Our HOSS Stand is a labor-intensive, American made piece of artwork, and many of our clients have expressed interest in the manufacturing process for this item.  We like to view HOSS manufacturing as "employment intensive" since it keeps Americans working in skilled jobs with living wages.  The many steps that go into production  of the HOSS are illustrated below.

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The first step in the process of building a pair of HOSS floor stands is to personally go to a metal supply warehouse and hand pick the raw, American steel bar stock.  Each bar in this photo is about 20 feet long and 800 pounds.  We generally purchase about 1,024 pounds of steel at a time.

Next, the 1000+ pounds of steel is fork lifted onto a truck and moved to a production sawing facility.  There, it is rough cut into 3 inch sections. 

The HOSS stands consist of entirely custom-made parts, all of which are made by hand in the USA.  Custom, heavy wall steel tube is cut into small sections, which will be used later to hold the upright stainless steel poles that support your speakers.

Each section is individually drilled and threaded for perfection.

The bases must then travel to our artisan's shop where they are welded into final parts.

Two sections are welded onto each HOSS base, a total of 4 per HOSS pair.  A custom made tool ensures that the base will hold the poles perfectly straight and parallel. 

 A closeup of the HOSS base surface after surface grinding.

While we are at the supply house, we also hand pick the straightest stainless steel tubing we can find.  It, too, comes in 20 foot lengths and must be carefully delivered to the cutting facility.  There, it is cut into 36 inch sections and deburred. 

The poles are then delivered to the same shop that makes the base.  Each pole must be locked into a lathe, one half at a time, where it is spun while hand polished with an abrasive cloth to give it a nice, full shine.

Since the individual Orb spheres do not cling to the poles by themselves, custom stainless steel brackets are cut from flat bar and formed into shape.  We then polish them to give them a shine to match the rest of the HOSS assembly.  Stainless fillister head machine screws are used to ensure a good grip and lifetime of rust free performance.  A nylon spacer was chosen for its inherent vibration damping characteristics.  The little washer is made of Neoprene, used in wetsuits, which can never dry out or crack like rubber. 

Finally, the poles are hand wrapped in paper and placed into heavy wall shipping tubes along with the speaker mounting parts.  The bases are placed into custom packaging as well.

So, that is the story of the HOSS -- an employment intensive piece of American artwork that is as exceptional as the speakers for which it was created.