I thought I would go ahead and try to get some of my DIY threads over here. Here's my DIY speaker stands. The thread was from Jan 2008, but nothing has really changed since then.
I finished my "Ghetto Stands". Here's a recap from my earlier thread on DIY stands:
I present to you.....the "Ghetto Stands"
Here's the parts I used.
2- 4" diameter 24" length PVC pipe
4- 4" PVC closet flanges
2 pieces of 3/4" MDF, 24"x48". I did not even have to use these since I
had enough scrap laying around to build the top/bottom plates.
Here's the top plates finished with the flanges bolted to them.
A pick of the completed stand.
I was thinking about doubling up on the bottom plate, but when I went to
cut the second pieces my circular saw got a little squirrely on me. As
I mentioned before, I loaned it to a friend of mine so no telling what
he was cutting with it. I need a new blade anyways, so no big deal.
A pic with the Mackie on top.
Believe it or not, this stand is sturdier than it looks. The pipe is very
tight on the flanges. I had to use a mallet to separate them when I
took them back apart. Just to be safe, I'm going to run some screws
through the top and bottom part of the stand so they are screwed to the
flanges. I need to cut a couple of inches off the pipe since I didn't
figure in the thickness of the MDF. This will have the tweeter at
around 36" high. I have some black textured paint for the color which I
hope will make them look better (pretty freaking ugly ain't they?). I
plan on filling the pipe with sand too as I imagine PVC resonates
pretty badly, especially at that thick of diameter (maybe I should have
gotten the 3" diameter?).
Here's a pic of the "now in use stands" haha.
After seeing them this way, I was reminded of Dent's stand for his Vifas. His
look like towers and, like him, I like the look of towers so I might
try to do something similiar in the future.
Total cost for these stands (minus the paint) was $29.50.
Here's a few pics of the finished stands:
They actually turned out better looking than I would have figured. The textured paint looks pretty good on them. I could probably make them look better by thicken up the bottom bases and doing a little sanding and adding a couple more coats of paint. These are just get me bys, so I mainly wanted to get them done so I could enjoy the speakers. The stands are about 24" high.
One thing that I think I would change would be the PVC. It is very sturdy, but it doesn't seem to hold paint too well. You can scrape it off with your fingernail. The paint I used was supposed to be good for plastic and PVC, but I also didn't use a primer so it could be that. I think next time I might look into using some Sonotubes instead.
Now all I need to do is get stands for the surrounds. I will have them to were the woofer just clears the back side of the couch. Here's a pic of one of the surrounds on my Klipsch tower.
[photo missing for some reason, sorry]
Surround detail is much better since the couch is not blocking the sound. This was a problem I have had to deal with using towers as surrounds. At the time I bought them, I did not have this couch and was in a different house so it worked then. At one time I thought about buying a set of KG4.5 (they use a single 10 compared to the 5.5's dual 10s) and building a bookshelf version of the cabinets as I did my center speaker (that never got finished). Either that or just staying with pairs of the 2.5 bookshelfs. I liked the 4.5 idea because they had the same horns as my towers.
I finished my "Ghetto Stands". Here's a recap from my earlier thread on DIY stands:
I present to you.....the "Ghetto Stands"
Here's the parts I used.
2- 4" diameter 24" length PVC pipe
4- 4" PVC closet flanges
2 pieces of 3/4" MDF, 24"x48". I did not even have to use these since I
had enough scrap laying around to build the top/bottom plates.
Here's the top plates finished with the flanges bolted to them.
A pick of the completed stand.
I was thinking about doubling up on the bottom plate, but when I went to
cut the second pieces my circular saw got a little squirrely on me. As
I mentioned before, I loaned it to a friend of mine so no telling what
he was cutting with it. I need a new blade anyways, so no big deal.
A pic with the Mackie on top.
Believe it or not, this stand is sturdier than it looks. The pipe is very
tight on the flanges. I had to use a mallet to separate them when I
took them back apart. Just to be safe, I'm going to run some screws
through the top and bottom part of the stand so they are screwed to the
flanges. I need to cut a couple of inches off the pipe since I didn't
figure in the thickness of the MDF. This will have the tweeter at
around 36" high. I have some black textured paint for the color which I
hope will make them look better (pretty freaking ugly ain't they?). I
plan on filling the pipe with sand too as I imagine PVC resonates
pretty badly, especially at that thick of diameter (maybe I should have
gotten the 3" diameter?).
Here's a pic of the "now in use stands" haha.
After seeing them this way, I was reminded of Dent's stand for his Vifas. His
look like towers and, like him, I like the look of towers so I might
try to do something similiar in the future.
Total cost for these stands (minus the paint) was $29.50.
Here's a few pics of the finished stands:
They actually turned out better looking than I would have figured. The textured paint looks pretty good on them. I could probably make them look better by thicken up the bottom bases and doing a little sanding and adding a couple more coats of paint. These are just get me bys, so I mainly wanted to get them done so I could enjoy the speakers. The stands are about 24" high.
One thing that I think I would change would be the PVC. It is very sturdy, but it doesn't seem to hold paint too well. You can scrape it off with your fingernail. The paint I used was supposed to be good for plastic and PVC, but I also didn't use a primer so it could be that. I think next time I might look into using some Sonotubes instead.
Now all I need to do is get stands for the surrounds. I will have them to were the woofer just clears the back side of the couch. Here's a pic of one of the surrounds on my Klipsch tower.
[photo missing for some reason, sorry]
Surround detail is much better since the couch is not blocking the sound. This was a problem I have had to deal with using towers as surrounds. At the time I bought them, I did not have this couch and was in a different house so it worked then. At one time I thought about buying a set of KG4.5 (they use a single 10 compared to the 5.5's dual 10s) and building a bookshelf version of the cabinets as I did my center speaker (that never got finished). Either that or just staying with pairs of the 2.5 bookshelfs. I liked the 4.5 idea because they had the same horns as my towers.
