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Rotating monitor - Yet another take
DaOld Man:
The home depot in my area does have the rotating lazy susan bearing.
I had to show the guy a picture of it before he could find it.
Check in the area where the casters are kept.
csa3d:
I would advise against the lazy susan bearing. this past weekend I mounted my 12" bearing, only to find it had too much side to side play during rotation, and too much friction for the solaberics hobby motor to handle. I have pics which I didn't get time to post this afternoon. I DID buy mine from lowes... but i'm pretty convinced a 7$ solution was too good to be true.
-csa
csa3d:
Posted my Lazy Susan mounting experience to supplement my warning ;) I'm still interested to see how you end up with your lazy susan Javery.
-csa
DaOld Man:
The one I bought from home depot looks different from yours. It was also cheaper.. around 5 US dollars.
I havent had a chance to mount it yet, but it does appear to have a slight side-to-side "slop" in it.
I dont think that will matter on my CRT though, cause most of the weight will be in the front. I will be using the bearing to hold the monitor in correct position front to back.
I am a little worried about how much noise it makes when turned. I see yours does too from the video.
I have not been able to find the small casters anywhere around here.
I did find these at homedepot.com, havent had a chance yet to check them out for real (closest home depot is 30 miles away). They are drawer rollers, and come in a pack of two for $2.33.
In my case with the CRT, these will probably be easier to mount, in your case you may have to modify them a bit.
Click here
If the link dont work, go to homedepot.com and search for item # R 7147
These look a little weak, so I dont know, I need to look at them for real.
csa3d:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on March 11, 2008, 07:23:55 am ---The one I bought from home depot looks different from yours. It was also cheaper.. around 5 US dollars.
I havent had a chance to mount it yet, but it does appear to have a slight side-to-side "slop" in it.
I dont think that will matter on my CRT though, cause most of the weight will be in the front. I will be using the bearing to hold the monitor in correct position front to back.
I am a little worried about how much noise it makes when turned. I see yours does too from the video.
I have not been able to find the small casters anywhere around here.
I did find these at homedepot.com, havent had a chance yet to check them out for real (closest home depot is 30 miles away). They are drawer rollers, and come in a pack of two for $2.33.
In my case with the CRT, these will probably be easier to mount, in your case you may have to modify them a bit.
Click here
If the link dont work, go to homedepot.com and search for item # R 7147
These look a little weak, so I dont know, I need to look at them for real.
--- End quote ---
I'm thinking I will probably look for small wheels as well... two of them placed at the bottom of the wheel to help minimize the side to side wobble, and possibly 4 under the bearing to either suppliment or replace it all together. I haven't looked at the hardware store yet, but I'm betting the quality of the small wheels suck, just like the cheap bearing. I've been thinking a bit, and remember as a kid, that skateboard wheel bearings were things you could buy good quality vs. bad quality. The good ones would turn forever.. so I might pop into a skate shop and see if they have a bagain bin of skate wheels and then pick up the best bearings they sell, and mount them using bolts and L-Brackets from the hardware store.
Dunno.. I forsee the rotating mechanics costing a bit of research money.
-csa
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