Manual Turntable Base 300mm

A bearing plate that spins freely by hand, for a workshop, a photographer or anybody who needs to see all sides of something.

A plinth is a simple object and almost every cheap one gets the same three things wrong. The panel is too thin, so the top deflects under a bronze and you can see it from across the room. The corners are mitred and glued rather than lock jointed, so they open after one move and the paint cracks at the arris. And there is no ballast, so a tall plinth with a light object on it can be knocked over by somebody walking past with a coat. Ours are 18mm on a braced internal frame, lock jointed at every corner, and ballasted at the base on anything over 900mm tall.

Specification

• Dimensions: see the product name for the diameter, 45mm to 90mm thick
• Display surface: sprayed top, or a removable acrylic top on the photography version
• Construction: steel bearing or thrust race in a sprayed housing
• Finish: gallery white or matt black, chosen at order
• Load rating: 100kg
• Levelling: three levelling feet
• Security: not applicable
• Delivery: one carton, assembled
• Weight: approximately 2.2 kilograms
• Bearing: sealed ball race, which is why it does not judder
• Speed: free running, by hand
• None needed
• Silent, there is no motor
• Sits under an acrylic cover or inside one of our vitrines

What you get

• The turntable, assembled
• Three levelling feet
• Felt pads and a spare set
• A care note

Setting it up

Arrives assembled and blanket wrapped. Stand it where you want it, level it on the feet, and take the wrapping back to the van, which the delivery crew will do.

Specifying it

Two rules cover most of it. The top of a plinth should be a little smaller than the footprint of the object, not larger, because a visible margin of empty plinth reads as a mistake and an object that slightly overhangs reads as deliberate. And the height should put the centre of the work between 1300 and 1500mm off the floor, which is eye level for most people standing at a comfortable viewing distance. For a small object that means a tall plinth, which people resist and should not. If in doubt, send us the dimensions and weight of the piece and we will tell you the size we would use.