Made some DIY Stands...

Conradicles
Conradicles Posts: 6,092
edited March 2011 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
With some scrap steel from work and the help of a friend, these stands turned out pretty sweet.

26" tall with spikes, all steel construction and the steel column will be filled with sand. Still need to add some little rubber pads for the speakers to rest on at the top plate.

Talk about heavy! They will hold up my new LSi9's in the man cave...:cool:
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2011
    Looks good.
    Conradicles wrote: »
    Still need to add some little rubber pads for the speakers to rest on at the top plate.
    Blu tack works well too.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited January 2011
    those do look good, nice job
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited January 2011
    Excellent work!
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited January 2011
    Those look great!
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,604
    edited January 2011
    Those look very nice!
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,092
    edited January 2011
    Face wrote: »
    Blu tack works well too.

    That is a great idea and you can get it at Wal-Mart too!
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  • TNHNDYMAN
    TNHNDYMAN Posts: 2,145
    edited January 2011
    Those look great, nice work!
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2011
    Nice:smile:
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2011
    They look great, look just as good as the one you pay the big bucks for...
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  • Slyder01
    Slyder01 Posts: 115
    edited January 2011
    looks great... need a matching set for the brewskees! :biggrin:
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited January 2011
    very nice... will be hard to knock those over for sure .
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  • helipilotdoug
    helipilotdoug Posts: 1,229
    edited January 2011
    Nice!! :)
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  • Bassphil
    Bassphil Posts: 136
    edited February 2011
    Wow, they look store bought.
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  • geoff727
    geoff727 Posts: 546
    edited February 2011
    Hmmmm, I'm kind of envious. Post more pics when the LSi9's are sitting on them.

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  • del44
    del44 Posts: 686
    edited February 2011
    Those are pretty cool. I like the spikes.
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  • Zaigrith
    Zaigrith Posts: 42
    edited February 2011
    Very nice, did you weld those yourself? As for the sand, are we talking course or fine sand :)
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,092
    edited February 2011
    Pic's as requested...

    These were actually not welded Zaigrith, but attached together with hardware. No sand yet, and actually I'm thinking of something different than sand.
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  • iskandam
    iskandam Posts: 704
    edited March 2011
    Very nice, how heavy are they?

    I recently built a 26" pair using 3" PVC tubes. When fully filled with sand they weigh 18 lbs each. Fit and finish are seriously lacking but they get the job done. But if I had to do it over again I'd go with 4" tubes for more mass-loading capability and a larger top shelf that can accommodate the entire length and width of the bookshelf.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,092
    edited March 2011
    I'd say they weight about 35 LBS each now, but when I add some shot or something similar maybe around the 60 - 70 LB range.
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  • iskandam
    iskandam Posts: 704
    edited March 2011
    wow i need to build me a pair of those!
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited March 2011
    They look great man!
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