[thebentern]

Here is my walnut and copper pipe (with brass flange) headphone stand.

 

[Paladin79]

A person after my own heart, I used the same materials except I used an oak base and added a patina to the copper.I also left the solder joints a little sloppy for a bit of contrast. I have enough materials left over to do a natural copper rack. More than likely to go with this amp on the left.

 

[thebentern]

I dig the industrial look. I thought about soldering mine, but I'm not very experienced in soldering pipes with a torch. I ended up just going with some plumbers goop.

I may buy some more of these flanges and do some more walnut + copper furniture. I would like to make an bro and maybe a frame mounted LED light.

 

[Paladin79]

I definitely went for the steampunk look and adapted headphones to match. Luckily I have an employee with a wood shop who made the cuts on the quartered oak for me. My biggest issue was cutting the 1/8 inch copper on the three amp plates. The top plate weighs two pounds without tubes and transformer and watch gears.

 

[BenTandBroken]

So, I made 2 different headphone stands. The first one with the Skull was basically an idea I’ve wanted to do forever, but never had the time to do until recently. The base is a pretty large slab of granite with a wooden dowel secured through it.The skull is a realistic resin replica I intended to use to study with when I originally purchased, but upon receiving was disappointed as it was a decent quality replica but not completely anatomically correct. Total cost of that one is over $100 for sure, but I think the final product is exactly what I wanted.

The second stand is actually based on a prior post i saw on this thread of a paper towel holder. I paid $2 for the holder, and made the bends how I wanted it, but decided I wanted to go for a different look than plain metal. So I Desoldered the original joint on the paper towel stand and put leftover parachord sleeve i had over the wire frame and resoldered it (Tip: don’t forget to put the heat shrink tube on before resoldering if you plan to do this build -haha). I was actually happy with it at that point, but decided to make the cusion by shaping some dense packing foam i had laying around into a sort of saddle shape and then for fabric i wrapped it with a sock that I was planning on trashing since it’s mate had a hole in it. All in all I still have less than $5 in this stand so i think it’s a great success.

 

[Slater]

That is by far the coolest headphone stand I have ever seen. Nicely done. Definitely going to build one of these if you don't mind (with different base).

 

[BenTandBroken]

That is by far the coolest headphone stand I have ever seen. Definitely going to build one of these if you don't mind (with different base).

I’d love to see what you come up with. What were you thinking for the base? I wanted to do an ornate wood base with a metal pole for a long time, but decided I liked the look of granite with wood more with the skull. I might make more in the future. But I will say it’s a heavy beast lol.

 

[Slater]

I’d love to see what you come up with. What were you thinking for the base? I wanted to do an ornate wood base with a metal pole for a long time, but decided I liked the look of granite with wood more with the skull. I might make more in the future. But I will say it’s a heavy beast lol.

You read my mind - a carved/ornate wooden base with a metal pole. It would be a nice contrast between materials. I have an unused floor lamp with a fancy fluted metal pole I was going to cut down and use.

 

[eschell27]

Took a stab at building my first HP stand from scratch...nothing too fancy but i like it! Just a routed up and stained piece of 2x8 oak and some copper!

 

[Paladin79]

Nicely done. Did you treat the copper so it does not tarnish or will you just let it age naturally?

I am from central Illinois originally myself.

 

[eschell27]

Haven't decided yet....at first i was thinking treat it but i may just let it age and see how it looks...either way i'm happy with the way it turned out.

 

[Gainastyle]

Hi,

Looking to get a headphone stand that i screw on to my desk that extends about 40-60cm upwards. can not find anything like it, so id like to make it myself. any suggestions?

Poorly made paint jpeg added as description

 

[Pete Basel]

Looks like a banana hanger would work with a larger hook:

 

[Paladin79]

This is more of a modification than an actual headphone amp build but I will be taking a manufactured headphone rack and mounting a circular hybrid headphone amp inside it. The amp will tilt to give easy access to the input, out put, and power jacks. This is called a Coaster amp, sold as a coaster by Schiit (eventually they will be for sale). It has two surface mount LED's that nearly give the appearance of eyes, the volume pot is center mounted so it may well approximate a nose when I am done. Headphones are on the outside so their cables do not interfere with the other cables going to the amp. Here is one I will be mounting in a toy eight ball but this is just to show the completed board. I also have plans to mount some in tobacco tins and even scotch bottles provided they are at least 3.5 inch inside diameter. Many of the parts are surface mount so this is not a project for someone new to soldering.

 

[smodtactical]

For those of you doing copper pipe headphone stands, do you find the copper makes the headphone band smell? Copper smelled pretty strong in general doesn't it?