| Plain old Elmer's Wood Glue. Lots of it... |
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| It's very important to spread the glue out evenly. |
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| Clamping with even pressure will
assure a good grip. The turntable itself is made up of three layers.
The top is 3/4" ply. So is the middle, but this layer is 4" smaller the
the top & bottom. The bottom layer is 1/4" ply. |
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Christina is laying out the
casters in a circle. The base is a 6'x6' platform framed with 2x4 and
covered with 3/4" ply. The casters are being placed on the base with
the wheels facing up. The round turntable will sit on top. In the
center will be a hole for a guide center pin.
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| Christina is laying out the
casters. Notice she is using a long straight edge (a 6' level) to make
sure the wheels are parallel to each other and thus, perpendicular to
the pivot point. You can also do this using a simple piece of string
and lining up the center bearing pin of the wheel to the string. |
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| I'm not sure this will work, but
the photo here is a link to a MPEG video file. It's just under 3 megs
in size and you'll need some sort of video player plug in working... |
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| Rico is fitting the drive wheel to
the turntable's base platform. This will have a handle attached and
will be connected to the turntable via 1/8" cable. |
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| The casters are placed to help
guide the drive wheel. Otherwise, the drive wheel would keep popping up
out of the hole drilled into the platform below. |
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| The cable would keep slipping on
the wooden wheels so we had to add some tension. The turnbuckle and
pulley allowed us to vary the tension as needed. |
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