Doll head stands; buy or DIY?

Lorna-+DD · Post by **Lorna-+DD** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:08 pm

For WM doll heads if that makes a difference. I see some for sale but if I knew the bolt screw diameter & thread pitch I can probably make my own. Anyone have any input? I don't mind buying premade if the price is not too high. So, recommendations or suggestions please.

Arthur1960 · Post by **Arthur1960** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:14 pm

Much cheaper to make your own. I've knocked up 4 using material I got off ebay for about £8 each. I used a round piece of wood (chopping board) for the base, drilled it and bolted some threaded stud onto it then stuck 4 rubber feet underneath. I can now just screw any head onto the threaded rod, handy for storing spare heads and doing makeup.

The Romantic · Post by **The Romantic** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:46 pm

M16 bolt.

Leatherman · Post by **Leatherman** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:52 pm

Made these today.

All galvanized plumbing parts from Home Depot.

6x6x1/2” PVC base.
3/8” floor flange.
6” - 3/8 pipe.
3/8” coupling.

Top with a 1” furniture felt pad with a 5/8” hole punched in center.

Lorna-+DD · Post by **Lorna-+DD** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:13 pm

Leatherman, nice looking job. Ya I can do that easily. SO the head fits without the factory bolt attached, you are just using the hole in the doll head to mount on the pipe?

Leatherman · Post by **Leatherman** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:39 pm

Lorna-+DD wrote:Leatherman, nice looking job. Ya I can do that easily. SO the head fits without the factory bolt attached, you are just using the hole in the doll head to mount on the pipe?

Kickmandato · Post by **Kickmandato** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:27 pm

Nice tip, Home Depot shopping this week...

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:13 pm

Surprising what stuff can be used for dolls

Lorna-+DD · Post by **Lorna-+DD** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:42 pm

OK that makes sense, time to order some more doll head connectors LOL.

Zippy81 · Post by **Zippy81** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:33 pm

Ksona56 · Post by **Ksona56** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:27 am

Nice need to make some myself for the spare head going to take a nice piece of oak firewood and cut it to size stain it and then mount the bolts on top should be a simple job. I'll have to post pics once they are done

Kickmandato · Post by **Kickmandato** » Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:55 pm

So I did a slight modification to these stands. I used a 1/2” base and 1/2” sch40 pvc threaded nipple. For the top I am using a 1/2” slip/ thread cupeling. I inserted a pice of sch40 pvc onto the cupeling and cut it flush. A felt pad was put on top and I cut the hole out. The head post are a perfect tit to the pvc.

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I don’t like metal on metal so the 1/2” pvc is great for that. I may swap out the plastic nipple for steal but for now it works great.

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mollyoh · Post by **mollyoh** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 6:51 pm

Leatherman wrote:Made these today.

All galvanized plumbing parts from Home Depot.

6x6x1/2” PVC base.
3/8” floor flange.
6” - 3/8 pipe.
3/8” coupling.

Top with a 1” furniture felt pad with a 5/8” hole punched in center.

Thanks for the inspiration Leatherman, I love a nice DIY project

I was a bit stumped by the "6x6x1/2 PVC". The closest I could find at Lowes/HD was PVC trim board that was 3/4 " thick by 5.5" by 8 foot long... and cost over 20 bucks.
So I improvised and grabbed a cheap white laminate shelf. 24" by 8" by .625" ..... $5

This type of shelving has four finished edges (no jaggedy particle board showing), but I didnt want a 2 foot long head stand.
So I cut off an eight inch section using my cordless circular saw and used some leftover white "iron on edge banding" from a previous shelving project to give it a nice edge

The hardest part of this project ? Trying to cut/drill/carve a hole in the dang felt pad! How did you guys do this ????

Oh, and don't forget to grab some screws ! The holes in the flange are quite large so you'll need at least a #10 screw with a sheet metal head. Probably 1/2" ? Fortunately I had some #10x3/4" screws in my random collection of screws. These were slightly too big for the shelf and cracked thru the bottom just a little bit but I was planning to put some felt feet on the underside of the stand anyway.

I took some pics too. if anyone's interested , I can post

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:32 pm

mollyoh
Felt pad, use a Wad punch

Leatherman · Post by **Leatherman** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:17 pm

mollyoh wrote:
Leatherman wrote:Made these today.

All galvanized plumbing parts from Home Depot.

6x6x1/2” PVC base.
3/8” floor flange.
6” - 3/8 pipe.
3/8” coupling.

Top with a 1” furniture felt pad with a 5/8” hole punched in center.

Thanks for the inspiration Leatherman, I love a nice DIY project

I was a bit stumped by the "6x6x1/2 PVC". The closest I could find at Lowes/HD was PVC trim board that was 3/4 " thick by 5.5" by 8 foot long... and cost over 20 bucks.
So I improvised and grabbed a cheap white laminate shelf. 24" by 8" by .625" ..... $5
This type of shelving has four finished edges (no jaggedy particle board showing), but I didnt want a 2 foot long head stand.
So I cut off an eight inch section using my cordless circular saw and used some leftover white "iron on edge banding" from a previous shelving project to give it a nice edge

The hardest part of this project ? Trying to cut/drill/carve a hole in the dang felt pad! How did you guys do this ????

Oh, and don't forget to grab some screws ! The holes in the flange are quite large so you'll need at least a #10 screw with a sheet metal head. Probably 1/2" ? Fortunately I had some #10x3/4" screws in my random collection of screws. These were slightly too big for the shelf and cracked thru the bottom just a little bit but I was planning to put some felt feet on the underside of the stand anyway.

I took some pics too. if anyone's interested , I can post