Simple 3d printed Shelf Speaker Spinorama Turntable for Speaker Tripod Stands

[SpeaKa]

There are quite some nice designs for DIY speaker turntables. But when it comes to shelf speakers the effort to build such a turntable can be really high.
Beeing familar with 3d printing and 3d design my idea was to develop a simple design using a cheap speaker tripod stand.

The design is available on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6825408

Here are some impressions of the design, any comments are welcome.

 

[RickS]

Might be more useful as a speaker stand than a spinorama turntable. Some good ideas here, but the design is flawed imo. Having built (and used a few), the swivel is much easier to control if it is done at the floor level. This also puts your body further away from the speaker as you manually turn it to measure. The speaker shelf is better supported towards its center for better balance too.

Realize this is still a work in progress, but before I would expend filament to 3D print, would wait for refinements. If am just wanting a disposable effort for a few spins, a simple plastic carousel (like this) is simpler.

 

[SpeaKa]

Many thanks for the feedback!
To explain my thoughts on the construction a little: I take measurements on loudspeakers outside whenever possible. And I really don't like crawling around on the floor there.
I do the measurements with REW as repeated measurements with a 5 second pause between each sweep. This is enough time for me to adjust the angle and step to the side so that my body has no influence on the measurement.

For higher tripods, I want to design a scale that starts at the lowest segment of the tripod. This way, a speaker can be placed at a height of e.g. 10 feet and I can then turn the lowest rod of the stand. However, this type of design is only ever suitable for a specific stand and is therefore not as flexible to use.

 

[Ktacos]

Brilliant.

 

[Naturlyd]

Clever! A nice contribution. I would print this i you upped the resolution to 10 degrees.

Edit: just realized you do have 10 degrees on the left hand side. For symmetrical devices its perfect!

 

[Ktacos]

Got a buddy printing this one for me, will try and let you know how it goes.