On 11 July, 11:01, "Vass" wrote:

I thought I could drop the turntable on one of the wheels and hope the
friction would turn the edge
but this does'nt appear to work

Should do, so why not? Most likely you have insufficient force down
onto the wheel, thus no traction. Either the disk must flex, the
bearing must allow movement vertically, or you'll need to lift the
drive wheel with some adjustable (and sprung) linkage.