I happened upon this in my opinion excellent step-by-step tutorial for scratch building a turntable, and thought it was well worth bringing to the attention of the rest of you guys:
I certainly agree with your evaluation of the quality of the tutorial, Stein. [;)] However, in order to view the excellent photos which accompany the piece, viewers would need to join the forum - that process is both simple and free. The site is a smaller one, privately owned and operated, with no ads, although donations are always welcome.
Excellent tutorial. It has me drawing up plans for a 130’ (Well, technically 130’6", which is what 18" scales out to in HO [;)]) As I type this. Well, at least until I can get home to my CAD programs. (AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor rule! Thank you free student licenses! [:D])