Speaker stands for a friend.

greyford1979
greyford1979 Posts: 749
edited July 2012 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
A friend of mine asked if I could build him some speaker stands, so I thought I would post some progress pics. Hard to tell from the pics but the base is double the thickness of the top. The edges have not been stained yet because they will be a different color than the rest of the stand. Once finished they will be getting some of the brass, cone speaker spikes for the base.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,593
    edited July 2012
    Nice to see you posting again Greyford! Yet again more awesome woodworking skills. This the same friend with the end table sub?
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  • greyford1979
    greyford1979 Posts: 749
    edited July 2012
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Nice to see you posting again Greyford! Yet again more awesome woodworking skills. This the same friend with the end table sub?

    Thanks! These are for a different friend. He wanted a set of stands that were an exact height so he asked if I could build him a set. I already had 200 lbs on each of them, don't think he will have to worry about strength and stability.:cheesygrin:
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  • greyford1979
    greyford1979 Posts: 749
    edited July 2012
    Almost ready for some finish. He wanted satin so I will be putting a few coats on once the stain is dry. Gonna take a little longer with the humidity, but I'm in no rush:cheesygrin: I will take some better pics once they are done, look much better in person.
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  • TNHNDYMAN
    TNHNDYMAN Posts: 2,145
    edited July 2012
    sharp looking project grey. Your friend should be very happy with those.
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  • greyford1979
    greyford1979 Posts: 749
    edited July 2012
    TNHNDYMAN wrote: »
    sharp looking project grey. Your friend should be very happy with those.

    Thanks! Yeah hope he will like them, when I get the chance to finish them.
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  • bencorn
    bencorn Posts: 49
    edited July 2012
    Those look pretty good so far. I was going to build a pair like this too but I scored a nice pair of stands on craigslist for 20 bucks and for that amount I don't know that I could have built them for less.
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  • greyford1979
    greyford1979 Posts: 749
    edited July 2012
    bencorn wrote: »
    Those look pretty good so far. I was going to build a pair like this too but I scored a nice pair of stands on craigslist for 20 bucks and for that amount I don't know that I could have built them for less.

    Thanks! Yeah these cost a little more than that to make lol. Around $200 in materials, but could have been even more if he would have let me buy better materials:eek: I would like to have bought solid pieces of birch for the top and base but he wanted to stay around a $200 budget(not including the price of the spikes), so that's one of the areas he wanted me to cut price on. I had to talk him into letting me use solid oak for the legs instead of dimensional lumber:eek: He wanted me to go even darker on stain, but I convinced him to let some of that beautiful wood grain to show through. Going as dark as he wanted it, I might as well paint it lol. I started applying the poly this morning so it should be done in the next few days:cheesygrin:
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  • bencorn
    bencorn Posts: 49
    edited July 2012
    Yeah my stands aren't anywhere near that nice. I'm pretty sure mine is thick pressboard. No woodgrain here. The woodgrain will really make those stands look high class. I hope he enjoys them once your done.
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  • greyford1979
    greyford1979 Posts: 749
    edited July 2012
    Except for the speaker spikes, the stands are all finished:cheesygrin:
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited July 2012
    They came out nice.Good work nice grain.Dan
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    greyford1979 Posts: 749
    edited July 2012
    Oldfatdogs wrote: »
    They came out nice.Good work nice grain.Dan

    Thanks!
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