Adding a swivel to a reclining chair

I've got a fairly high capacity lazy susan that used to be in a cabinet. It has a 2 foot plywood disk screwed onto it. If I stand in the middle of it it rotates fine. If I stand on the edge of the plywood then it has enough play in the bearings for the plywood edge to touch the floor.

Sitting in a chair if you had it more or less under the center of mass this might not be an issue--I'd say give it a try. My gut reaction is that one of the larger diameter bearings would be a better bet but at

That certainly sounds doable as there are swivel rocking chairs and have been for at least 50 or so years.

I am well aware of that. My question was more dealing with whether Rockler's Lazy Susan hardware was appropriate. As it turns out, it is not. Rockler does however sell an extra heavy duty swivel mechanism that is appropriate for the job. I just ordered one. If it works out I'll get a second and do the other chair.

I used to own a swivel reclining rocker some years ago and have missed the swivel feature since I bought this chair. I look forward to correcting the omission.

I see. The only think I would look out for is heavy duty and as large in diamater as possable.

Front hub from a light FWD car, then some welding and bolting. Easy, but not the lowest mechanism ever, unless you hunt for parts carefully. Avoid McPherson struts and look for wishbone suspension instead.

Tue, Jan 29, 2008, 11:57am mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com (Mortimer=A0Schnerd,=A0RN) doth wonder: Does this sound like it's practical?

Doable? Probably. Practical? Probably not. If I was doing it I'd probably just put 4 casters on the bottom.

JOAT

Doable? Probably. Practical? Probably not. If I was doing it I'd probably just put 4 casters on the bottom.

Yeah! If you were not paying attention when rocking, you would end up in another room.

Tue, Jan 29, 2008, 2:48pm (EST-1) snipped-for-privacy@swbell.net (Leon) doth sayeth: Yeah! If you were not paying attention when rocking, you would end up in another room.

Road trip.

JOAT

I know I saw the hardware for this specific application in a catalog recently either Rockler or Hartville. Now whether you could put that hardware into an existing rocker I've no idea.

Well, I'm about to find out. I ordered from Rockler a couple of days ago. I'll report on my success or lack of it in about 10-14 days. Got a beach trip to make first. Hopefully the hardware will be waiting on me when I return.

Did it work?

I've been wanting to do this to my recliner for a while. I have an H bottom recliner too. It looks like that heavy duty lazy susan hardware you posted is only 10 square inches... what are you going to mount it to before mounting it to the rocker (I'm assuming it's too small to mount directly) ? I'm guessing wood, but what type? thickness? etc.

Thanks for the info! I've been sidelined on this project for a while due to lack of a plan, so this is giving me the boost I need.