Thread: Bracket for par can uplighing

I have a few old mic stand bases kicking around - but not enough. I need an economical solution to use a single yolk LED as an uplight. x 16. What inventive ways have you all come up with?

BJ

Quite honestly, the most common solution is 2x4 and plywood.

Originally Posted by Philip LaDue

Quite honestly, the most common solution is 2x4 and plywood.

Or counterbored plywood (possibly double thickness) or 2x10

I use floor plates like this: 8" Floor Plate 1/2" Par Can Uplight Base | eBay

I use a chunk of ply with a block in the middle to give clearance for the XLR cables. Painted black of course.

I take a 12" or so square of 3/4 ply and cut a 4" round hole in the middle. Then, I glue a piece of 1/4" ply to the top of that (same dimensions), with a 1/2" hole in the middle. If done right, you'll end up with a nice 12" square that looks like one piece. Paint it black and bolt your fixture to it. I can probably make 50 of these for less than 50 bucks.

Great. Thanks Silas, and everyone else.
BTW, I made a few of those cable boxes you posted about making. They work great. It's a real versatile design.

Originally Posted by Silas Pradetto

I take a 12" or so square of 3/4 ply and cut a 4" round hole in the middle. Then, I glue a piece of 1/4" ply to the top of that (same dimensions), with a 1/2" hole in the middle. If done right, you'll end up with a nice 12" square that looks like one piece. Paint it black and bolt your fixture to it. I can probably make 50 of these for less than 50 bucks.

I just use a 12" square of 3/4" ply with 12" long furring strip runners on two opposing sides. Cheaper/easier to cut than a 2nd piece of ply and still just enough height for the bolt clearance and to tuck cables underneath.

Originally Posted by BJ James

I have a few old mic stand bases kicking around - but not enough. I need an economical solution to use a single yolk LED as an uplight. x 16. What inventive ways have you all come up with?

BJ

When faced with a limited amount of time to temporarily install 12x PAR 56 uplights in church for Easter, a quick trip to the department store yielded round cake pans. A 9/16 hole drilled in the center of each (ganged together for ease and safety) was the answer. These have worked very well since! (7 years ago now...)

In a similar fashion, a large tradeshow booth required uplighting behind frosted plexiglass. While walking down the hall at the hotel, a few 'room service' plate covers joined us for the show. Stainless steel construction with pre-existing hole in the top. Viola- Instant PAR base! These were returned to the hotel at the end of the tradeshow, of course.

Originally Posted by Keith Kankovsky

In a similar fashion, a large tradeshow booth required uplighting behind frosted plexiglass. While walking down the hall at the hotel, a few 'room service' plate covers joined us for the show. Stainless steel construction with pre-existing hole in the top. Viola- Instant PAR base! These were returned to the hotel at the end of the tradeshow, of course.

of course.

Originally Posted by brian maddox

of course.

And believe it or not, this show was LDI. I'm glad Las Vegas hotels use fancy plate covers!

That is pretty clever. I had a a gig where I was short a bolt and nut. Went back to the van scrounged disassembled the jack housing and voila the show went on.