Lazy Susan

[Stephanie]

My Father is a turner and interested in making Lazy Susan's. However he does not care for the ball bearing noise they tend to make. Is there a way to make one without ball bearings?

Thanks for your help

[dave]

He can turn matching plates and turn a race into each - gotta be exact here - and use marbles, but it's a REAL PITA. DAMHIKT Dave in Fairfax

[Greg]

You could use a router with a pin centering circle jig. Then they would be perfectly aligned.

[RWM]

You can get buy lazy susan hardware that does not use ball bearings. I am not sure of where I purchased mine but it was probably one of the standard internet sites like; Rockler, Woodcraft Supply, or Woodworkers Supply.

Bob McBreen - Yarrow Point, WA

[Andy Dingley]

They only make that noise because they're made from cheap pressed steel. If you make the races from something less "tinny", the noise goes away. Six or eight strips of HDPE, then turned with a groove will do it.

BTW - A vee groove is best. Better a vee that's too narrow than a shallow groove that's too broad and flat.

-- Smert' spamionam

[SawEyes]

Rockler has a heavy duty type lazy susan hardware that is much quieter than the standard cheaper ones going around.

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[Larry Jaques]

On 10 Jan 2004 11:26:37 -0800, [e-mail] (Stephanie) brought forth from the murky depths:

If you have the clearance underneath, have him use 4 wheels (with little rubber tires) on greased wooden shafts. They're very quiet.

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