Contemporary Stand

[Alastair]

Hi all,

Chose NOT to post this in the gallery, (as not an instrument!!), but I am interested in the opinions out there.

With no build in the immediate offing, and arising out of the need to find something spectacular for my son's birthday, I put this design together for a stand for his new baby:

Concept came from a scouring of all the speciality timber stands I could find on the web, and the technique "borrowed with pride" from a kerf-bent fruitbowl I saw in the Bungendore gallery.

Timber is Merbau for the bent elements, and Mackay Cedar for the turned components.

All structural elements bent and laminated up on jigs, using Titebond.

Kerfed using a 2mm blade on T/S, 1" spacing for the uprights, and 1/4" for the support. The tight radius for the latter required the lamination to be pre-bent on the hot pipe.

Detail on the construction.

Detail

Finish is satin lacquer, and padding leather.

Padding

Colapsed for transport / storage. Unfortunately the design limits how well this works.

Collapsed

And in action, with my son's new Gilet acoustic.

With guitar

[charangohabsburg]

That looks great!
I really love this design, it's between elegant and invisible.
How do you secure the prop to the U-shaped part?

[matthew]

Looks very nice Alastair. And secure. I especially like the way you've done the turned feet.

(I am also wondering what that lady is smoking in her pipe ...)

[Clancy]

Where do I place my order??
You say it's not an instrument but I can hear bells & whistles going off!

[Kim]

Very Nice stand Alistair

Particularly like the nifty lathe work on the spindles..all in all a classy package for a classy guitar.

Cheers

Kim

[Nick]

(I am also wondering what that lady is smoking in her pipe ...)

Red mist by the looks Matthew

Nice job Alistair, I like it's contemporary lines & the turning work.

[Alastair]

Thanks all for the kind comments

That looks great!
I really love this design, it's between elegant and invisible.
How do you secure the prop to the U-shaped part?

Markus, there is a dowel at the apex of the "U" which is a firm fit into the end of the prop.

(I am also wondering what that lady is smoking in her pipe ...)

Matthew and Nick,
Probably greener than red

The portrait is of a married Xhosa woman, painted by an artist we were friendly with in South Africa.

Where do I place my order??

Craig,
I'm actually not averse to the idea of doing these on a bespoke basis, if I could justify the prices I saw when I was looking at examples on the web.
Problem with still working full-time, is finding the time.

[auscab]

The stand looks great Alastair.
It must have been good to take the kerfed bits out of clamps after the glue up to feel them go from so flexible to so rigid.

Nice looking guitar as well , the Blackwood has a nice Shimmer to it.