This is fantastic. I’m in the process of purchasing a house that is on a busy street with a narrow driveway. I’m wanting to build something like this into the garage, that I plan on building.
Thank you John, a fun build for sure! Funny thing was i wasn't even sure if it would work when i finished. The car is 5500 lbs and the motors are only rated at 400 lb load. there is three of them but I was still well-shy of the vehicle weight!
@@capetide 🔴 What Is Islam? 🔴 Islam is not just another religion. 🔵 It is the same message preached by Moses, Jesus and Abraham. 🔴 Islam literally means ‘submission to God’ and it teaches us to have a direct relationship with God. 🔵 It reminds us that since God created us, no one should be worshipped except God alone. 🔴 It also teaches that God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine. 🌍 The concept of God is summarized in the Quran as: 📖 { “Say, He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing like Him.”} (Quran 112:1-4) 📚 🔴 Becoming a Muslim is not turning your back to Jesus. 🔵 Rather it’s going back to the original teachings of Jesus and obeying him.
@@p__jay Known by many names. It's essentially conveyor roller track. This kind looks like Nestaflex (brand) gravity conveyor. Search for "roller conveyor 90 degree". You'll either need x4 individual 90 degree corners, or a long enough flexible one, to make a complete circle. It's around $600 per corner brand new at uline dot com, or you can find it on ebay or at a commercial liquidation/industrial supply type store for a little less.
Thanks John! Total cost was about $1600 or about 14% of what a commercial unit would cost. Fortunately I work in a business where aluminum beams and gear motors are plentiful!
Well it's already built, so hard to give a step by step now. But I'll try: I used 'skate wheel conveyors' to build the circle. I measured the wheel base to make sure the conveyors diameter would allow the front and rear wheels to rest on equally on it when parked. I bolted tge conveyor tracks together and leveled them using bricks and stone. I added stone to the inside of tge circle for drainage and to lock the circle in place. Next came tge decking (2 layers) the bottom layer being 3/4 plywood and the upper layer was plastic decking. If I did it over, I'd make both layers plywood (painted on both sides). By tge way, I kept testing for rotation as I went along, making sure it spun freely at every step. Finally:how to spin it? This can be done a number of ways, tge best I think is a motor driving a pinch-wheel on the outside circumference of tge turntable, several of them! Hope this helps.
You didn't need that many rollers. Now when there's load on it, it flattens the part where it's being rested on and literally all of the rollers have a weird jerkiness to them when you rotate the turntable.
Doesn’t more rollers distribute the weight more evenly? I estimate roughly 2,000 rollers and a Toyota FJ Cruiser is around 4,300 pounds plus the wood that’s only like 2.25 pounds on each roller. The rollers deforming from that small of a load would be like your skateboards wheels deforming if you left it out over night.
@@EvySpaghetti Also, this is one of the biggest waste of materials for solving this particular problem. That's why commercial solutions go with worm drives.
Well done and great job. is the motor driving the turntable through a ring gear just like on a flywheel of an engine? I am interested in designing something similar for a narrow basement garage.
Hey Joe, yes exactly! I used a linear gear and then gently bent it around the perimeter of the turntable. However since it is almost impossible to cut a perfect circle (turntable) and seeing how the gear drive is only 3/8 inch deep, better to go with drive- wheels for the rotation! I was surprised how easily it turned a 5000 lb, car! You only need 3 or four motors. Total cost was less than $2000!
All in, about $2200. I have seen them commercially sold for around $10,000. The skate wheel conveyors I found on ebay for $800 with shipping, materials (stone, 5/8 plywood, decking, paint, screws, concrete) were another $800 truck hub for center support $100. 3 gear motors $350 Marine 12 volt battery $125. I wired in a transmitter to turn the platform on and off and the gear-rack bent around the circumference of the deck for the motors to drive the platform, make up the rest of the $2200. If i were to do it over,, and I may, I'd use a friction drive, instead of gear-drive motors. I've actually thought of just bolting rubber skateboard wheels to the top of the gears on the motors, and lowering them. Remove the rack gear from the platform and see how that works!
Kinda motor you use? Microwave turn table motor? Lol.. id say one of those little old gas pop n fart motors would work pretty good. Be cool to go all binford on it and hook a 1000cc R1 motor to it and see how long it takes you to pass out in the drivers seat... lol
That was a video for your ego. Sorry that wasn't helpful for us who's wife's after watching you video want a turn table for their car now. P.s Good job though. 😉👍
I was wondering where you were going with that Jason, sure maybe a little for my ego but mostly to show others it can be done and done cost effectively. My friends and i share our contraptions, not for an ego boost but for fun!
Awesome Job, Now all we need is Plans. The most fun video I've watch in years. " yes i'm weird". Thanks for sharing
Epic! One of the coolest DIY projects I've seen.
That was exactly what I was looking for and it was epic. You sir get a gold star.
This was frickin awesome!
This is fantastic. I’m in the process of purchasing a house that is on a busy street with a narrow driveway. I’m wanting to build something like this into the garage, that I plan on building.
Great Work, good on ya!
I like this a lot, the wholesome backstory and everything
Great job!! And looks so much fun! I’ve been wanting to do something similar as well.
thanks Milind, go for it! The other possibilities that open up can be equally fun!!
You my sir, are a goddamn genius.
Great work!!!
Amazing job 👏 👍
That was very entertaining mate brilliant
Fricken amazing 👏
Great job man. What’s the price tag on all the materials you bought?
That is amazing!! Could you show me how to make a similar motorized rotating platform for a bed?
I got to admit it that was very impress, great job. Do you have any updates since you build this platform? Thanks
brilliant ! nice job :)
Thanks Offan!
Extremely awesome project. the best ever seen
Thank you John, a fun build for sure! Funny thing was i wasn't even sure if it would work when i finished. The car is 5500 lbs and the motors are only rated at 400 lb load. there is three of them but I was still well-shy of the vehicle weight!
@@capetide Inspiring build sir. Hats off to you.
@@capetide 🔴 What Is Islam?
🔴 Islam is not just another religion.
🔵 It is the same message preached by Moses, Jesus and Abraham.
🔴 Islam literally means ‘submission to God’ and it teaches us to have a direct relationship with God.
🔵 It reminds us that since God created us, no one should be worshipped except God alone.
🔴 It also teaches that God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine.
🌍 The concept of God is summarized in the Quran as:
📖 { “Say, He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing like Him.”} (Quran 112:1-4) 📚
🔴 Becoming a Muslim is not turning your back to Jesus.
🔵 Rather it’s going back to the original teachings of Jesus and obeying him.
Superb 👌👌👌 awesome
And i thought i came up with something ingenious, damn it. :)
Sweet! How's it holding up?
what are the metal rollers and where do you get them?
I'm also interested in the metal rollers.
+1
@@p__jay Known by many names. It's essentially conveyor roller track. This kind looks like Nestaflex (brand) gravity conveyor. Search for "roller conveyor 90 degree". You'll either need x4 individual 90 degree corners, or a long enough flexible one, to make a complete circle. It's around $600 per corner brand new at uline dot com, or you can find it on ebay or at a commercial liquidation/industrial supply type store for a little less.
@@p__jay +2
+3
Hi what motor did you use? I want to make a platform like this for a party to take photos
Great video, would you please tell me what your total cost was? I am very interested in building one. Thank you!
Thanks John! Total cost was about $1600 or about 14% of what a commercial unit would cost. Fortunately I work in a business where aluminum beams and gear motors are plentiful!
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Can you make a video explaining in more detail how you built this please?
Well it's already built, so hard to give a step by step now. But I'll try:
I used 'skate wheel conveyors' to build the circle. I measured the wheel base to make sure the conveyors diameter would allow the front and rear wheels to rest on equally on it when parked. I bolted tge conveyor tracks together and leveled them using bricks and stone. I added stone to the inside of tge circle for drainage and to lock the circle in place. Next came tge decking (2 layers) the bottom layer being 3/4 plywood and the upper layer was plastic decking. If I did it over, I'd make both layers plywood (painted on both sides). By tge way, I kept testing for rotation as I went along, making sure it spun freely at every step. Finally:how to spin it? This can be done a number of ways, tge best I think is a motor driving a pinch-wheel on the outside circumference of tge turntable, several of them! Hope this helps.
how much total cost for your DIY? it was nice to see this kind of cool things
All tolled, about $2000, about a 5th the price of one's I've seen for purchase on the web
You didn't need that many rollers. Now when there's load on it, it flattens the part where it's being rested on and literally all of the rollers have a weird jerkiness to them when you rotate the turntable.
Doesn’t more rollers distribute the weight more evenly? I estimate roughly 2,000 rollers and a Toyota FJ Cruiser is around 4,300 pounds plus the wood that’s only like 2.25 pounds on each roller. The rollers deforming from that small of a load would be like your skateboards wheels deforming if you left it out over night.
@@EvySpaghetti Also, this is one of the biggest waste of materials for solving this particular problem. That's why commercial solutions go with worm drives.
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Well done and great job. is the motor driving the turntable through a ring gear just like on a flywheel of an engine? I am interested in designing something similar for a narrow basement garage.
Hey Joe, yes exactly! I used a linear gear and then gently bent it around the perimeter of the turntable. However since it is almost impossible to cut a perfect circle (turntable) and seeing how the gear drive is only 3/8 inch deep, better to go with drive- wheels for the rotation! I was surprised how easily it turned a 5000 lb, car! You only need 3 or four motors. Total cost was less than $2000!
how much did this cost? could you post a link or a list of all materials used?
All in, about $2200. I have seen them commercially sold for around $10,000. The skate wheel conveyors I found on ebay for $800 with shipping, materials (stone, 5/8 plywood, decking, paint, screws, concrete) were another $800 truck hub for center support $100. 3 gear motors $350
Marine 12 volt battery $125. I wired in a transmitter to turn the platform on and off and the gear-rack bent around the circumference of the deck for the motors to drive the platform, make up the rest of the $2200.
If i were to do it over,, and I may, I'd use a friction drive, instead of gear-drive motors. I've actually thought of just bolting rubber skateboard wheels to the top of the gears on the motors, and lowering them. Remove the rack gear from the platform and see how that works!
Kinda motor you use? Microwave turn table motor? Lol.. id say one of those little old gas pop n fart motors would work pretty good. Be cool to go all binford on it and hook a 1000cc R1 motor to it and see how long it takes you to pass out in the drivers seat... lol
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Wouldn't it have been easier to teach your wife how to do a donut? Or maybe just cut in half two fwd cars, then weld the fronts together?
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That was a video for your ego. Sorry that wasn't helpful for us who's wife's
after watching you video
want a turn table for their car now.
P.s Good job though. 😉👍
I was wondering where you were going with that Jason, sure maybe a little for my ego but mostly to show others it can be done and done cost effectively. My friends and i share our contraptions, not for an ego boost but for fun!