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	It is now the time to put the stand together. Place the tops upside down on a workbench or table with the 3/8" welded rods facing up. Place your tubes over the rods and stand them up. Now place the stand bottoms upside down while lining up the 2 holes with the rods coming through. Install the 3/8" washers and nuts hand tightened only. Mark with a permanent pen where the rod comes flush to outside of the nut. Take apart the stand and cut the rods with a hacksaw where you made the marks. If you are worried that the nuts will not go on the rods after you cut the rods you can install the nuts and cut outside of them and when you remove them they will clean up the threads for you. You can now install the stands back together like I mentioned earlier. First just hand tighten them so that you can make measurements to be sure that the tubes are centered. There should be a 1" gap between the tubes. After all measurements are correct, you can tighten everything up with a wrench.

	Now you can put on your spikes if so desired. I had a machinist make mine out of aluminum because it was easy to work with and wouldn't rust. You can also fill the tubes with lead shot or sand through the holes on the tops with a funnel. After filling the tubes I put some tape over the holes. I also put some balls of Blue Tack adhesive on the four corners of the tops of the stand for my B&W 601's to sit on. When everything is done, you can polish the tubes with some automotive aluminum wheel polish to make them really stand out.

Conclusion

Hope this helps you to make some nice looking stands that work well and also look good. Remember that the dimensions are for speakers that I have and for my height sitting on my sofa. You may easily change the height by adjusting the lengths of the tubes and rods only. Everything else will stay the same. You may also want to change the size of the tops and bottoms to fit your speakers better while still using the dimensions for spacing the tubes apart, etc. I had fun making these stands and hope you do too.

If you make these stands and are satisfied with the results, you can send me five bucks for my time.

e-mail me with any questions you may have to: Wongr024@hawaii.rr.com

Aloha,
Robert Wong
197A Apoke St.
Hilo, HI 96720

AudioTweaks:

Thank you very much Robert for an excellent project and design.
These really do look great!
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Mike	Thanks Rob for the info. on the speaker stands, they really look cool. I hope mine come out as well. Have you ever made your own DIY speakers? I've been looking for a design/model to experiment on but I haven't found one yet. Thanks. Mike in Sacramento, CA

Mike	Robert, this is Mike. I didn't see the message on the speaker stand page about the the $5 donation. Of course I will send you the five bucks when I make the stands, it's the least I could do for the cool design. I will contact you again after the holidays, that is when I will most likely start on the stands.

Igor	Hi Thanks for a manual. Has made on it for the columns. Has suffered with translation in metric system. Once again thanks from Russia.

Rodrigo J.	Gracias por la idea del stand desde santiago chile sud america.

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