Scratchbuilt Turntable

[Anonymous]

I am building a turntable 36" . Does anyone know where I can purchase gears, motors, etc? Any help would be appreciated.

[Big_Boy_4005]

Try All Electronics here's the link. Look at gear reduction motors under the motor catagory, or they have a seperate gear listing.

http://www.allelectronics.com/index.html

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info Big Boy ..looks like a good site...Tim

[eZAK]

pigseyes,

Try this site:
http://surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2004030923550078&item=5-1440&catname=electric

I plan on using this motor ($19) on my turntable that I'm in the process of building.
It is a 12vdc geared motor with plenty of tork. I will be using a cheap ($8) 7va dc power pack to control speed and direction. This setup works smooth and slow with no need for any type of indexing.

Let me know if you need more info.

[Big_Boy_4005]

Nice motor eZAK!!

[Anonymous]

Any ideas where I can get plans for a turntable? I was considering the Atlas but I would rather build my own if I can find the right plans. Back issues with info would be a good place to start too but I haven't found any yet.
Thanks!

[SPFan]

Another good source is :
http://www.kelvin.com

Pete

[daan]

Try "www.beneluxrail.net" and search for "draaischijf". It's dutch, but I had a nice converstion with some other folks building a turntable. may be there's something you could use..

[eZAK]

stoweski,

I don't know about plans, but you could check out this topic
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13648

I too will build a turntable from scratch. I plan on buying strip sheet copper from a home center for use as the pit wall. I also plan on using the cut out for the base.
Another idea I had was to use N or HO scale track and trucks on the pit bottom for power.

Good luck!
Let us know how it turns out.

[Anonymous]

There's a book I have called Operating O & O-27 Trains. It is a reprint of old Lionel publications & product instruction manuals. In it there's an article about building a turntable.

This isn't any scale turntable, though. If you're into scale, you might want to go to the library & find a book on real turntables. You may be able to find something you like & use the pictures in the book as a starting point for designing your own.

Tony

[Anonymous]

I am in the process of posting some pictures of the one I built, with the help of spankybird. I have put on a pot of coffee, its now 9 pm here on the west coast, so maybe ill have them loaded by morning. If any one has any questions as to the construction ill be happy to help. I think i have about 60.00 invested total...Tim

[Anonymous]

The motor source you have above

You can purchase parts from either diamondscale or bowser;
such as the boogy wheels , bridge detailing parts and power tower
I found a 24 position 2 pole rotary switch at either Mouser Electronics or Diamondscale sites

Alan

[Anonymous]

OK lets see if this works.

[Anonymous]

All hail spankybird..my hero..with him all picture posting is possible. Thank you sooooooo much Tom.......Tim.......

[spankybird]

Anytime that we can help, just call

Now you can join the Sunday Photo Fun posting.[:D]

tom

[ChiefEagles]

I like that. What makes it stop on the track or do you give it a little "hand touch"?

[Anonymous]

Hi Chief... All the tracks and turntable are blocked thru a series of switches and the track power is controlled through a walkaround hand throttle. No "hand touch" here. ...Tim

[Anonymous]

Some people have it all--36" turntable; unlike the rest of us who have to settle for 25" [:)].