Hi, I have been reading this site for a few months, excellent site.
I have a garage/shop with a narrow door area. When I get a car in, I have to turn it 90 degrees either right or left to drive it onto either one of my lifts. This is difficult and annoying so I want to build a turntable. To turn manually.
I have been using GoJacks to turn the cars, but I imagine a turntable would be much easier.
I have done a search but found nothing.
Has anyone seen anything like a turn table?
I thought of getting about 30 two inch ball bearings and mounting them to a steel spoked table that I would weld up. The bearings would ride on the edge of a steel bar fastened to the concrete floor. That way any junk and dust will fall off the bar, leaving it to roll smoothly.
Or I could fasten the bearings to the floor so they remain stationary. Then the table would ride on them.
And it all has to strong enough to drive my 2 ton van on. My other cars are sports cars, they don’t weight much, about 3000lbs.
One of the lifts I have is a 4 column ramp type. It is about 6 inches off the floor so I can make the turntable 6 inches high and drive right onto the lift. Then the spoiler lip wouldn’t rub either!
The other lift is a 2 column type so I will have to build the floor up 6 inches to get the same height as the turntable.
But it’s actually building the turntable that I need guidance/inspiration with.
Any suggestions/ideas would be very welcome.
Peter
I have a garage/shop with a narrow door area. When I get a car in, I have to turn it 90 degrees either right or left to drive it onto either one of my lifts. This is difficult and annoying so I want to build a turntable. To turn manually.
I have been using GoJacks to turn the cars, but I imagine a turntable would be much easier.
I have done a search but found nothing.
Has anyone seen anything like a turn table?
I thought of getting about 30 two inch ball bearings and mounting them to a steel spoked table that I would weld up. The bearings would ride on the edge of a steel bar fastened to the concrete floor. That way any junk and dust will fall off the bar, leaving it to roll smoothly.
Or I could fasten the bearings to the floor so they remain stationary. Then the table would ride on them.
And it all has to strong enough to drive my 2 ton van on. My other cars are sports cars, they don’t weight much, about 3000lbs.
One of the lifts I have is a 4 column ramp type. It is about 6 inches off the floor so I can make the turntable 6 inches high and drive right onto the lift. Then the spoiler lip wouldn’t rub either!
The other lift is a 2 column type so I will have to build the floor up 6 inches to get the same height as the turntable.
But it’s actually building the turntable that I need guidance/inspiration with.
Any suggestions/ideas would be very welcome.
Peter
