On Oct 20, 9:33*pm, "Michael Koblic" wrote:
Finally, the finished product:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27683124@N07/

Very Nice! You went with the potter's wheel. At the contact angle in
the photo it looks like the sanding disk should spin the wheel.
If not you could put a few BBs under the end of the shaft as a thrust
bearing.

My home made fixtures aren't nearly as pretty.
You can probably find oilite bronze sleeve bearings in hardware stores
although the copper ones should last quite a while. Spray-can chain
lube works pretty well to relube them.

For my next project I shall convert base metal into gold...
Michael Koblic

Too late. Aircraft makers already do that with aluminum.
For years fighters cost $1000 per pound.

Jim Wilkins