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[dukie]

Originally Posted by RealtorTommy

On the turret idea dukie....You can use rolled angle iron and weld studs into drilled holes on the side and mount bearings or caster wheels. I haven't tried it yet but large composite ball bearings set inside the ring should work also.

Oh, I know that. Get a price on that before you order it though. It will likely be surprisingly expensive. There is a reason thats called rolling angle iron the "hard way" ( leg out).

I would suspect that you could cut a flange ring out and form the hoop and then weld it all together cheaper than you could get that rolled.

Better yet, cut the top off the barrel for your hoop, tack on a bunch of pieces of flat bar around the bottom as the flange. Frind or cut the flange into a circle and remove the inside of the barrel top. It will take time, but the materials should be <10$. Not including bearings of course.

For bearings I would reccomend against studs. Just use shoulder bolts ( stripper bolts) sized for your bearings. For all of that, since it isn't realy needed to support much weight, drill bushings over regular bolts with lots of grease should suffice ( cheap and cheerful).

have fun!

[Joint Fury Balz]

Originally Posted by Harbinger[TG]

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Harb, you've never seen BuzzKill roll.

It's just so expensive to feed the god damn thing.

[Harbinger[TG]]

Originally Posted by Joint Fury Balz

Harb, you've never seen BuzzKill roll.

It's just so expensive to feed the god damn thing.

I've never seen BuzzKill. Although the batwing I saw last game was enough of a buzzkill.