DIY Display Turntable for Video

www.learningdslrvideo.com I am a big fan of the way Jarrod from Just Basl Productions does his product reviews on Vimeo. He uses a turntable along with a slider which gives his product videos a ton of interest. Since I have been doing more product reviews lately, I thought I would try out his technique to see if it fits my style. I contacted him and he was nice enough to give me some pointers. But first I needed to find a turntable that could handle some weight, then I remembered an old Perry Jenkin's video from DJTV. So I took Perry's advice and went to the hardware store to pick up 16" circular wood disc at Lowe's [3/4 x 16 AC/BC Fir Round Item #: 181834 | Model #:1213024], a 6" lazy Susan bearings at Home Depot to provide a bed for the rotation and then I found a really old rotisserie motor [Char-Broil EMS81 - discontinued] for $10 on Craigslist, this thing is really old I am guessing 20 years and it looked like it cooked a lot of birds. This motor is perfect because it rotates slowly and has a ton of torque. All the links to this products are on my blog post. I took the motor out of the casing because it need to be lubricated and I didn't need it anyway. I thought I would need a variable speed motor, but I didn't because the speed is perfect which is about 6 cycles per minute, if I wanted to slow down the footage slightly I could over crank at 30fps and conform down to 24fps. I mounted the motor to a wood box I built, and then mounted the bearings to the box, if you ...

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