lower half is 3/4" MDF with a 3.5" hole cut through it. Make some practice holes in scrap wood to make sure the fit is snug around the riser. The top half is 1/2" MDF. You could of course use a nicer |
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| Here is a nearly finished stand ready to be filled with sand. |
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| Here is a nearly finished stand with sand filling the riser for sound deadening. |
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| Here is one of the finished stands in my shop. The tops simply slide onto the top of the riser column. This allows them to be turned once in your HT so you can toe-in your speakers as you wish, while leaving the base plates square to the wall. |
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| The finished stands in my HT. It's not a great picture, but as you can see, they are STEALTH! |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:30 am Post subject: |
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Wha'd you make them out of?
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GEBrown
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:47 am Post subject: |
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The bases and tops are 3/4" and 1/2" MDF, but you could use nicer wood if you plan to stain and finish them. I like to hear my speakers, not see them. In fact, I will put black tape over the silver baffles that you can see on the speakers around the grills.
The risers are black PVC drain pipe - standard stuff at Home Depot.
Total cost was maybe $25 for the three.
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Zebu Fellenz
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Look Nice,
I've been wanting to make some stands like that for some time now, of course my stands will have to be a bit heavier as my front speakers weigh in at about 50lbs each. I was thinking of using 1/2 steel plate for the top and bottom and welding in a piece of 6" pipe for the column.
Now all I need is time to make them.
Erik
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50 pounds? Bah. I bet those stands would be happy supporting speakers that weigh 100 pounds or more! MDF and PVC are both very strong. It wouldn't be safe (obviously) to put something super-heavy up in the air, but I bet you could put hundreds of pounds on those stands.
Wow, nice job! Those turned out great! I was in super-high gear mode by the time I got to the point of installing speakers in my room. I was sick of 'projects' by then, so I cheesed out and went with these $100 Sanus stands:
They're very similar to your stands! No toe-in feature, but my stand bases are probably almost a foot from the wall, so I don't mind the angle.
For anybody who wants to see them with 'stealth' mode turned off, I lighted up the photo and attached it. Looks like you have a rogue T-bar trying to get away from the Marquee!
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Very nice Gary! I've seen a similar design but the flange was mounted on top. that was kind of ugly. Mounting on the bottom is a slick idea!
So what speakers did you get.
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GEBrown
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| ecrabb wrote: | 50 pounds? Bah. I bet those stands would be happy supporting speakers that weigh 100 pounds or more! MDF and PVC are both very strong. It wouldn't be safe (obviously) to put something super-heavy up in the air, but I bet you could put hundreds of pounds on those stands.
Wow, nice job! Those turned out great! I was in super-high gear mode by the time I got to the point of installing speakers in my room. I was sick of 'projects' by then, so I cheesed out and went with these $100 Sanus stands:
They're very similar to your stands! No toe-in feature, but my stand bases are probably almost a foot from the wall, so I don't mind the angle.
For anybody who wants to see them with 'stealth' mode turned off, I lighted up the photo and attached it. Looks like you have a rogue T-bar trying to get away from the Marquee!
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Thanks for the compliments. I was a little worried about whether they would be stable enough, but they seem very solid. Those Sanus stands look like they COULD support a lot of weight and still be stable.
I'm still trying to finish out some trim and stuff in the room - you can see that in your lightened picture. Also I wasn't sure about the heights of the stands, so that is partly why I made sure they would come apart easily. I was trying to get all the tweeters lined up at 43" but the bottom of my screen is at about 42". So the L & R are at 43" and the center tweeter is at about 39". Somewhere I read that as long as they are withing 12" you're OK. Just trying to keep the image and soundstage as best I can.
Oh, and the screen and projector ARE square to each other - just didn't take enough time setting up that shot!!!
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| paw wrote: | Very nice Gary! I've seen a similar design but the flange was mounted on top. that was kind of ugly. Mounting on the bottom is a slick idea!
So what speakers did you get. |
Thanks PAW. Right now I've got the Onkyo SKS-HT640 set to get me by.
I'm currently planning on trying my hand at building speakers.
This center: http://www.partsexpress.com/projectshowcase/indexn.cfm?project=UniCC
and these fronts: http://www.partsexpress.com/projectshowcase/indexn.cfm?project=Triune
For whatever reason, I'm thinking an MTM design for my size room. From what I've been reading it is best to offset the tweeter from the two mids in the fronts, but the WMTW design is supposed to be better for the center.
Anyway, these projects will keep me busy for a while.
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| GEBrown wrote: | | paw wrote: | Very nice Gary! I've seen a similar design but the flange was mounted on top. that was kind of ugly. Mounting on the bottom is a slick idea!
So what speakers did you get. |
Thanks PAW. Right now I've got the Onkyo SKS-HT640 set to get me by.
I'm currently planning on trying my hand at building speakers.
This center: http://www.partsexpress.com/projectshowcase/indexn.cfm?project=UniCC
and these fronts: http://www.partsexpress.com/projectshowcase/indexn.cfm?project=Triune
For whatever reason, I'm thinking an MTM design for my size room. From what I've been reading it is best to offset the tweeter from the two mids in the fronts, but the WMTW design is supposed to be better for the center.
Anyway, these projects will keep me busy for a while. |
Gary
The 1st center looks like a good design. The tweeter above the mid range is supposed to reduce lobbing for the off center seats.
With 2nd design, you can't get better timbre matching from left to center to right if you use the same speaker. Just a quick review of the design goals, show they thought about the lobbing issue when the speaker is horziontal.
Keep us up todate on your project. Give me a yell if you need a hand. I'm good at supervising with a beer in my hand. 
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| Quote: | | 50 pounds? Bah. I bet those stands would be happy supporting speakers that weigh 100 pounds or more! MDF and PVC are both very strong. It wouldn't be safe (obviously) to put something super-heavy up in the air, but I bet you could put hundreds of pounds on those stands. |
OK,
Maybe I will try and make one of these and see how it works, I'm more concerned with vibration than I am with the weight carrying capacity.
Erik
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