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Red Neck Magician Regular user Down Yonder 190 Posts |
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Has anyone used the Atlas AD11BE 5/8-Inch 27 Thread Surface Mount Female Microphone Flange to make a table? If so what are you thoughts? Is the microphone stand table as stable as the eureka table base with a table top? I will be using the microphone stand with three legs like the eureka table base. Any help would be great. Thanks |
AGMagic Special user Cailf. 775 Posts |
I think that you will find that the flange is a bit small and lightweight to hold a serious table top. 3 leg mic stands are quite stable and when I needed a quick table in the past I used one with no problems. I used a Pana-Vise base screwed to the table top and clamped to the mic stand. That allowed me to slightly tilt the table top towards the audience so that they could see the effect better.
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Red Neck Magician Regular user Down Yonder 190 Posts |
Thanks for the help. I will more than likely attach a brief case to the mic stand.
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TheRaven Special user 597 Posts |
I bought this one but haven't put it into service.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Z0C......F8&psc=1 Just examining it, I don't think it is as heavy-duty as an iron pipe flange but I don't typically put much strain on a table. I think it all depends on how you plan to use the table, how sturdy the connect to the table-top is and how sturdy the connection between the base riser and the flange is. |
Red Neck Magician Regular user Down Yonder 190 Posts |
Thanks for the help. Quick question on the shure flange how do you attach the flange to a microphone stand With the thread sticking out? Does the thread screw out? Any help would be great. Thanks
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TheRaven Special user 597 Posts |
The thread is permanently attached to the flange. It is simply the "male" version of the one you showed. I haven't figured out yet how I am going to attach it because I don't have the base part yet. Sorry that isn't much help.
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Red Neck Magician Regular user Down Yonder 190 Posts |
Lol thanks for the help. The atlas flange at the top of this thread screws right on the microphone stand. I couldn't figure out how you were gonna connect the shure to the stand. Have fun and thanks for the help.
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TheRaven Special user 597 Posts |
Oh. I am not planning on using a microphone stand. I'm planning on using a drum stand - similar to this style.
http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Drums-DW-S......um+stand I haven't seen any microphone stands with legs that collapse like the picture above or the eureka base. Usually mic stands fold out so they are flat on the floor. I'm not crazy about that style because they are not as compact when folded as the style in the picture that slides up the bar and scissor in. |
Red Neck Magician Regular user Down Yonder 190 Posts |
When the 3 legged microphone stands is folded the legs go straight down and would be close to the same size as an eureka table base in my opinion. my 2 cents
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Taterini Special user 604 Posts |
I think, after re-reading it, what Raven means by calling it "not as compact" is that the mic stand will be quite a bit longer than the cymbal stand when packed up. It's not a drum stand by the way, it's a cymbal stand and it will be more bulky in diameter than the mic stand when folded.
I used to lug this stuff around for years playing in rock bands and I can tell you from experience, the mic stand will be longer and lighter weight when folded than the cymbal stand which will be heavier and take up more space when folded than the mic stand. So it is sort of a trade off depending on what you prefer when folded; the longer, slimmer lightweight folded mic stand or the shorter and fatter and heavier cymbal stand. The problem with the male threaded flange is that there will be more work involved than with the female flange to fit it to either of the two stands. Personally, I wouldn't use either flange. I'd go to a metal working/machine shop and have them weld a flange with a larger base area that would be more supportive as the base diameter of both of these offer very little support to a table top or a case bottom. |
Red Neck Magician Regular user Down Yonder 190 Posts |
Thanks for the help. If I needed a heavy duty table having a flange welded seems like the way to go. I just need a table base to hold a brief case with light props.
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AGMagic Special user Cailf. 775 Posts |
Part of the problem with the mic flange is the 27TPI threads. They are quite easy to cross thread when you are in a hurry. 1/2 inch copper pipe (and presumably 1/2 inch EMT conduit) are 5/8 inch outside diameter so you could use a 1/2 inch EMT to pipe thread adapter and a cast 1/2 inch flange. Both parts are available at any hardware store or the blue or orange big box stores. The set-up should cost about $5.00 and should be very stable. You could even drill the adapter and mic stand and bolt them together of necessary to make them rock solid.
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Red Neck Magician Regular user Down Yonder 190 Posts |
Sounds likes a great ideal. You lost me I am not that familiar with plumbing products. LOL Thanks for the help.
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AGMagic Special user Cailf. 775 Posts |
1/2 inch EMT is electrical conduit. There is an adapter that has a 1/2 inch pipe thread on one end and accepts the unthreaded EMT in the other. They usually have a screw that tightens to secure it to the EMT. Look for it in the electrical section of the hardware store. The 1/2 inch pip flange is like the microphone flange that you found but about 4 inches in diameter instead of 1.5 inches. They are usually cast iron instead of the cast aluminum of the mic flange.
The other option would be to use an adapter for 1/2 inch pipe thread to 1/2 inch copper pipe. It is similar to the adapter described above but does not have the securing screw as they are generally soldered in place.
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Red Neck Magician Regular user Down Yonder 190 Posts |
Thanks for the help I am on my way to home depot to see what I can come up with.
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TheRaven Special user 597 Posts |
What I meant is that since the mic stand legs fold DOWN and the Drum stand legs fold IN and slide UP, the folded drum stand is shorter than the folded mic stand. This just happens to be my personal preference and observation.
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