Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II

If postings to this site are truly reviewed prior to being made available to the rest of us, it is surprising that posts such as the one above are permitted, since it, and others from this same individual, do nothing to further the aim of this discussion. Socrates was often referred to as a Gadfly, but his writings and teachings were enlightening and furthered a discourse that was much more important and fundamental than the present one. Yet, he met an untimely end as a result of his efforts. Perhaps this Gadfly could be persuaded to stifle himself or write something informative, at least.

For those interested in Mario's beautiful Interstate Lenco it might be interesting to know that his topplate is a cut down version of the special laser cut plate I designed. I am at the moment planning another series of these plates. If anybody is interested have a look here: http://www.lenco-lovers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1520

Peter

Socrates kept asking questions that were embarrassing to the people who thought they knew something ... when in fact, they didn't. Which is annoying.

He met an untimely death at his own allowance. He allowed them to kill him.

I think postings are reviewed and they might think my questions are germain.

So, again, why wont the Johnnantais ultimately follow through on providing a review table?

Hi Lewm,

Actually, someone on the original “Home Despot” thread did exactly as you suggested. He clamped the bearing sleeve with wood. His work was in the back of my mind when I began experimenting with this version. (Actually, I tried it out first in a partially assembled plinth for a Presto Pirouette idler.) Not taking anything away from the original clamp capture, I shied away from it because of the potential of adding sideways stress to the bearing – albeit something that would have more potential for harm in the original thin Lenco top plate than with Peter’s 4mm plate.

To answer your question, it is a tight fit. I drilled a hole smaller than the bearing sleeve and sat down to carefully rat tailed & sanded the hole until the sleeve just went in with a bit of pressure. This hole was the starting point of the plinth build – in other words everything keyed in both above and below to this coupling. Having had to pull the bearing through this hole some eight or nine times in construction has “loosened the fit somewhat. But there’s still quite a bit of contact and I’ll probably smear some non-hardening caulk to the hole sides before “final” assembly.

- Mario

Mario, Thanks for the link.
You are a life saver.
Keep it up.

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