where can i get one of these at?
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joeyjoejoe
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Reefer Rick
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Cool 
....nice diy project 
....nice diy project 
thelastpirate
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That was my first thought exactly!
joeyjoejoe
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what would u use as a motor?
2smoke4bud7
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lol nice rotating pot!!! interesting idea but how could i use that if im using a scrog technique?
Reefer Rick
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Make 1 big one and attatch ur net
A "Bar-b-que rotisserie motor"! I had a friend who was too cheap to buy a light mover - so instead he built a "motorized grow-room lazy-susan" using a rotisserie motor and a sort of "rim drive" system. It seemed to work really well and had several speeds! If anyone is interested I could elaborate.
Reefer Rick
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elaborate...please
icurbyou
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lol... For those who may actually be desiring that.elaborate...please
Plug in the record player, put the pot on top where the record normally goes.. and hit play.
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icurbyou
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lol sorry. thought you were being sarcastic asking me to elaborate. My bad, my bad.Lol wasnt speaking too u...did u say u would elaborate?
Reefer Rick
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No prob...but i notice alot o people post too quik b4 reading..
Read peeps..then post
And i could have quoted...originally
Read peeps..then post
And i could have quoted...originally
Man! This really pisses me off! I just finished with a nice long, detailed, explaination of how the friggin' thing worked - and the damn computer ate it! Yeah, I know - it sounds like "The dog ate my homework". I think I left it idle too long! I was writing it, off and on, since this afternoon, then I took a couple of hours off to watch NCIS and have dinner. When I came back and finished it and tried to post it - it just disappeared! Oh well, there's always tomorrow, I'll try again!
This is the third time I've tried to elaberate, once last night and twice today - I'm beginning to think my 'puter is going down.
Well anyway, it goes like this: About 12 or 15 years ago I helped a good friend of mine build a "big ass" Lazy Susan, it was about 48" across and pretty heavy duty. We tried a lot of crap that didn't work to well before we finely settled on the "BALS 7.3" (Big Ass Lazy Susan, Model 7.3). The main structure was, mostly, just 2 round tabletops that we scored for free, held together with one of these:
Bar stool part Flat replacement swivels
a flat barstool swivel that you can find at Home Depot or Lowe's. The original idea was to just turn the thing by hand, a fraction of a turn every half hour, or so. This worked real well - for about one day! Then we realized someone had to actually be there, all the time! That's when we decided to motorize that puppy, and also add a few other improvements.
We tried several different motors before we ended up with the rotisserie - they were all way too fast, not strong enough, or just too damn expensive! Other electric motors with a "geared down" drive train might also work, but this baby was just what the doctor ordered: good speed, good power and easy mounting plate. We could easily adjust the rotation rate from over an hour to just a few minutes. The way we adjusted the speed of the rotation was by using different sized "drive wheels" and moving the motor/wheel combo either "closer or farther" from the rim of the turntable. It sounds more complicated than it really is - let me explain.
The bottom tabletop is the "base" and with a few added braces and blocks, we have created a few inches of gap between the 2 tabletops and reinforced the strength. We cut a hole in the base to allow a swingarm to be mounted with a hinge - the other end of this swingarm has the rotisserie motor which is connected to a small "drive wheel" with a rubber tire. The swingarm is "spring-loaded" with surgical tubing or a spring (I can't remember which one worked best!), to keep the wheel under tension and in contact with the underside of the turntable - thus making the "Lazy Susan" turn. The hole in the base was big enough to adjust the swingarm outward or inward far enough to adjust the speed with just a couple of screws needed to move the hinge over. The swingarm always remained at "right angles" with the radius of the turnbale (Just like the tone arm on a real turntable) so that as the motor turned the wheel - the spring loaded tire turned the Lazy Susan.
Sorry I don't have any photos, my friend moved up to Washington state a few years ago. Any Questions?
Bar stool part Flat replacement swivels
Well anyway, it goes like this: About 12 or 15 years ago I helped a good friend of mine build a "big ass" Lazy Susan, it was about 48" across and pretty heavy duty. We tried a lot of crap that didn't work to well before we finely settled on the "BALS 7.3" (Big Ass Lazy Susan, Model 7.3). The main structure was, mostly, just 2 round tabletops that we scored for free, held together with one of these:
Bar stool part Flat replacement swivels
a flat barstool swivel that you can find at Home Depot or Lowe's. The original idea was to just turn the thing by hand, a fraction of a turn every half hour, or so. This worked real well - for about one day! Then we realized someone had to actually be there, all the time! That's when we decided to motorize that puppy, and also add a few other improvements.
We tried several different motors before we ended up with the rotisserie - they were all way too fast, not strong enough, or just too damn expensive! Other electric motors with a "geared down" drive train might also work, but this baby was just what the doctor ordered: good speed, good power and easy mounting plate. We could easily adjust the rotation rate from over an hour to just a few minutes. The way we adjusted the speed of the rotation was by using different sized "drive wheels" and moving the motor/wheel combo either "closer or farther" from the rim of the turntable. It sounds more complicated than it really is - let me explain.
The bottom tabletop is the "base" and with a few added braces and blocks, we have created a few inches of gap between the 2 tabletops and reinforced the strength. We cut a hole in the base to allow a swingarm to be mounted with a hinge - the other end of this swingarm has the rotisserie motor which is connected to a small "drive wheel" with a rubber tire. The swingarm is "spring-loaded" with surgical tubing or a spring (I can't remember which one worked best!), to keep the wheel under tension and in contact with the underside of the turntable - thus making the "Lazy Susan" turn. The hole in the base was big enough to adjust the swingarm outward or inward far enough to adjust the speed with just a couple of screws needed to move the hinge over. The swingarm always remained at "right angles" with the radius of the turnbale (Just like the tone arm on a real turntable) so that as the motor turned the wheel - the spring loaded tire turned the Lazy Susan.
Sorry I don't have any photos, my friend moved up to Washington state a few years ago. Any Questions?
Bar stool part Flat replacement swivels
I forgot to add:
We made one final, stuctural, addition. As time went on and the pots got moved around (for whatever reason), the load got to be "unbalanced" and put a physical strain on the turntable swivel and caused a "drooping" or warping effect. We decided to act before there was any permanent damage.
We figured that the cheapest, easiest and most effective cure was to add some sort of support to the outer edge of the turntable. We did this by adding a few Roller-blade wheels (Inline Skate wheels), mounted to the base, upside down, on brackets. The Roller-blade wheels were positioned around the outer edge of the tabletop in a nice neat circle - so that when the turntable turned, it just rotated and rolled right on top of the wheels/supports. This worked well and made the whole unit as solid as a rock.
We made one final, stuctural, addition. As time went on and the pots got moved around (for whatever reason), the load got to be "unbalanced" and put a physical strain on the turntable swivel and caused a "drooping" or warping effect. We decided to act before there was any permanent damage.
We figured that the cheapest, easiest and most effective cure was to add some sort of support to the outer edge of the turntable. We did this by adding a few Roller-blade wheels (Inline Skate wheels), mounted to the base, upside down, on brackets. The Roller-blade wheels were positioned around the outer edge of the tabletop in a nice neat circle - so that when the turntable turned, it just rotated and rolled right on top of the wheels/supports. This worked well and made the whole unit as solid as a rock.