I built these adjustable speaker stands for the control room of my son’s recording studio business.  Precision height adjustment is crucial as is strength – each speaker weighs 41 lbs.

Description: Dimensions are 16″ x 16″ x 38″ to 58″, all wood is  3/4″ hard maple (the darker from a MA sawmill and the lighter from a lumber yard). There are a total of 152 hand-cut dovetail joints. There is a double supporting system for the inner column since the speakers to go on them are very heavy. One is the black knobs (screwed into the inner column) that move up through the slot in the sides of the outer box and are then tightened, allowing a total of six knobs to hold up the inner column. The other is inside the outer column – there is a set of double holes – these have metal inserts that brass shelf pins screw into, allowing the bottom of the inner column to rest on the pins. The top and bottom panels can be removed from the columns – they are each held on with eight vertical bolts that screw into metal cross dowels (inserted from the inside of the columns). The top of the outer boxes have holes for the bolts and cross dowels pre-drilled in case my son ever wants to turn these into four non-adjustable speaker stands. You can see small wood pegs that can be removed to reveal the bolt holes. There are adjustable feet under the bottom panel in order to manage uneven flooring. All edges are very slightly chamfered.

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