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Written by Scott Parker
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| 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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| 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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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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