Turntable

COX 47 · 04-25-2008, 05:01 PM

This is a turntable I have been working on off and on for a couple of years..The pit is a round cake pan from wally world..The bridge is wood with Atlas bridges cut apart and glued to it...It turns on a 1/4 inch plug to turn on and carry the wiring also makes it easy to remove bridge if you need to...

Cox 47

mcbane666 · 04-25-2008, 05:53 PM

Thats a great idea, love the electrical.

bigsteel · 04-25-2008, 06:47 PM

the electrical connection is genius,i never thought of the shaft becoming the electrical connector also.--josh

Mountain Man · 04-25-2008, 06:48 PM

How did you isolate it electrically from the metal pan?

COX 47 · 04-25-2008, 10:44 PM

MT. Man....There is a plywood disc calked in the bottom of the cake pan and the female conector is mounted in the plywood...This isn't a very good photo but it shows the bottom....Cox 47

Herc Driver · 04-26-2008, 11:32 AM

OK - now that's genius.

**Ralph** · 04-26-2008, 12:11 PM

I'm very impressed with the pie plate idea and the electronics. I'm expecting a run on pie plates at Walmart now!

Really nice work!
Ralph

Mountain Man · 04-28-2008, 04:46 PM

Ah, so...Grasshopper! Very nicely done!

I especially like the concept as a means of adding a turntable to a layout at a later date. Just cut a hole, drop in the pan arrangement and fasten in place. The whole thing could hang beneath the layout without a problem.

**TrainNut** · 04-28-2008, 07:12 PM

Knowing me, I'd end up going through 10 pans before I finally managed to get that hole drilled perfectly in the center!

steamhead · 04-28-2008, 07:39 PM

Very nicely done.....Thanks for the idea...!!!
Have you come up with a way of turning the bridge..?? Or will this be an ol' timer type...Man powered..?

**eightyeightfan1** · 04-28-2008, 09:10 PM

Nice job.
Does your wife know you used her favorite cake pan?

COX 47 · 04-28-2008, 10:50 PM

I have never thought about powering it...probaly "Armstrong" .....lol!....I kept peace with my wife the pans came in packs of two and I gave her the other for her birthday....Cox 47

b28_82 · 04-29-2008, 06:07 PM

wow! a pie pan for a birthday present? Creative

04-25-2008, 05:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
COX 47 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 113	Turntable This is a turntable I have been working on off and on for a couple of years..The pit is a round cake pan from wally world..The bridge is wood with Atlas bridges cut apart and glued to it...It turns on a 1/4 inch plug to turn on and carry the wiring also makes it easy to remove bridge if you need to... Cox 47

04-25-2008, 05:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
mcbane666 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Edmonton AB Posts: 122	Thats a great idea, love the electrical. __________________ My Page:http://web.mac.com/waltermacvanepear...l/Welcome.html My thread:http://forum.zealot.com/t158517/ http://forum.zealot.com/t114674/ Podcast which My branch Line article is on:http://www.modelrailcast.com

04-25-2008, 06:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
bigsteel Call me Mr.Tinkertrain Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 1,369	the electrical connection is genius,i never thought of the shaft becoming the electrical connector also.--josh __________________ i am a man,but i can change,if i have to...i guess--Red Green josh waddle--Avid/insane C&O modeler...

04-25-2008, 06:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mountain Man Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 672	How did you isolate it electrically from the metal pan? __________________ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who is watching the watchers?

04-26-2008, 11:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
Herc Driver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,499	OK - now that's genius. __________________ Flying the Herc to pay for the trains!

04-25-2008, 10:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
COX 47 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 113	MT. Man....There is a plywood disc calked in the bottom of the cake pan and the female conector is mounted in the plywood...This isn't a very good photo but it shows the bottom....Cox 47

04-26-2008, 12:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ralph Remember...it's for fun! The Gauge Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 6,468	I'm very impressed with the pie plate idea and the electronics. I'm expecting a run on pie plates at Walmart now! Really nice work! Ralph __________________ Now interchanging with the freelanced KINGS PORT & WESTERN

04-28-2008, 04:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mountain Man Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 672	Ah, so...Grasshopper! Very nicely done! I especially like the concept as a means of adding a turntable to a layout at a later date. Just cut a hole, drop in the pan arrangement and fasten in place. The whole thing could hang beneath the layout without a problem. __________________ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who is watching the watchers? Last edited by Mountain Man; 04-28-2008 at 04:48 PM.

04-28-2008, 07:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
TrainNut Ditat Deus The Gauge Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: AZ Posts: 2,022	Knowing me, I'd end up going through 10 pans before I finally managed to get that hole drilled perfectly in the center! __________________ TrainNut's layout index page

04-28-2008, 07:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
steamhead Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brownsville, TX Posts: 1,979	Very nicely done.....Thanks for the idea...!!! Have you come up with a way of turning the bridge..?? Or will this be an ol' timer type...Man powered..? __________________ Gus (LC&P).

04-28-2008, 09:10 PM	#11 (permalink)
eightyeightfan1 Now I'm AMP'd The Gauge Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Torrington, Ct. Posts: 3,060	Nice job. Does your wife know you used her favorite cake pan? __________________ (Ed)itor Gauge E-Mag NARA member #78 I went to my HAPPY PLACE, but it was closed for renovations...... Gauge E-Mag:http://www.zealot.com/files/magazine/jul08/jul08.htm

04-28-2008, 10:50 PM	#12 (permalink)
COX 47 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 113	I have never thought about powering it...probaly "Armstrong" .....lol!....I kept peace with my wife the pans came in packs of two and I gave her the other for her birthday....Cox 47

04-29-2008, 06:07 PM	#13 (permalink)
b28_82 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fort Dodge, IA Posts: 450	wow! a pie pan for a birthday present? Creative __________________ Miraclestrip Model Railroad Club http://www.geocities.com/miraclestri.../GCW_20x15.jpg

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