Foundation Designer stands replica


I own a pair of Graham LS5/9 that I use with the mythical and rare Foundation Designer stands for Rogers 5/9.

My plan is to upgrade to another bigger Graham speaker so, the original Graham stands are not the best in my opinion, I would like to build a new pair of clones of Foundation Desginer, but bigger.

Do somebody know the details of the originals? Materials used, and so on, in particular?

thanks

 

davenrk

My TT stand is very similar but not as tall. I made square wooden columns because I stained the wood. I then put a threaded rod in the center of the column and  poured concrete in the column. Allow the rod to protrude enough so as to mount the top & bottom. which is held by a washer & nut. In my case, I have a sandbox on top which covers the nuts at the top. And those on the bottom are recessed and don’t show. You will have to design your top & bottom so not to show the nut. My top & bottom are 1 1/2 in which made it easy. But that might not look as good for your purposes

Instead of concrete, you could just fill the legs with sand. And if you are going to paint it, you might be able to use a 3 or 4 inch PVC pipe for the legs. Or, a square vinyl tube. I’d check to make sure the PVC filled with sand does not have any ring to it before committing. Have fun

thank you artemus_5 but I would like to make an exact copy in materials of the Foundation Designer

They don't look like anything exotic. They seem to be welded steel. Years ago I needed to have a set of stands made for a pair of ProAc Response 1 speakers. I went to a welder with dimensions, and he fabricated them for me.  

'mythical' speaker stands...  love it...

sorry, couldn't resist -- carry on...