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In cheapskate mode here I found a couple of old tables about 73 cm tall with four decent legs on although they aren't round all the way down - enough for both speakers and no wood worm :dance:

They are exactly the right height for these speakers. The legs splay out (purposefully) and the footprint (after the table top has been removed) is a touch bigger than I wanted at 35cm square at the top going out to 40 cm square at the floor.

Thinking about using them as it would save me a ton of money and time. 50mm dowels are not cheap and then there is the hassle of delivery.

I could always modify them a bit to make the foot print smaller and remove the splay in the legs. No idea what type of wood they are yet but the legs are dead straight :grin:

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I have found another so have three of these tables :dance: One for the centre channel or subwoofer :lol:

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Last week I removed the three fence post legs that my speakers were just sat on. Screwed on three small bits of scrap wood just so I can experiment with positioning the speakers without the faff I had to go through before.

Thought Tomasz might like to see the supreme quality of work here :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

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Well, back to serious business. Should I use these tables ? Saves a lot of money as the Pine dowelling I require was going to cost £80 including postage from Cumbria. I thought it keeps with my spirit of recycling / upcycling. The footprint is bigger than I wanted but I can always reduce the dimensions a bit.

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It would be a shame to remove that cross bracing diagonally between the legs. All the joints need regluing if i use what is already there but I won't be using the table top as it is made of tongue and groove and the planks have warped :roll: All the rest of it is absolutely sound except sanding and refinishing.

I could round off the outside edge of the legs with a router as well as rounding off all the corners of the enclosure.

Any thoughts, what d'ya reckon ?
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Absolutely! Bit of sanding wax and bobs your uncle (was never mine) I quite like the legs as they are. Mind you have always been a leg fan :grin:

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karatestu wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:02 pm Last week I removed the three fence post legs that my speakers were just sat on. Screwed on three small bits of scrap wood just so I can experiment with positioning the speakers without the faff I had to go through before.
Surprisingly I kind of like that kind of leg arrangements - well if you can make it stable enough maybe?

Think I am getting used to your quality of work I do not get severe reaction to it anymore :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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^^^^^^^
I think many of us must be in the same boat there Tomasz :grin:

Only joking Stu, the standard of your work is exemplary: Going back to the tables, what a find, really like the way the legs splay out slightly, good for stability, and I would have thought for your speakers with a downward facing driver: If your speakers will stand on the top, minus the table top of course, you're onto a winner
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I am going to amaze you all with a stunning pair of speakers :grin:
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I don't know how you find the time.
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This is a slack time of year for me work wise. Plus running business' is more about doing paperwork for the government than owt else :roll:
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