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[Scott Helmke]

I'm almost a decade behind you and find my tolerance for toting barges and lifting bales rapidly diminishing.  Besides, that's what strong, dumb, young backs are for...

I work with a young stage hand, really big (6'6", 340 lbs).  He can lift/grab/move some impressively large & heavy objects.  We try to remind him that just because he *can* do that by himself is not an indication that he *should*.

I must say that certain aspects of video are becoming increasingly attractive... 

Wireless coordination I find interesting in its own right, but I must say it's a pretty low-lift gig if you can get it.

[Kemper Watson]

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[Jonathan Johnson]

Sounds like there'd be a market for a pole socket with a locking cam. You'd see something like an allen head screw on the bottom, crank an allen wrench in it and it's set snug and grips the pole securely. No wobble, no spinning speakers. Can't be THAT hard to design and build.

If you patent it and make your million, remember me. 

[Dennis Wiggins]

Sounds like there'd be a market for a pole socket with a locking cam. You'd see something like an allen head screw on the bottom, crank an allen wrench in it and it's set snug and grips the pole securely. No wobble, no spinning speakers. Can't be THAT hard to design and build.

If you patent it and make your million, remember me. 

I use these:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UCIb8GGymg

The speaker end has what you are describing. 

I suppose I could just turn it over!

-Dennis

[Jonathan Johnson]

I use these:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UCIb8GGymg

The speaker end has what you are describing. 

I suppose I could just turn it over!

-Dennis

This evening I was thinking that this would be a better solution -- works with any speaker and you don't need to modify the speaker.

[Frank Koenig]

Sounds like there'd be a market for a pole socket with a locking cam. You'd see something like an allen head screw on the bottom, crank an allen wrench in it and it's set snug and grips the pole securely. No wobble, no spinning speakers. Can't be THAT hard to design and build.

If you patent it and make your million, remember me. 

I have found clamping shaft collars to be useful components for creating speaker (and mic) pole fittings. They're not directly going to solve the too-small-pole-for-the-cup problem but are great for joining tubes with an ID/OD fit or holding shims in place. They come in many sizes.
 
https://www.mcmaster.com/#shaft-collars/=1c2ft82

I put a longitudinal slit in the outer tube and align the gap in the shaft collar with that slit.

Once I had to modify the ID of the collar to get a good fit, and realize not everyone has the facilities to do this. If you have access to a lathe, clamp a shim in the collar's gap before boring. Otherwise, I suppose you could go to the next larger size collar and use a shim on the ID -- those empty beer cans are good for something.

--Frank

[Debbie Dunkley]

I make myself shims from used gallon and half gallon size plastic bottles. The bottles have a natural slight bend in them. I cut them into pieces about an inch by 3 inches and I can get a lot from one bottle.

When I get looseness sometimes mounting my speakers on stands or sub poles, I slide one or 2 pieces of plastic into the gap - at the back so they cannot be seen. They work great. If they go missing at shows, which they invariably do, I just make more.
Free, quick  and they work without adding weight or height.

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