DIYbanter - View Single Post - I need a swivel or bearing for a lazy susan style turntable.

lid wrote:
Lazy susans are not designed for horizontal forces and LV has suggested against
it. They are designed to turn, not spin.
I need something like a utility trailer wheel support only horizontal.

Since the lazy Susan has a race of ball bearings it will handle side
forces. I checked that. Besides. after doing a quick mental design and
realizing it would be a lazy Susan anyway... I checked Lee Valley and
the design they stock is exactly what I would have built anyway -- maybe
with larger bearings -- but you are not moving that much weight...

What the heck -- other than the air bearing surface suggested by
Robatoy, nothing obvious now comes to mind. And BTW -- I use an air
baring surface on the side of my table saw. It is quite effective for
heavy sheets of MDF -- saves having to get help to saw large sheets..

Have fun.

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Will
Occasional Techno-geek