My father in law and I are thinking of making a car turntable. One potnetial design involves a hoop of 2" steel pipe running on wheels set into the ground.
Any idea how much it'd cost to get the hoop bent - and what's the technical term for it so I can go googling?
========================= I think it's called 'section bending'.
I doubt if you'd really need to have a hoop because you can place wheels at regular spacings on a square (or star shape etc.) and it will rotate around a central axle. It depends on what you use as the circular base and the type of wheels / castors you use.
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It was the hoop I wanted to use as the track. I was planning on burying wheel-carriers in the ground and welding the turntable to the hoop. The reason behind the hoop was strength.
Don't approach them with a vague idea, be ready to tell them specifically what you want out of them and they hit the ground running.
AJH
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