where can I get those cool mic arm stands?

[notbradsohner]

I saw frederic had one a while back, now Im ready to get one to mount in the corner. Where can I find something like this, I dont know what to search for?

[frederic]

This is the guy I bought it from, I think...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

Yep, just looked, that's the guy I bought from. Anyway, the stand I bought is "okay", but it required two additional springs. It came with two, and has mounts for four, a trip to ace hardware fixed that in a few minutes. And disregard which microphone he lists for each mic-arm, all the arms are the same as far as I can tell - you use the shock mount for your mic, and thread it onto the end bushing like any other mic stand.

Then you have to buy (or make, like I did) a mount to stick on the wall. Something with about a 2" deep, 1/2" hole does the trick. Don't use wood, as the post of the mic arm is hollow, and has a slot, and will tear at the wood and loosen up over time.

[DigitalDon]

Go to http://www.markertek.com and search for mic arm. They have several from $28 and up. Part number OCW-PBE is a really cool looking one but it's about $159.

DD

[notbradsohner]

frederic, do you have a link to that thread where you showed pics of your mount? Didnt you do it into a corner? Thats what I'm looking to do.

[frederic]

Originally Posted by notbradsohner

frederic, do you have a link to that thread where you showed pics of your mount? Didnt you do it into a corner? Thats what I'm looking to do.

No idea, but here are the pictures again, and some description. If you look at the pictures, you can see its three pieces of steel, with a steel rod welded to the triangular piece. Then I drilled that out with a 1/2" drill bit. Primed and painted. Instead, I should have used a section of angle iron, and just weld the top triangle on to cut the cutting/welding time about in half.

[notbradsohner]

cool, thanks for posting the pics!

[Supercreep]

Nice!! What a great idea!

[frederic]

No problem, as you can see its incredibly easy to make.

If you cannot weld, don't fret, you can still make one. You need to purchase a structural adhesive and glue it together. You'd have to clean the metal very very well though, and rough up the mating surfaces with emery cloth (don't use sandpaper, miniscule particles of sand will embed in the mild steel).

Another option is to take two pieces of 2"x2" angle iron, and drill a 1/2" hole in the same place on each, then mount them on the wall with four screws each, one directly above the other, with the top one upside down, with about an inch apart, so the post of the mic arm can fit between both of them. That wouldn't look as professional, but it would work just fine.

[oldtymer]

I bought one of the Arms on EBAY. Total with shipping was about 40 bucks.
This past weekend, i was at Walmart and something caught my eye in the Lamps section. I saw a table lamp on a metal base and the articulated arm looked very familiar. Sure enough... it is the identical arm with the exception of the threaded attachment. Cost for the Lamp... 10.00!

I use a Sure ksm27 . If I remove the threaded portion of the Shock mount, there is a tab with a hole that allows me to attach it to the arm after removing the Bulb portion of the lamp. Make sense?? Any hoo .. this might help for those of you that are on a tight budjet like me

BTW... this is a fantastic site and forum!!!