I'm getting ready to fabricate a turntable .I have the necessary skills and tools .I also have a good idea on design,but only a fool believes he knows it all.With that said anyone wish to share Ideas,thoughts or mistakes.
To give you an idea,I'll do cabinet grade plywood on casters,lazy susan bearings on both ends and an actual lock-down bar and pivots to attach the play-field
Quoted from Chudmeat:Make sure you have pitch control on it otherwise you won't be able to beat match very easily. A start/stop button is a must as well the ability to switch between 33 1/3 and 45 RPM. Good Luck!!
Very Funny! But I sold all my records last week and invested in eight tracks
I'm getting ready to fabricate a turntable .I have the necessary skills and tools .I also have a good idea on design,but only a fool believes he knows it all.With that said anyone wish to share Ideas,thoughts or mistakes.
To give you an idea,I'll do cabinet grade plywood on casters,lazy susan bearings on both ends and an actual lock-down bar and pivots to attach the play-field
Not sure what you are trying to build here, is it one of these?
If you're in Canfield, go over to Mac's shop, take a look at his, and take some notes 
He has the best rotisserie I've ever seen! I've got one in my shop, need to finish it up
I was going to make fun of you for calling a rotisserie a turntable, but after seeing that incredibly impressive woodwork, you can call it whatever you want. Looks awesome! I used PVC for mine, pics NOT attached, due to embarrassment.
-Wes
I know I tend to rename things. One of my pin buds yells at me all the time for calling cabinet art "stickers". I will post finished photos when done. Got a couple more ideas for it yet.
Quoted from vulture:Dude, that is amazing. Seriously nice work. Are you taking orders yet? [
LOL +1 to that! Awesome bro!
That there is one fine turntable. I like how you created a storage area underneath and how the wiring harness can attach to the side. Nice job all the way.
Looks like you put a lot of thought into this. It looks really nice. I would stain it or paint it jet black. Like the alien decal from RFM nice touch.
My rotisserie has a rotisserie!! Its always cool to see the different variations of designs of homebrewed setups. I like Jims use of alternator housings for his.
Now that is NICE! Also, until you changed the title of this thread I thought for the last week that it was a thread about record players as well.
Thats what nice about building a setup like Vid posted earlier. The pipe rotisserie breaks down completely while others break down slightly or not at all. Space is everything so the pipe version works great for me.
Skypilot that is easily the nicest rotisserie I've ever seen. If you ever sell these I'm in. The one I built works great but was built to store away easily. Space is an issue. I also wanted to build it as cheap as possible knowing I would soon be moving to a house with a workshop and I'd want to build another one. This is what I call the "temporary turntable".lol I just made that up.lol
Unassembled, IMHO. Cheaper to ship (I don't know how on earth you'd ship that assembled...lol..my god, it would cost a fortune..), and frankly, if you can flatpack it into a rectangular box then all of us are smart enough to follow assembly directions.
Quoted from Frax:Unassembled, IMHO. Cheaper to ship (I don't know how on earth you'd ship that assembled...lol..my god, it would cost a fortune..), and frankly, if you can flatpack it into a rectangular box then all of us are smart enough to follow assembly directions.
+1 Ikea style but with real wood and screws.
Awesome design, Skypilot. Two thumbs up!! I was just designing my a work cart with turntable to help me do several playfield swaps and your design just made me start all over. If you ever sell a kit or plans, I am very interested. Back to the drawing board for me... One problem I have is that I do all of my work in climate controlled storage where all of my games are. I work in the hallway and have to cram everything back into my unit when finished. Having a sturdy moble cart that can be moved in and out without causing any issues with the playfield that is in the rig is one of my must have design requirements. Yours looks like it would handle my needs without issue...
Skypilot, your setup is sweet, you should sell plans at $10 each, sure you sell a heap. Also congrats to all the other guys, great work and now I have plenty of ideas to do mine.
I would buy plans and a parts list for $10.
Alternatively, if you send me the plans, I can also generate the cad files people would need to get these spit out at a place with a large CNC. Most places that make cabinets or furniture have one set up to cut sheets of ply.
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