A tremendously helpful work aid.

This idea is not particularly NOVEL or new, but devices quite similar to this are used in many industries, especially where the space is confined, the parts are heavy or there is frequent changes of working from one side or the other.

I was using my little POX, LIGHT and CHEAP (and quite handy) Aldi work bench, as the plat form to construct my PA system on, - and I had to frequently be working on different sides and the front and back and the inside and outside, - it was really easy to spin the speaker box around on, till I stuck the rubber feet under it.


My PA system is a 330W RMS amp, the speaker bins are very solid and quite heavy, and the rubber feet under the speaker bin, are not to really there to isolate any vibrations (as if I am an audio nut), but to provide a non slip and flexible "bin to floor" interface on uneven surfaces.

Once the RUBBER feet were on, it created some problems, first was that the surface of the work bench was not suited to spinning big heavy parts with projecting things underneat them - on, cause they'd catch, and the second was that rubber feet also STICK.

So I had to make up a "WORK POSITIONER", that would enable me to spin the entire unit around, with ease and gusto.

Step 1 The Basic Idea.....

The basic idea of "work positioners" is not really new - but there are tons of examples of really simple ideas making lots of jobs so much easier.

I use a hefty sprinkling of talcum powder to lubricate the parts with - cause it works well on wood, and I guess the pictures more or less tell the whole story.

With this set up, I also found that rounding the "square corners off" made spinning the whole thing around much easier as there were no corners to "stick out" as it spun around.

There is no BEST size and shape in this particular design, as the spinning table top, was made from the remaining piece of flooring chip board - from the speaker bin, and the piece also happened to be much larger, in a suitable sense, than the speaker bin.

If you want to replicate this, then by all means feel free to make up something similar or to make a specific "work positioner" for the special job that you have to do...

Comments

[tech-king]

cool. i could use one for my bike, my computer projects and maybe painting

[GorillazMiko]

Cool! Might make a big one, then that could really help a lot. Great job! +1 rating.

[glitteringsky]

This is a very smart customization. Everything should spin with one finger! Excellent. Thanks for posting it.

[gmjhowe]

Nice, very resourceful!

[jdege]

Is that bolt and washers you're using as the axle? You don't have a picture of the top - is the bolt in a through-hole? Is it countersunk? Or does it protrude?