Sawdust=manglitter
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Having bought a Tormek T7 recently i see how useful and convenient a swivel base would come in handy, but seeing as im skint after buying the Tormek and some jigs i cannot justify spening £40-£50 on the Tormek RB-180 swivel base... so i made one for less than a tenner! All i bought was a square 6" Lazy Suzan from ebay and a cheap rectangular plastic 'garden tray', the rest i had lying around the workshop.
As it tends to get wet under the Tormek during use i thought it would be good to contain any water spillage, hence the 'garden tray'. So all i needed to do was router a square 3mm deep recess into 2 bits of plywood to mount the lazy susan, stick the tray to the top bit of plywood using strong carpet double sided tape, mount 2 little flush hinges to the sides with little blocks of wood for handles, cut the 'stops' in the bottom bit of ply and hey presto...
As it tends to get wet under the Tormek during use i thought it would be good to contain any water spillage, hence the 'garden tray'. So all i needed to do was router a square 3mm deep recess into 2 bits of plywood to mount the lazy susan, stick the tray to the top bit of plywood using strong carpet double sided tape, mount 2 little flush hinges to the sides with little blocks of wood for handles, cut the 'stops' in the bottom bit of ply and hey presto...
