I am going to try to attempt to make a ceiling mounted pot/pan rack, that freely spins. install support framing in ceiling, finish ceiling, then install a lazy suzan unit (12″diameter). from that mounted block with i-hooks, to chain, suspended metal ring with s-shaped carabeeners to hang handled pots/pans.
Is it possible to get a lazy susan unit that would structurally support the downward weight force exerted on it from the weight of the hanging pots/pans?
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Lazy Susan bearings have a large hole in the center. Run your support down thru this hole and use a chunk of plywood to support the bottom side of the bearing. Add another plywood plate to the top surface of a greater diameter than the bearing and suspend your pans fro, that.
~Peter
That would work.Just hanging everything from the underside of the lazy susan will not.As Dave said, ball bearings everywhere.
Are we there yet ?
I tried to make it clear that the load would be supported by the upper portion of the Lazy Susan bearing and the bearing itself would be supported by the bottom.
Since Prospero is not competent enough to allow the easy drawing of diagrams, I cannot easily do so but will if I must. Think of the way overhead trolleys operate.
~Peter
I understood exactly what you meant, and you are correct.=0)
Are we there yet ?
i'm not very knowledgable on plumbing hardware - but do they have threaded fange plates that i could screw onto (2)ends of threaded steel support pipe piece. that would support weight of downward exertion of rotating pot rack?
1)ontop of ceiling support blocking
2)underneath wood support under lazy suzan
chipper
I really doubt if the "typical" lazy susan would work in this application. You'll be loading it in the direction opposite to what it's designed for and I suspect that it will come apart and scatter ball bearings all over the floor. - lol
Why not use a standard pot hanger. I've seen them that rotate and can carry several pots and pans.
I would add to what others said that suspending from "squishy" support like chains and "s" hooks will allow twist and the thing will be hard to turn and will have "backlash". I would use a piece of steel pipe going through the celing to a block between joists mount a plate to your ceiling over the drywall on top of the block and attach the pipe to the plate--something that won't "give". Much like a ceiling fan is mounted.
I'd use a old celin' fan motor and housing..
"I'd use a old celin' fan motor and housing.."
You could wire it up, too. Turn the thing on high and spin it so fast it would sling skillets all over the kitchen...
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One Day When You Swing That Skillet; My Face Ain't Gonna Be There. [Song by Richard Hardwick]
HEHEHEHE music that makes the pots go round - break out the old catchers mitt too. the senior citizen centers would love em!
All Lazy Susans are not created equal, but we had one in the galley of a boat I worked on where we hung a 13" TV/VCR combo (CRT style). It was held within an oak box. Worked great, survived some rough seas. . . .
The installer made sure that the bearings of the lazy susan were tasked as intended - like you described, the part meant to be on the bottom was on the bottom and the support from above was attached to it. The top of the LS was drilled and tapped with some fine thread taps and the box was held from the bottom via those holes.
I think this unit was made of cast aluminum. It really just looked like two rings. THere was no large square flange or anything.
Good Luck. (the guy that mentioned the old ceiling fan is onto something though. . . there are already some tapped holes that held the blades and you can hang it from a ceiling box (saddle style or cross-member style)
after a lot of racking my brains, i wound up a simpler version, using a suspended pot rack system using wooden dowel system in a kitchen pantry. Had to make my own pot hooks outta semi rigid wire. (they actually hold their form/shape well) It was more time efficient, saved approx. 12"in space, versus a metal chain suspended prefab pot rack. In such a small pantry (3' x 3') a simpler version that utilized the space was more important than a rotating pot rack...... With a front wooden valance, much of the system & hardware is concealed.