DIY speaker wall mounts for b3s

[chubby chaser]

I have been looking for a sturdy cheap speaker wall mount for my B3S's I DIY and couldn't find any that I felt was worth the price they where selling their plastic for so I designed a set of my own. Mind you these are in the roughed out stage of development and require some serious grinding down and drilling of holes. I wanted to bounce these off of you guys for ideas.

I guess Ill have to widen out the wall base abit so it does not punch through the sheet rock. Im guessing this should hold up 6 lbs. I bent 1/8"x3/4"x3' flat iron bar. The bar costed me $3.50 at loews. If this works it should beat the hell out of what is being sold online.

[chubby chaser]

If you noticed that the top and bottom 90* are going to be high stress points you are correct. Im going to double up on stock in these areas.

[chubby chaser]

I have to trim the bracket attached to the speaker. I will hold this bracket up with two bolts and the c shaped bracket will have multiple holes drilled so it can be adjustable. The speaker will sit 6" off of the wall.

[chubby chaser]

I managed to work on the bkt some this evening. It is very sturdy I think if I put this on some sort of base it will stable diagonal wiggle. Ive been thinking about a finish to put on this bkt. Im leaning to a hammer tone finish in the same color as the speakers. Ill take a ball peen hammer and put dimples all over the bracket. Then I will have to prime and paint. Anyone have any ideas?????? Comments???? Complaints????? Dont be shy.

[chubby chaser]

This speaker is just a test box. I added a small piece of concrete inside for more weight just to test bkt over nite.

[chubby chaser]

And another view

[despotic931]

sweet! i can't wait to see the finished product, keep us updated!

[chubby chaser]

despotic931 Thanks for the encouragement. I messed around with the finish today by thumping out a test piece. I can see how metal working could be fun. I was abusing a couple pieces of metal just for the fun of it. I used a punch, chisel, piece of concrete, axe, a claw hammer and every one looked different. I ended up liking the plain ole ball peen hammer finish. take a look.
Notice how plain the metal looks comared to the mared finish.

[chubby chaser]

Here is a close up.

While walking around in loews I happened across a copper grounding rod and the wheels started turning. I bet I could get a nice ark out of that rod and the bracket attached to the speaker could float along the rod. Not to mention that copper can be varnished. Hummmmmm.

[chubby chaser]

Ok I had some time to mess around with my bkts again. I picked up some 2" wide stock to widen the wall base so I wont have to repair sheet rock. I managed to fabricate 3 bases today.
Take a look.