Just introducing myself first! I’m from Perth, Western Australia. I’ve only had the OP-1 a couple of weeks now, but wanted a stand to add tilt for use on a desk.
Being a huge fan of woody-stuff, the OP-1 felt a little cold to me, I think the wood gives it a nice ye olde type of feel. It is a tight ‘press fit’, nothing else is needed to hold the op-1 in place.
The sides are Tasmanian Blackwood and the front/rear is Indian rosewood. A small piece of black ebony is glued near the i/o section. (off cuts - I’m a hobbyist guitar builder)
I’ll finish it off properly with black allen screws etc. I’d love to hear what you guys think!
Aww man, that’s lovely. Nice work! If you’re too lazy to get the black allen scews, you could also heat your screws with a gas torch to get a nice light gray/white matte finish that could go well with the OP-1.
Looks great man. I’m loving that Australian hardwood! My father is a luthier and I would kill to get some of that into Canada. Funny enough I just posted a thread about a wooden travel case prototype I’m messing with so this was awesome to see.
Thanks for your comments guys. Thanks Montaberne, for the tip on the screws - never heard of that before, legend!
In hindsight I probably could’ve set the angle a little higher, but it’s still pretty cool
For anyone interested in making one - I glued a small brace on the inside each of the 4 pieces after cutting them to shape (mark the depth of the OP-1 + extra depth for ‘floor’, measuring down from the tilted ‘top’ side) then after assembling the 4 pieces I sat the small ‘floor’ on top of those braces (just a rectangular thin piece of wood the same LxW as OP-1, for the op-1 to then sit on.
To get the press-fit I cut a piece of MDF to the size of OP-1, then clamped the stand pieces to this and built the stand ‘around it’ to ensure it’d be the right size.
Don’t forget to cut out a section in the right hand side for the i/o!