OT: Large "flat" bearing ideas

These are common in hardware stores, at least in the US:

Two boards, central pivot and castors maybe?

Bob

I seem to remember that the demo I saw (many years ago) was to sit a person in an office swivel chair, holding a spinning 24" bicycle wheel, (axle extended to allow wheel to be held in hands). Then get the person to turn the axle in the horizontal plane. IIRC the bicycle wheel was spun up by friction drive onto tyre from a hand held 12V motor.

Cheap and easy.

My wife has thing called a twist and tone. Amazon flog them for less tha £10. I have just stood onit and it spins easy with my (excessive) weight.

Looks to be "just the job".

Thank you to all who responded.

That is the type of think I want to do but some ideas require the "volunteer" to be standing- well at the finish. These days I don't want to risk a pupil standing on a chair ;-)

OMG, if you didn't come home from school with a few bruises and playground burn rash in my day then you had not had a good day. :-)

It works sitting on the chair, even strapped on if H&S bothers you :-)

Try this

If it isn't, then you want a couple of flat pieces of blockbord or MDF,=20 some smaller bits of wood to make a housing, and a taper roller-bearing.

--=20 Old Nick

Brian

If you are still looking for a turntable have you considered a motorcycle turntable. It will certainly support the weight of an adult if it supports a bike.

Have a look at this link