I'm making these very simple speaker stands for my apartment:
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me just start out by saying that I am quite new to woodwoorking. I am deviating from the illustrated plan slightly since my speakers aren't the same dimensions, and I am raising the height of the stand to ear level (from a sitting position). That being said, I'm trying to figure out what type of material I should use for the base to keep the stands from being wobbly. I am using pine for the upright pieces and for the top. To stay consistent, I thought I might be able to find some 1" pine that's wide enough at Home Depot, but either I didn't look hard enough or it wasn't there. The 3/4" didn't really feel heavy enough, so I'm wondering if the extra 1/4" would even help in that respect.
I'm starting to wonder if maybe I should go with a fiberboard. I'm going to paint everything black, but I was also thinking about edging the top and bottom pieces with a router and I'm not sure if that's possible with fiberboards.