Poultrygeist
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Brett, with your ability you should be building speakers rather than stands. Great job!
Building speaker stands from my new Focal 807s.
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Brett a
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I'm thinking I could line them with heavy plastic such as contractor bags, by cutting a couple holes in the bottom of the bag, feeding it down over the rods and then putting on the lower fender washers and nuts (see pic); that way the holes in the bags would be somewhat sealed by the washers.
I could do this even before sliding the post down over the rods/bag.
I gotta run into town for supplies. I'll check back later (I'm off work today)
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I could do this even before sliding the post down over the rods/bag.
I gotta run into town for supplies. I'll check back later (I'm off work today)
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Pick up some pool filter sand. It's cheap enough, usually stored inside the store, clean, dry, and free of bugs and plant seeds. 'Sandbox' sand, from the building supply stores usually only has price going for it.
I got a 50 lb bag of filter sand, around the corner at the pool store, for $5.95, mixed it with 80 lbs of lead shot, and filled my Atacama speaker stands, and my Atlantis equipment rack.
I got a 50 lb bag of filter sand, around the corner at the pool store, for $5.95, mixed it with 80 lbs of lead shot, and filled my Atacama speaker stands, and my Atlantis equipment rack.
JimPA
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The moisture in the air eventually reacts with the lime in the concrete mix.
This is why old bags of concrete get hard.
There was in article in Speaker Builder many years ago about doing this.
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ThomasB98908
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WOW - those came out really nice. Very skilled indeed. Have you thought about leaving them a lighter color to match your equipment stand? They look pretty good there next to it in thier original wood color.
I'm thinking I could line them with heavy plastic such as contractor bags, by cutting a couple holes in the bottom of the bag, feeding it down over the rods and then putting on the lower fender washers and nuts (see pic); that way the holes in the bags would be somewhat sealed by the washers.
I could do this even before sliding the post down over the rods/bag.
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I like this idea a lot.
Nice job on the stands Brett.:thmbsp:
Brett a
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Well, this is embarrassing.
I made the posts larger than the stock posts for added heft but did not take the speaker hardware into consideration.
I just drilled the holes for the speaker cabinet mounting screws and they do not clear the post. So time for a plan B.
The first solution that comes to mind would be to reverse the rod hardware and fill them from the bottom. This would necessitate setting the speaker, bolted to the stand, completely upside down (on a really soft cloth), fill the post with sand, then seal it really well, bolt the foot and turn it over.
The second solution would be to keep the top as the cap, but secure it from the sides. This would mean having exposed hardware on the nice straight side panels.
Thoughts?
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A third option would be to cut away the posts at the speaker mounting screw points enough to get acess to the screws. But I like this one the least.
I made the posts larger than the stock posts for added heft but did not take the speaker hardware into consideration.
I just drilled the holes for the speaker cabinet mounting screws and they do not clear the post. So time for a plan B.
The first solution that comes to mind would be to reverse the rod hardware and fill them from the bottom. This would necessitate setting the speaker, bolted to the stand, completely upside down (on a really soft cloth), fill the post with sand, then seal it really well, bolt the foot and turn it over.
The second solution would be to keep the top as the cap, but secure it from the sides. This would mean having exposed hardware on the nice straight side panels.
Thoughts?
EDIT TO ADD:
A third option would be to cut away the posts at the speaker mounting screw points enough to get acess to the screws. But I like this one the least.
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Brett a
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You're an effing jeen-yus! That would be easiest/least sloppy and raising the tweets a half inch would be OK.
Thanks!
Brett a
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Oops! I like the pink
Install allenhead cap screws in the holes and use a ball end allen wrench to secure them to the speakers.
I could maybe do that w/the fronts, but the rear holes are completely obscured by the walls of the posts, so that would require cutting them away and I don't think I want to do that.
Zonker92
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Here at my shop (Ray's Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy) that state is called OBU...Operational But Ugly.
Nice work, Brett! I also vote for the double top plate solution for bolting the speakers up. Since you already have holes in the current top plate you wouldn't have to counterbore the new one as bolt heads would be recessed in the the bottom top plate.
Brett a
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Beautiful, that's what I'm going to do then.
Brett a
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You've got me thinking with this post. That hadn't actually occurred to me. But it's a fine line; I mean I could have just as easily built these to mount drivers in.
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Brett a
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Sounds about right. I wouldn't expect to be able to DIY a pair of speakers I could settle in with. It would just be fun for me too.