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16-Feb-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
 
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Building A Turntable
A while back I saw a great thread posted by Matt in the Tips&Misc section. The article had step by step instructions for building your own turntable. Check it out here Build a Turntable Well, after a while of putting it off I built mine this weekend. I made a couple of alterations to the original plan.
First I made the base a little bigger. I did this so I would have a space to rest my tools on while working on a tree. Second I could not for the life of me find a source for the brake that was listed in the article. So I got creative and found a substitute at Home Depot. So here's what I did. Here you see the brake I came up with. At first I was going to just use the carriage bolt you see here, but later I decided to use a thumb screw as you will see in the next picture. This baby almost broke the bank but I was able to scrounge up the .74 cents that it cost.  |
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16-Feb-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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Well, there you have it.
Here's a cost break down. 2'X4' 3/4" plywood $11.00 Break .74 Cents Thumb screw .17 Cents Lazy Susan $4.99 Rubber runner material for back and table $3.49 Misc screws: Dunno I had them laying around. Let me know what you think. Adam |
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16-Feb-2004
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Carrier of Bonsai Fever
 Join Date: Oct-2001
Location: So-Cal, US of A
Country: America The Beautiful
USDA Zone: Zone 9-10
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What I think is you did fabulosa! Where did you get that rubber material?
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16-Feb-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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I got it at a local hardware store. It's called rubber runner. It's pretty thick and usually used inside heavy traffic areas here in the north east (mostly during winter) It allows water snow and ice to melt into the grooves.
Glad you like it! Adam |
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16-Feb-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master
Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: southern ontario (windsor)
Country: canada
USDA Zone: 6a / 6b
AHS Heat Zone: 5?
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nice work! you made it look so easy that i think i'll give it a go one weekend soon. thanx for sharing.
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16-Feb-2004
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Plain old lil'tree novice
Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: East Bay Area, California
Country: U.S.A.
USDA Zone: 10a or 9b
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Too cool. I was pricing some turn tables the other day.
Gonna hafta' build one of these instead. Thanks for resurrecting this thread for us newbs.
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