On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:21:35 -0400, WillR
wrote:

Since the lazy Susan has a race of ball bearings it will handle side
forces

I've never seen a Lazy Susan that would handle side loads. They're a
simple thrust bearing with pressed steel races. There's no sideways
location of the two races, so any sideload tends to lift the upper
race off the balls and then shift the two races relative to each
other, jamming them.

It's not a good practice to put a sideload through any pure thrust
thrust bearing,. But if you must do it, use one with deep races, not
the cheapest of pressed races.

If you have space, the easiest solution is a car hub. They're
enormously over-engineered for this task, so you can simply ignore the
direction of the applied thrust.