well not really rotating, 3 position - - - This morning i was laying in bed looking at my hi-hats that were right in front of my face. i have a cheap excel stand up that im suppose to give to a friend cause his is broken. i was looking at it and also looking at the second pedal of my old Gibraltar double, which set to the side, unable to reach the double bass rod cause of HH legs. I took a closer look at the cheap excel and found a way to make a 3-position hi-hat stand. Pictures aren't that great... oh well...
1 this is how the pedal connects to the legs and stand. the tube part slides down onto the shaft of the pedal, and the legs of the stand come around the pipe thingy the pipe and leg connector have been drilled through straight, and the pedal shaft thing is threaded for the screw that holds it together.
2 this is everything put together, without the screw in.
3 4 these holes i drilled off-center...
5 everything back together using one of the off-center holes.
so now the stand goes straight, left and right, and it took like 5 minutes. sadly i have to give up my new fancy stand and my other doesnt work the same way so wont rotate at all... oh well... so if your stand works this way you can drill through and make your stand like this, drill as far over to the side as you can so you get the most room. and the pictures are before i files the drilled holes, you should do that too.
i thought it was cool
1 this is how the pedal connects to the legs and stand. the tube part slides down onto the shaft of the pedal, and the legs of the stand come around the pipe thingy the pipe and leg connector have been drilled through straight, and the pedal shaft thing is threaded for the screw that holds it together.
2 this is everything put together, without the screw in.
3 4 these holes i drilled off-center...
5 everything back together using one of the off-center holes.
so now the stand goes straight, left and right, and it took like 5 minutes. sadly i have to give up my new fancy stand and my other doesnt work the same way so wont rotate at all... oh well... so if your stand works this way you can drill through and make your stand like this, drill as far over to the side as you can so you get the most room. and the pictures are before i files the drilled holes, you should do that too.
i thought it was cool