gallows turntable

Question instead of a comment: were the cables metal?  It appears that you painted them rust colored.  I built this model 20+ years ago but never painted the cables as I wasn't sure what they were and it doesn't look right with the clear nylon.  Okay a comment also: very good job of explaining how you assembled it.

Thanks,

Chester

I figured they pretty much

I figured they pretty much had to be metal but just wasn't sure.  You're right, the turnbuckles should have tipped me off.  Thanks for answering my question.

Chester

Turntable

A great article with great photos. Using the shaft with a handle attached to turn the table was a great idea. Well done.

Roy

About figures

I may be mistaken, but, from my interpretation of the figure captions, it appears figure 13 and 15 are swapped. Figure 13 shows the NBWs, but the caption for Figures 14&15 discuss there placement - the caption for Figures 12&13 discuss the truss rod saddles, but I believe they are part of the illustration in Figure 15.

Also, the article discusses "truss rods", but this post is discussing "truss cables" - the prototype probably did use rods and not cables.

I gave the article a rating of 5 anyway - most of it merits a high rating.

It was fun

Thank you for the comment, Bill.

It was fun to build the turntable - and I like photography.

You're right, fig 14 shows the NBWs at the underside of the bridge. With fig 14 & 15 you see the top of the bridge and the NBWs attached to the "metal plates". You see I cut the NBWs smooth and glued them with CA to the plates, quite a few. At the prototype there would be connecting rods I think.

Wolfgang

Laws turntable

I visited this table back in 2006, I seem to remember this turntable has cables... but unfortunately all my pictures are on the "frozen" drive.

[Edit: NOT cable!  RODS!!!]

EUREKA!!!!

I found my Camera drive last night... and it still had most of the pictures still on it!!! YIPPEE!!!!!

So here's some pictures of the Law's Turntable!!

[I'll post the pictures once I have them up on my facebook page!]

Day One:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100490714206692.2787921.10111629&l=69f906039d&type=1

Alas, My battery Died half way through the visit... luckily, there was a second day upon which I could make a visit!

Day Two

Thank you

Great pictures from Laws. Thank you very much.

Wolfgang