[kingoftown1]

I just picked up a couple rolls at Menards the other day.  I got the heat-activated adhesive version, but it wouldn't hold to the curves by itself so I had to grab some contact cement as well.

 

[liamstrain]

Updated my all-thread and PVC stand with a copper sheath (mandrel hammered to fit over the lock nuts), a thin foam pad on the PVC, and a leather strip around the base. 
 

 

[TheDreamthinker]

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Updated my all-thread and PVC stand with a copper sheath (mandrel hammered to fit over the lock nuts), a thin foam pad on the PVC, and a leather strip around the base. 
 
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That's beautiful.
But a light into the middle and it's art. You can sell it to MoMA.
Was it difficult to make?

 

[liamstrain]

Thanks!
 
Not at all. Initial construction was 1/2 hour (wood base, all-thread + PVC). Making the copper fit over the lock nuts was the hardest part - and only because I got impatient on the mandrel and tried to force it to fit too early. Everything else was waiting for glue to dry and clever clamping.

 

[TheDreamthinker]

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Thanks!
 
Not at all. Initial construction was 1/2 hour (wood base, all-thread + PVC). Making the copper fit over the lock nuts was the hardest part - and only because I got impatient on the mandrel and tried to force it to fit too early. Everything else was waiting for glue to dry and clever clamping.

I wish i had that skill.
I was never a DIY'er.....but if i see things like that, i wish was.
May i get back to you, if i buy some decent pair of headphones and need a stand?
 

 

[liamstrain]

Need? no - is it handy and nice - and good to keep some excess wear minimzed? Sure... I like having a stand at my desk because I have 3 sets of phones there, and it makes it easier to keep them organized and accessible. 
 
Sennheiser makes a clever little clamp stand that connects to a shelf or desk edge for $15... or there are quite a few DIY stands that are essentially ready to go from inexpensive other solutions (modified banana hooks from Best Buy, or hose holders from Home Depot), etc. Or there are nice stands made by Woo Audio, and Sievking and others for a whole range of prices. But none of them would I ever classify as necessary. 

 

[Deathdeisel]

Hmmm, the circle stands make me think, what if you took one and attached it to the side if a desk in some fashion, be stylish and functional

 

[liamstrain]

Sounds interesting - go for it!

 

[kingoftown1]

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That's beautiful.
But a light into the middle and it's art. You can sell it to MoMA.
Was it difficult to make?

It really would look nice with the inner diameter covered in a nice textured (rice?) paper with a few LEDs inside.  You could easily run the wiring down the copper tubing too, and drill a hole through the backside of the wood base or even just put some short rubber feet/furniture bumpers on it.  Tons of potential with this stand.
 

 

[liamstrain]

Open source stand. Go for it!
 
You'd probably have to go up to 1" copper tube to add wires - right now, the top and bottom are filled with a hex nut (interior is 3/8th all-thread) - unless you make it without the all-thread (not sure how you'd attach the copper to the PVC in that case). Here is the version pre-copper, for construction details.
 
 
 
 
And it is already up on rubber feet - the leather is acting as a 1/8" skirt from the bottom of the wood. 
 
I actually like having the tube open, I can put small cable adaptors in there or my IEM's... but that's just me. 

 

[kingoftown1]

If I weren't getting rid of headphones, that stand would be getting built right now

 
Also, updated pic of my finished stand
 

 

[liamstrain]

That ended up looking great! Looks like you could probably put two cans per stand as well.. which is handy. 
 
I just had a thought tho - instead of all-thread, you could use that threaded lamp rod - those are hollow - then run cable down that. 

 

[TheDreamthinker]

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It really would look nice with the inner diameter covered in a nice textured (rice?) paper with a few LEDs inside.  You could easily run the wiring down the copper tubing too, and drill a hole through the backside of the wood base or even just put some short rubber feet/furniture bumpers on it.  Tons of potential with this stand.

Absolutely, "customisable stands", great business idea.
i thought of a Light bulb in the middle and a LED at the base. Invent a (fascinating/ludicrous) story and of you go to MoMA.
Stuff in there all look like that. 
 
I think integrating a light (or 2) into the stand would give it and the room, where it stand, a nice touch.
 
Just some random thoughts.

 

[customcoco]

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I think integrating a light (or 2) into the stand would give it and the room, where it stand, a nice touch.

 

why not a real tube?
 
ecc83 anyone?

 
looks good to me...

 

[liamstrain]

 
More complicated power source. But... custom case for a Tube amplifier, with an integrated headphone stand and offset tube mounts... you might be onto something.