Speaker Stands (From Scrap) - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

timewave · 21st Jun 2016, 11:56 am

Last summer my step son gave me the off cuts, from his garden decking project, for our chimenea. It seemed a shame to burn good timber so I set aside a few pieces of similar length and burned the scrap.

A few weeks ago, whilst looking for the garage floor, I came across them and also an aluminium side panel from an analogue Channel 4 TV transmitter. After a lot of hack sawing and filing I screwed the bits together to produce a pair of speaker stands. The dimensions are roughly the same as my metal Heybrook HB1 stands.

I've used them for several hours with my Celestion Ditton 33's sitting on top of them and the system sounds the same as with the metal ones.
Construction kept me out of mischief for several hours but it didn't help me tidy the garage. However my wife thinks they look ok so it must have been time well spent.

I know this is a tenuous link to our main pass time but I've submitted it as food for thought in the hope that others will look at scrap material from a different angle.

John G4IJD

Martin Bush · 21st Jun 2016, 12:10 pm

Those are spot on and look like they are out of an iconic design catalogue.

Good work!

ValvoStef · 21st Jun 2016, 8:54 pm

Yes, good job, they look absolute brilliant

Outrun_uk · 21st Jun 2016, 8:58 pm

Fantastic build, wouldn't look out of place in any setup!

julie_m · 22nd Jun 2016, 2:54 am

Given the original intended purpose of the wood, do you find they add warmth to the sound? Can they handle really hot jazz?

timewave · 22nd Jun 2016, 7:46 am

Julie I'm not sure about that but I was thinking of giving the end plates a crackle finish

SeanStevens · 22nd Jun 2016, 8:01 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by timewave

....but it didn't help me tidy the garage.

John G4IJD

I'm sure you will find that the garage is slightly tidied - there is less 'lumber' lying around.....

Nice stands

SEAN

21st Jun 2016, 11:56 am	#1
timewave Pentode Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK. Posts: 173	Speaker Stands (From Scrap) Last summer my step son gave me the off cuts, from his garden decking project, for our chimenea. It seemed a shame to burn good timber so I set aside a few pieces of similar length and burned the scrap. A few weeks ago, whilst looking for the garage floor, I came across them and also an aluminium side panel from an analogue Channel 4 TV transmitter. After a lot of hack sawing and filing I screwed the bits together to produce a pair of speaker stands. The dimensions are roughly the same as my metal Heybrook HB1 stands. I've used them for several hours with my Celestion Ditton 33's sitting on top of them and the system sounds the same as with the metal ones. Construction kept me out of mischief for several hours but it didn't help me tidy the garage. However my wife thinks they look ok so it must have been time well spent. I know this is a tenuous link to our main pass time but I've submitted it as food for thought in the hope that others will look at scrap material from a different angle. John G4IJD Attached Thumbnails __________________ Old radio engineers never die, they just go intermit...mit...mit...mit...

21st Jun 2016, 12:10 pm	#2
Martin Bush Octode Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 1,910	Re: Speaker Stands (From Scrap) Those are spot on and look like they are out of an iconic design catalogue. Good work!

21st Jun 2016, 8:54 pm	#3
ValvoStef Hexode Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Fareham, Hampshire, UK. Posts: 482	Re: Speaker Stands (From Scrap) Yes, good job, they look absolute brilliant __________________ Failing to prepare is preparing to fail ...

21st Jun 2016, 8:58 pm	#4
Outrun_uk Heptode Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, UK. Posts: 705	Re: Speaker Stands (From Scrap) Fantastic build, wouldn't look out of place in any setup!

22nd Jun 2016, 2:54 am	#5
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: Speaker Stands (From Scrap) Given the original intended purpose of the wood, do you find they add warmth to the sound? Can they handle really hot jazz? __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.

22nd Jun 2016, 7:46 am	#6
timewave Pentode Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK. Posts: 173	Re: Speaker Stands (From Scrap) Julie I'm not sure about that but I was thinking of giving the end plates a crackle finish __________________ Old radio engineers never die, they just go intermit...mit...mit...mit...