I have a 4″ sq steel column in the kitchen. A solid surface countertop was built around it, with cabinets on either side. 4 years later, I guess it’s time to finish that part of the kitchen.
The column is to the right behind the flowers. My thought is a 3 or 4 tier turntable spice rack around a wood column wrap. I’m not certain about the turntable though, be/c the only ones I’ve seen are full metal rings w/ ball bearings, and of course there’s no easy way to get that around the column.
Are there products I mighta missed for doing this, or other ways of turning something?
Thanks for any ideas…
Jim
Edited 5/17/2004 12:56 pm ET by Cloud Hidden
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Whichever way you build a lazy susan here, you'll have splice lines on the material.One way is to cut a donut, then cut it in half and imbed a series of bearings vertically and concentrically around the post, affixing it to the granite. Over that, another spliced donut rides in circular grooves, maybe 1/8 higher than the bottom donut. I hope you can make sense of this...
Usually in this situation the counter is built around the post and not adjacent to it.
Are you saying that a bottom fixed ring could contain a groove for bearings and an upper ring could fit over that, each ring sliced and spliced? Sounds reasonable. I expected the slice/splice. My thinking on the bearings has been limited to the pre-assembled lazy susan metal plates I've used before.
The counter is built completely around the column. Cabinets and counter on each side.
Thanks.
>> My thinking on the bearings has been limited to the pre-assembled lazy susan metal plates ...
That might still be the easiest way to proceed. Instead of trying to fabricate bearing races, buy the commercial lazy susan bearings, bandsaw them in half, and reassemble them around the post. Smooth the cut edges of the races with a file or abrasive to reduce the noise. Maybe even fill the gaps steel filled epoxy. I'm assuming fairly modest loads.
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