EdmundGTP Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Got bored with the lame wooden crossbar feet that came with the KSP-400's and decided to make something a little cooler. In my spare time at work I drew up some feet using Solidworks, and made up a drawing for them. I had one of our local machine shops water jet the feet out of some 0.531" thick 6061-T6 aluminum, and then did the rest of the finish machining by hand on a bridgeport. Bead blasted them, chased the threads, and bingo. [] Some people had asked about feet and spike setups for these speakers in the past so I figured I'd just share what I came up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Nice job!! [Y] Question... looks like it's metal against the speaker? Do you have a provision to soften that point so it doesn't rub the speaker raw? When are you going to make them two feet wide for LaScalas? [A] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdmundGTP Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 Yeah it's just bare metal against the speakers. The bolts holding them on dont allow the metal move to actually "rub" the surface though. Could put a thin layer of adhesive backed rubber between the metal feet and the speaker though if it becomes necessary, but I suspect it wont be an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted April 4, 2009 Moderators Share Posted April 4, 2009 Those are very very nice. I have a pair in black, what do you think it would be for a set in black? Again, very nice work. Travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdmundGTP Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 What would it be for a set in black? Good question. Didn't really think of ever making them to sell and I'm not sure I'd want to. I can tell you that it cost me roughly 75 bucks to have all four feet water-jet cut from 6061-T6 aluminum plate. Took me about 3 hours or so to do the holes, counterbores, and tapped holes on a bridgeport mill since Im no pro. The actual spikes, are the generic 3/8-16NC threaded spikes from partsexpress.com, and they were about 8 bucks a set; 1 set per speaker. Actually getting them black you could either go paint or anodize. I thought about tossing mine in with some other parts that we were sending to get anodized black, but didnt bother to. If you have access to a machine shop, and connections at a lazer cutting or water jetting and finishing shop, they'd probably cost you less than 100 bucks and less than a few hours time to complete a set. I can email a higher resolution PDF file of the part drawing if anyone wants it. I also have it in a 3D solidworks model, as well as DWG and DXF formats at my office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted April 5, 2009 Moderators Share Posted April 5, 2009 If you have access to a machine shop, and connections at a lazer cutting or water jetting and finishing shop, they'd probably cost you less than 100 bucks and less than a few hours time to complete a set. I can email a higher resolution PDF file of the part drawing if anyone wants it. I also have it in a 3D solidworks model, as well as DWG and DXF formats at my office. I'm just a lawyer. We are not smart enough, nor have common sense, to be around things like lazer cutters or water jetting. I didn't even realize water jetting was used to cut metal. It sounded like you were an industrial designer or ran a shop so I thought I would ask what it would cost do have your place do it, I didn't realize that it involved different locations/vendors doing multiple functions. They sure are nice. Travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted April 5, 2009 Moderators Share Posted April 5, 2009 If you have access to a machine shop, and connections at a lazer cutting or water jetting and finishing shop, they'd probably cost you less than 100 bucks and less than a few hours time to complete a set. I can email a higher resolution PDF file of the part drawing if anyone wants it. I also have it in a 3D solidworks model, as well as DWG and DXF formats at my office. I'm just a lawyer. We are not smart enough, nor have common sense, to be around things like lazer cutters or water jetting. I didn't even realize water jetting was used to cut metal. It sounded like you were an industrial designer or ran a shop so I thought I would ask what it would cost do have your place do it, I didn't realize that it involved different locations/vendors doing multiple functions. They sure are nice. Travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdmundGTP Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 Ohhh. Yeah, I used some of our local vendors to do the "heavy work". I work as a design engineer for a weapons systems manufacturer, so we have many many local fabrication contacts. We do lots of business with them, so they give us good deals on "personal projects". I was initially considering ordering a set of these (http://www.soundocity.com/products.html), but they're a tad pricey at ~$120 a pair, so I made my own for significantly less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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