Industrious-Stands - Free Standing Bases

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Below are some ideas for free standing bases.

EMT Fitting Direct to Wood or other (1/2 NPT Threads)
Mounting Flanges to 3/4" wood base or other
Plastic Plates - plastic plates with 7/8 hole drilled in middle or offset. The plates will need to be stiff to support material loads or reinforced underneath with wood or some other material.
Cake pans./Pizza pans - drill 7/8 hole -- thrift stores or amazon for cheap.
Round Saw Blades - Most round saw blades for circular saws, chop saws and grinders have a 7/8" hole. that may make for wonderful system for used products. A used diamond tile saw blade would be ideal as there would be no sharp edges. will need some little spacers / feet. The thick grinder blades with offest are actually perfect. i only have them in a 4-5" . need in the 8-10" range and not sure they have the offsets.
X frame - some type of very simple x frame. Wood or ACM or pipe fittings like a flat tripod
H Frame - some type of very simple x frame. Wood or ACM will try first
Tripod - some type of trypod. not coming up with anything easy yet
EZ Bake oven - I'm trying to figure out how to make a pancake with some concrete in it and a fitting that gets baked in. Could paint or dye it when done. (or put concreate in plates?)
Lamp Bases

this only works with a thicker plate than we have sourced or with other support below the plate and the plate is used as a cover.

EMT Fitting Direct to Wood (or other)

This is the particle board shelving with a 3/4" hole drilled and hollowed out just slightly and a 1/2" EMT fitting was then treaded into the hole but requires a little finesse. You can not use a 7/8" bit to hollow out as it is too big. Having a 1/2" EMT tap may be good for his if you want to to it regularly. We have not found any "inserts" for 1/2" NPT.

This has worked well for 1 monitor systems. It has also worked for 2 Monitor Systems.

Bellow is the same system in 2x material for a 1/2" EMT Fitting. Tools shown include: Drill, 7/8" paddle bit, 1/2" EMT Tap, 17mm socket to drive the tap and wrench to turn fitting into hole.

https://www.amazon.com/Kigley-Cutting-Chopping-Carving-Appetizer/dp/B0CLYJW3K2

https://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Kitchen-Chopping-Rectangular-Engraving/dp/B0BNHXM9WK

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VMPW27T

Mounting Flanges to Wood base (or other)

A 1/2" or 3/4" Floor Flange mounted to a 3/4" thick or thicker wooden base or other is a straight forward solution with the least components. The problem with 1/2" wood or less is the lack of space for screws to properly bite the wood without goign through. 1/2" can likely work with proper screws and thought but anything less would not, unless you tried to com up from the bottom and countersukc screw heads.

https://www.amazon.com/Home-TZH-Malleable-Industrial-Decoration/dp/B0C23NTKKG/?th=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZJXWMF4/?th=1

5 Way Fittings

5 way fittings offer an option for 4 legs and a post. Even if you only want to use 2 legs or 3, it's likely best to buy the 5 star and just not use 2 unless you are really concerned about aesthetics.