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Title: where would i find a replacement tabletop stand post..?
Post by: macdaddy on September 26, 2006, 08:46:47 AM: so i have one of these desktop dealios from rat shack, but the post isnt long enough - i would like at least another six inches in height. what should i do..? the post is threaded at five-eights on both ends, my shockmount fits onto one, and the other end screws into the base...

thanks, in advance, for any advice.
Title: Re: where would i find a replacement tabletop stand post..?
Post by: KenH on September 26, 2006, 09:18:25 AM: A cheap solution: get a 5/8" Hex Nut, the long type (Barrel Nut ?), connect to business end leaving about 1/2" of room, and a threaded 5/8" rod, cut to size. Connect the rod to the other end of the barrel nut. Shrink tubing over the threaded rod to make it look nice, leaving enough 5/8" threads to connect the shock mount, etc.

/Ken
Title: Re: where would i find a replacement tabletop stand post..?
Post by: flipp on September 26, 2006, 10:02:07 AM: If you want to keep it 5/8-27, go to your local music store/GuitarCenter etc and get a goose-neck extension in the length closest to what you want. As long as you don't get a 30" extension and use a couple of LD mics on a Shure vert bar you shouldn't have any balance problems.
Title: Re: where would i find a replacement tabletop stand post..?
Post by: macdaddy on September 26, 2006, 07:15:01 PM: see, actually, i was using the shock mount and the c422, but the mic + cable is taller than the stand post is...

i am really looking for a solid bar that is just a bit longer. i will swing by anwalt lumber tomorrow - they should be able to hook me up...

i will post the results...

+Ts all 'round for the input - i really appreciate it.
Title: Re: where would i find a replacement tabletop stand post..?
Post by: macdaddy on September 28, 2006, 06:44:17 PM: well, i went to pacific radio (on labrea, just south of santa monica), and they had a tabletop stand that had an extension in it, so for $20, i bought it. i will be using it tonight for the first time...

now i just need a floor stand like tj's, and i am all set... guitar center only had the boom style, and they did not have the knob with the 5/8 on top. where can i get one of those (something to slip over the knob on the stand, and has a 5/8 threaded post on the top)..?

+t's all 'round.
Title: Re: where would i find a replacement tabletop stand post..?
Post by: KenH on October 02, 2006, 01:22:34 PM: Quote from: KenH on September 26, 2006, 09:18:25 AM
A cheap solution: get a 5/8" Hex Nut, the long type (Barrel Nut ?), connect to business end leaving about 1/2" of room, and a threaded 5/8" rod, cut to size. Connect the rod to the other end of the barrel nut. Shrink tubing over the threaded rod to make it look nice, leaving enough 5/8" threads to connect the shock mount, etc.

/Ken

moke had it right, I meant to say 3/8" Hex Nut and threaded rod...

/Ken