Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II

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.

"Dream as you would live forever - Live as you would die tomorrow".

"Innovator with big ideas buried deep inside his head is nothing mora then a dreamer".

Postings are indeed reviewed, which became apparent when the original Home Despot thread met an untimely, and some still suspect, conspiratorial end. Postings to this, new forum that challenged the "official" version of the destruction of the original Home Despot thread, often were not approved.

Coupling the bearing seems like a great idea. But somehow one has to build the plinth in order also to allow that at some time during its life the chassis may have to be removed for repair or other mods, etc. I'm sure you've thought of that. I too thank you for the reference.