Or drive the wheel from the outside edge. The axle inside is available for drive options, if you want. Chop off one end of the housing, weld it down to something as the base it has the bearing in the end. Particularly if I could get one with wheels, because a tractor wheel would be a huge head start on building the platform. I think I would start looking for a rear end from a tractor. Anything from a heavy truck wheel or clutch bearing to a backhoe or crane house pivot. I'm sure you're familiar with junkyards for cars? Well, such things also exist for heavy equipment.įind one in the phone book, and go see what you can dig up. In addition, I can't make the platform so heavy that, once in place, I can never get in to service the wheels etc. Maintenance: I have alot of leaves, I dont want the whole thing gummed up with gunk.
CAR TURNTABLE HOW TO
Remote control: I need to use remote control from in the car to do this, and I haven't a clue how they work and how to hook it up with the motor. Should i use some kind of apparatus which is turned on and off by a switch trigger mounted on the wheel? Or maybe I can time how long it takes to turn, then have a timer mechanism? It could all be housed in a small pit adjacent to the turntable, with a steel or other hatch cover.Ĭontrol - turning amount - we of course need a 180 degree turn.
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Power source - I presume some kind of electric motor geared down with a series of pulleys. Or have a rubber wheel pressing against the side of the platform (underneath, hidden from view of course) and rely on friction to transfer the power to the platform? The turning energy problem - have the whole platform geared on the outside edge? Seems a bit hard. The rolling method - have the platform roll on wheels that are attached to the floor, or have the wheels on the platform? What kind of wheels, layout etc.Īs it rolls, there have to probably be other wheels mouted horizontally, both facing in and out, to stop the thing from rolling in an unbalbnced fashion and jamming. A steel circle custom-fabricated? Steel reinforced concrete? The platform - what should it be made of? It has to have interlock put on top to blend it with the rest of the driveway. To divide the problem into different areas:
There is a trough with a nice flat concrete floor, where the wheels will roll as it turns.
My basic idea is a round platform, and underneath it on the outside I need one, and am trying to figure out how to make a home-made one. I know a car turntable is not a new idea: you can buy them I think for around $30,000.
This is partially an idea, but really more a request for your ideas too.