Telescopic stand

[Roger Ducat]

I've offered to make a telescopic stand to display a club banner which is shaped like a shield. I thought a brass telescopic post standing on a wooden tripod would look right, but don't know where to source the telescopic tubes. Anyone any experience of this?

Roger

 

[Shultzy]

Roger, brass tube manufacturers should be able to supply tubes that have the correct diameters to slide inside each other. Another option would be a second hand projector screen stand.

 

[ondablade]

Maybe a work support stand would be suitable for adaptation - it wouldn't be too hard to get it plated. If you could find a stainless one it could be polished...

 

[Steve Maskery]

Roger
Brass, or at least brass plated, tube is readily available as wardrobe hanging rail. You could build a square-section lower pillar, with a square plate inside, to which the tube was attached. The square would keep the tube vertical. A pin from the rear could lock the post at different heights.

HTH
S