The Merry-go-round - Turntable

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The Merry-go-round - Turntable

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This has been a plan for year just never found the time to construct it , with 2 operations coming up I wont be able to rotate stock manually so this plan has been completed . It started with this 250 x150 mm I beam as a pedestal sunk into 0.8 cubic metres of concrete
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then a small , well constructed turntable was welded up and a stub axle and bearing attached to the under side and a threaded rod to the top side
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. With a few 200 x 100mm lit-gal C section purlins laying around I used 2 x 6 metre lengths , housed them out over each other and using an over size washer/plate screwed them together
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. To brace the span together I added a couple of 50mm hot house bows were bolted on
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and an adjuster rod made up in the center
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for adjusting the tension to carry the expected 1000 kgs i plan to load onto the turntable .
I only had a couple of ARC fence panel laying around but i plan to purchase 2 more to complete the rig .
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An estimated 800kgs of stock is now easier to work on and no need to rotate as a breeze will gently turn it around . Gail force winds haven't been tested but i will add an anchor of some sort if there is an issue .

Cheers Alpineart
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LoL.
Alpine, never one for half measures..
All or nothing!
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man, you are the best! Love it!

Think the anchor might be necessary for those windy days though...
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:wave: Alpine,
Most normal people would just reduce the amount of plants they own.
Glad to see you are not normal.
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Simply the best!

AlpineArtman you make me smile every time. Your turntable looks to be bigger than my entire garden/courtyard!

I admire your ingenuity whether it be for your trees, your phoenix grafts or your turntable!!

Great, inspiring stuff.

... and here I was happy that I had purchased one of these https://www.carbatec.com.au/hardware-an ... bearing-12

an attached a circular piece of board to give myself a solid Lazy Susan for my little plants!


Keep posting Alpine - you’re a star!



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Re: The Merry-go-round - Turntable

Post by alpineart »

Hi Biocs , Half measure avail us nothing , with another couple of mesh panels and a couple of hundred kilo's of trees it will be so easy to operate even with my hands tied behind my back :lol:

Hi Mel' the corner is well protected with 2 large gum trees , a picket fence with shade cloth attached tames the wind . With storms predicted tonight and tomorrow I guess I will see any issues arise . ;)

Hi Keep calm and ramify , most normal people would set them up on individual turntable or simply rotate them on a bench . Thank god I'm not normal , by the way , Whats Normal :lost:

Hi MJL , at 6 metre's in diameter it makes better use of the lack lustre corner . I purchased a heap of small bearings to set up individual turn tables for the bigger stock , they work but not as easy as this setup

Thanks for the positive feedback .

Cheers . Alpine
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