On 30/06/2011 20:42, Michael Chapman wrote:
We just made 'bird tables' to put the top speakers on. About
200 mm of broom handle to slot into the lighting stand, and
a approx 15-20 mm thick horizontal shelf (the right sized
drill and the two glue together with no clamping).
I said it was a quick expt'l project, but was over-ruled and
the bird-tables were painted black ... must admit it is an
enormous aesthetic improvement.
Whoaa! Be very careful if you are using a system like this - many years ago I was working with Chris
Richards from Cepiar, trying out some decoder stuff here at York. He brought with him a system
exactly like this on which we mounted some of my (then brand new) Wharfedale Diamond V's at almost 4
metres height. What Chris forgot to mention was that he _hadn't_ fixed the speakers down in any
other way than their weight. I went to move one of the stands and the speaker fell off, grazed my
right shoulder and smashed its corner in on the floor. If it had been 50 mm further over, I doubt if
I would have been interested in height information - or anything else - any more :-(
For what it's worth, I used, on the Wharefedales, Tandy (Radio Shack anywhere other than the UK)
Universal wall mounts screwed and glued to the back of the speakers. They have a four hole wall
mounting plate. I made up some U bolts with threaded rod the legs of which fit through the holes in
the plate. These then slide over stands made (by me) of 25mm square steel tube which have a cross
shaped (removable) base. To ensure safety and stability, I have a pile of concrete blocks I keep
specifically to weight down the bases - stage weights would be nicer but I've only managed to
scrounge a couple of those...the blocks are way cheaper. You can use Speedframe
(http://www.richardsonsuk.co.uk/product.aspx?p=47&gclid=CJS8zNLd36kCFUEa4Qod-Hc5Xg) to make up this
sort of stand, but being a good Yorkshireman, I just got a local company to cut up standard 25mm
square tubing, which was much cheaper (though not as nicely finished) as the proper stuff and the
only Speedframe bits I bought where the 5 way corner connectors to make up the bases.
Dave
PS Richard (Lee) - I'm pleased to report that that speaker is still working...I think I showed great
restraint in not dumping it in the bin after it tried to kill me like that :-)
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