Welding turntables?

[geezer]

An old car engine flywheel & some bearings on a shaft for a mount makes a nice round table that can be turned as you need it or tilted if you make the shaft tiltable. Cost should be very cheap, there are lots kicking around at the scrap yard. Holes can be drilled at various locations on the flywheel for mounting fixtures etc.

[jtybt]

I actually have a few flywheels around. They're a bit too heavy and too big in diameter. I'm thinking 1/4 or 3/8 inch thick and about 10" in diameter.

[geezer]

10 inches in dia. is too small to be of much use, I have seen a few with 8 & 10 inch 4 jaw chucks on them and quick detach mounts for large vises or the 4 jaw chuck. If you need something that small you may as well buy one of those rotatable vises that swivels and mount it on an upright pipe welded to a large truck rim. I have one of those vises and it works pretty well for holding objects, it swivels and rotates. Handy item for the shop.

[jtybt]

What I mostly need it for is welding the uprights to bases...1" boat railings. 18-20 or more at a time.

[geezer]

In that case I would use a flat plate over a set of lazy suzan bearings and an old lathe chuck set on that. I use old lathe chucks to position things. That should be small simple, rotatable and solid enough to hold position for you.
Lazy suzan bearings are cheap to buy at most home builder/ cabinet shops

[jtybt]

Gotcha!

Turns out the weather is getting better and I have to make a 3 point hitch system on a lawn tractor so I can pull a small section of ivy so I can seed it for grass.


Lots of projects opening up. Boy do I need the power plasma 50 to come in NOW!

[Gary]

Now I want one ,, Might be another project on the list now.
I am thinking of using a $50 indexer on an adjustable 2 way milling vise "Harbor freight" cheap and a DC geared motor with a variable speed reostat.........
Might be doable.....and on the cheap..
Gary