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Just thought I’d make a contribution to this pretty entertaining thread – there is some impressive woodwork going on here. As much as I normally enjoy woodwork – I had a ‘WooAudio-like’ stand in mind with this design.
I have always liked the now classic ‘IKEA hack’ of the Bjarnum shelf bracket with Capita feet. This is a slightly different take on the cheapo but elegant IKEA approach – one I haven’t seen before, but maybe someone, somewhere has already done it?
Start with the following (stainless steel) items:
Lillholmen face tissue holder - €4.99
Januari Table Lamp Stand - € 7.99
With a hacksaw, saw off the bottom of the Lillhomen tissue holder and file down any rough edges. Saw the top off the lamp stand (if you are feeling really creative, I’m sure there must be a way to rig up a small light inside the tissue holder).
Securing these two together is up to you – I used a piece of old round garden post of just about the right diameter to fit into the tissue holder – drilled a hole in it (you’re going to need a pretty big drill bit – 12mm) - but I expect a thick piece of PVC piping or similar would do the job equally well. I then glued everything together with very strong epoxy resin (almost as expensive as the stand!)
The end result was pretty satisfying, especially as it only took me about 20-30 minutes hands-on time (not counting the endless searching through piles of junk in the garden shed...).
I can hang three sets of headphones on it with ease – even including the relatively bulky AKG 701’s.
DAC-in-a-Box.
But all those headphones do produce a cable nightmare – especially annoying to my ‘significant other’. So the solution was just staring me in the face in the Bathroom section of IKEA – the Molger set of 3 boxes. Beautifully made and finished, at €6.95 these are a bargain whatever you do with them. I converted the largest to a cable box cum DAC-in-a-Box. That knob is part of a Nuforce uDAC, which is now nicely tucked away, with the USB and line outs exiting through a whole in the rear of the box.
Ikea Headphone Stand – High capacity.
Just to prove I really do enjoy woodwork – though clearly not as talented as some on this thread – I came up with a high capacity stand for the truly hopeless headphone cases. This thing can take five pairs, if pushed! And yes, it is another IKEA hack.
A Rationell Variera plate holder (€5.99) has again had a hacksaw taken to it. The upright is an oak bed leg from IKEA from a few years back (the wife hasn’t looked under the bed yet and discovered where all her favourite books went...). A similar current leg is the Sultan (at €8.95 for four you can make four of these stands and have a good excuse to buy another fifteen headphones). The base is a piece of maple I had lying around.
I have always liked the now classic ‘IKEA hack’ of the Bjarnum shelf bracket with Capita feet. This is a slightly different take on the cheapo but elegant IKEA approach – one I haven’t seen before, but maybe someone, somewhere has already done it?
Start with the following (stainless steel) items:
Lillholmen face tissue holder - €4.99
Januari Table Lamp Stand - € 7.99
With a hacksaw, saw off the bottom of the Lillhomen tissue holder and file down any rough edges. Saw the top off the lamp stand (if you are feeling really creative, I’m sure there must be a way to rig up a small light inside the tissue holder).
Securing these two together is up to you – I used a piece of old round garden post of just about the right diameter to fit into the tissue holder – drilled a hole in it (you’re going to need a pretty big drill bit – 12mm) - but I expect a thick piece of PVC piping or similar would do the job equally well. I then glued everything together with very strong epoxy resin (almost as expensive as the stand!)
The end result was pretty satisfying, especially as it only took me about 20-30 minutes hands-on time (not counting the endless searching through piles of junk in the garden shed...).
I can hang three sets of headphones on it with ease – even including the relatively bulky AKG 701’s.
DAC-in-a-Box.
But all those headphones do produce a cable nightmare – especially annoying to my ‘significant other’. So the solution was just staring me in the face in the Bathroom section of IKEA – the Molger set of 3 boxes. Beautifully made and finished, at €6.95 these are a bargain whatever you do with them. I converted the largest to a cable box cum DAC-in-a-Box. That knob is part of a Nuforce uDAC, which is now nicely tucked away, with the USB and line outs exiting through a whole in the rear of the box.
Ikea Headphone Stand – High capacity.
Just to prove I really do enjoy woodwork – though clearly not as talented as some on this thread – I came up with a high capacity stand for the truly hopeless headphone cases. This thing can take five pairs, if pushed! And yes, it is another IKEA hack.
A Rationell Variera plate holder (€5.99) has again had a hacksaw taken to it. The upright is an oak bed leg from IKEA from a few years back (the wife hasn’t looked under the bed yet and discovered where all her favourite books went...). A similar current leg is the Sultan (at €8.95 for four you can make four of these stands and have a good excuse to buy another fifteen headphones). The base is a piece of maple I had lying around.
