outrunner
07-09-08, 10:11 PM
What can you make with a sheet of 3mm steel, 1 bolt, a drop of grease and numerous very small ball bearings?
One of these of course! :)
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e141/outrunner2/TT.jpg
I was getting a bit fed up with pushing the bike backwards into the shed so I made up a simple turntable. Yes, I know you can buy things like this but I am Scottish you know. :rolleyes:
Just cut 2 circles out of the plate about 100mm wider than the stand feet then drill a hole in the centre of both.
Next is the fiddly bit, cut a 6mm strip of steel to the circumference of the plate and weld it flush with the bottom of one of them to make a lip, then weld the bolt (with the head cut off) into the hole in the plate you have fitted with the lip. Then all you need to do is apply a smear of grease to the plate, sprinkle a liberal dose of the tiny ball bearings and fit the other plate over the top .............Hey, Presto one turntable thingy! :)
It is advisable to cut the bolt flush with the top of the upper plate as wheeling the bike off and on might upset the tyres a bit. :(
I am sure the bloke next door thinks my shed is a Tardis when he sees me drive the bike in head first and the next time he sees it coming out head first. :D
Over time you may find that the bearing will migrate to the outside but just take off the top plate, scoop them up, give them a clean with a rag and redistribute them.
Not the most brilliant of inventions but someone might find it useful.
PS. Do make sure your shed/garage is wide enough to swing the bike through 360 degrees or you will just have wasted your time making the device!!
Andy.
One of these of course! :)
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e141/outrunner2/TT.jpg
I was getting a bit fed up with pushing the bike backwards into the shed so I made up a simple turntable. Yes, I know you can buy things like this but I am Scottish you know. :rolleyes:
Just cut 2 circles out of the plate about 100mm wider than the stand feet then drill a hole in the centre of both.
Next is the fiddly bit, cut a 6mm strip of steel to the circumference of the plate and weld it flush with the bottom of one of them to make a lip, then weld the bolt (with the head cut off) into the hole in the plate you have fitted with the lip. Then all you need to do is apply a smear of grease to the plate, sprinkle a liberal dose of the tiny ball bearings and fit the other plate over the top .............Hey, Presto one turntable thingy! :)
It is advisable to cut the bolt flush with the top of the upper plate as wheeling the bike off and on might upset the tyres a bit. :(
I am sure the bloke next door thinks my shed is a Tardis when he sees me drive the bike in head first and the next time he sees it coming out head first. :D
Over time you may find that the bearing will migrate to the outside but just take off the top plate, scoop them up, give them a clean with a rag and redistribute them.
Not the most brilliant of inventions but someone might find it useful.
PS. Do make sure your shed/garage is wide enough to swing the bike through 360 degrees or you will just have wasted your time making the device!!
Andy.