DIY speaker stand
I came across this article on Make today about a speaker stand made out of these really cheap torchiere lamps available from Walmart, Funny coincidence was that I had the same kind of idea a couple of months ago. I just removed the lamp holder and the wires as well as the plastic lamp shade. I also shortened the total height of the lamp by about a foot by removing one of the pipes. Here is my version of the speaker stand.
The Finished speaker stand
close up of the speakers
The lamp has a very sturdy base
The total cost for this project was about $24. the cheapest speaker stands on Amazon is about $33 and they are quite flimsy.
Looks like walmart wised up and has discontinued the model of the lamp that I used. You can still use a model similar to this which is available at walmart (brick-and-mortar) stores for about $14.
They still have them, I just bought 4 of them today, but I’m trying to do something different with the mounting to make it look like it was meant for the speakers
Lucas
October 12, 2008 at 4:33 am
I saw this and a few other articles and decided to try this myself. I found a floor lamp at K-Mart for $10.99 and used for of them to do this. I think they turned out really great…
Here is the link:
http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_9990000021106311P?vName=For+the+Home
Here is my process:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jbpsonicman/081229DIYHomeTheaterSpeakerStands#
sonicman
December 30, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I found black torchiere lamps at the local Target store in MI for $10 and silver ones for $8.50 on sale. I already bought the lamps. Time to get the project started!
Michael
August 4, 2009 at 1:16 am