Making my own speaker stands?

[Tony Starks]

I'm looking at making my own stands for a pair of Polk Tsi 100s and was wondering if anyone else had made their own?

They'll be made from 30mm MDF and then wrapped in Roxx engineered stone.

Are these materials ok or do I have to use some special acoustic materials?

[Tony Starks]

Cheers guys,

I'm thinking 18mm MDF pillar but trapezoid at the base up to square/rectangel at the top. then fill with sand (dry of course).

Would I need floor spikes and maybe a metal plate to attach between the stand and the speaker.

The hardest bit is going to be the hopper bevels to fit it all together.

The stone is 6mm so I'd clash the box with that in this colour http://www.roxx.co.nz/02_nz/nz_AR014.html.

The other option is Corian, but we don't get many of the blacks in and white wouldn't go with anything in our lounge.

[Tony Starks]

bogie said:

cost about £50 I reckon, inc mdf, paint, sand, sorbathane ...plus a weekends labour @ £250 an hour

Hopefully mine will be free depending on the mood my boss is in, as I'll be using offcuts and left overs.

Then a trip to the beach to borrow some sand lol

I'll have to make sure I get my labour costs right though lol

[Tony Starks]

Those are nice,

Stands are so expensive over here for what is basically two steel plates and a steel tube.

[Tony Starks]

Incase anyones interested I finally got round to making these.

Stands are covered in Roxx Voodoo, the base platefor the speakers to sit on is Corian Night Sky and the Tiles are 10mm Stoneology Onyx doulbed up to make a 20mm tile.

At the moment I have some rubber bungs for the stands to sit on the tiles as not a single store in New Plymouth sells speaker spikes, so I'm looking at getting some nice brass/goldy colour ones made up as I don't like the look of a sanded piece of threaded rod, something like this: http://reviews.parts-express.com/2444-en_us/249-72...

I just need to play around with some sand to see if it changes/improves the sound.