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Re: MOC: speaker stand
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lugnet.build
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Sat, 12 Oct 2002 17:43:18 GMT
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"Tony Alexander" <tw0nst3r@startrek.net> wrote in message
news:H3uywo.JEw@lugnet.com...
> (having a slower computer, I only looked at the 1st pic..)
> Dude, that's kind of cool... did you copy the design from a catalog, • or
> design it yourself?
the design is original, but it is based on the "surroundstation" offered by
creative labs ( www.creativelabs.com )
> Are they kinda wobbly up there?
they're pretty stable, although I'm a bit afraid that the supports might
give out...
> Looks like it might
> be, if they didn't have any crossbraces. Or is all the counterbalancing
> done behind the monitor?
there's some bracing between the arms (a big block of plates ties them
together where they pass over the monitor). my counterbalance is a copy of
"Gray's Anatomy", which holds the back edge of the baseplate down, otherwise
the weight of the speakers on the arms levers the monitor forward rather
precariously.
> Do they seem to have plenty of tensile strength?
they hold up the speakers, and that's what is important. I'll probably get
the surroundstation anyway, though
> I think it's neat, especially in that it's not just for fun, but it's
> actually got a usefulness, too. There was a computer case (the Woo Lego
> Project, at: http://www.woo.nu/lego/day1.html ) some time back that I • liked
> for the combination of fun and function, as well as a clock design by Dr.
> Leo Dorst(at: http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leo/lego/clock.html ) that is to • me
> a marvel. I think that it's pretty cool that you've taken the fun of
> building with Lego bricks in a useful direction.
> Keep it up!
>
> Peace and Long Life,
> Tony Alexander
thanks.
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