I was talking with my Father-In-Law, Jerry, one day when
he mentioned that one of his neighbors had a lazy Susan that he really
liked and wanted to know if I could make him one of his own. I told him
'sure' so the next question I had was what size? Once I cut some
cardboard to give him a better idea, he settled on 20" diameter. And the
base will be 12". Oh, Jerry also supplied the bearings for the lazy
Susan as well.
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Let's Start Cutt'n Wood
I'll be working on the base first and for
that I'll be using pine.
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I decided to make two bases, because Jerry brought me two of the
bearings to work with.
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The next day I ran both of them through me planer to clean up both
sides.
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Fixture Making
I'm going to need a way to cut out two different size
circles, accurately. And yes I could cut these out with a jig-saw but
that's not that accurate. What I have in mind is to use my router for
this, along with a circle cutting jig. They sell jigs like this
but I'll be making my own.
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This is a very simple jig to make and I'll be using 1/4"
MDF for mine. All I need to do is trace around the router base on one
end, including the three screw holes and center location. Also, I figure
while I'm making one, I might as well make two different sizes.
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I'll be using the smaller one on this project but if I ever need a
larger circle, I'll have the other one for that.
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I've marked out my two sizes below. Now if you're
wondering why you see a number six and ten on my fixture, this is the
radius, which will produce a 12 and 20 circle once the jig pivots
around. All I need to do now is drill a small hole in my work piece, but
only half way through. This way you won't see anything on the top
surface once I'm finished.
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I'll be using a 1/4" diameter cutter in my plunge router, which should
work pretty good.
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I cut the circle in small 1/8" deep steps and worked my way around for
each pass. This worked out great and it was fast. Now it's time to work
on the larger piece.
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