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Airbrush turntable (easy and at no cost at all)
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, 05-20-2012 at 02:13 (23261 Views)
[QUOTE=petitbilbo;146968]Hi there,
I'm still learning how to use my airbrush (daunting task!) and up until now, when applying a base coat or painting details, I used a round cardboard piece to put the object on and turned it between two bursts of paint.
This was a less than perfect solution for my need to get the object in the right position.
So I searched at my FLKitS and FLGS and found "professional" airbrushing turntables from a variety of companies. But I loathe to pay up to €35 for an article that was used previously to put old style TV sets on! (I know, I'm cheap!)
I even looked at Ikea and found a "cheese plateau" for less than €5, but it seems too large and heavy for my needs.
I'm a modeller, I like to build stuff: let's find a solution at home!
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This is my solution: two old CD or DVD spindles, a piece of discarded foam core and a tube that previously contained some incense sticks (mango if you must know!).
Oh yes! And some "ceramic grease" that's lying around my workspace since aeons and of which I don't even know where it comes from or what it's used for initially...
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First, I have drawn two concentric circles on the foam core. The smaller being the same diameter as the spindle-base (just to know where it should be glued) and the second at the needed dimension for the turntable's... table.
Then I glued the spindle-base in place, taking care to get it as centred as possible, hence the first circle.
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I then measured the total length of the two spindles' axles and cut the tube to the same length.
I glued the tube onto the axle of the main/top part.
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Before I put the two spindles on top of each other, I lathered the bottom axle with the ceramic gease to ensure that the whole would turn smoothly.
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Put it together and [I]voilà[/I] a perfectly economical turntable!
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This is what it looks like after one use...
What I like about it:
[LIST][*]The price (of course)[*]The ease to build it[*]The relative sturdiness (don't put two lbs of white metal on it for too long)[*]The fact that I can put my (left) hand under the turntable to turn it very easily[/LIST]
One thing I like a bit less: it's just a tad too high for my "airbrushing booth", so I'll need to make another one (as I only use acrylics, I don't need a 'proper' booth with ventilation and such, so this is easily fixed).
Hope you like it!
:salute:
PS: the picture have been take after first use, not during the actual building.
PPS: I just found a website explaining the same principle... :mad: Is there [I]nothing [/I]left to invent?[/QUOTE]