Ok, so you can buy a lazy susan at Wal-Mart for $20 or can buy one from me for $75. Is there really that much difference? I happen to think so. I detest buying anything from China because I know that some poor person is making fifty cents a day making these things in huge volumes. Of course, it goes without saying that the quality of their products just doesn’t meet even the basic standards.
A couple of years ago, my wife bought a bamboo lazy susan from Wal-Mart for our kitchen table. It worked fine and served the purpose until recently when the top just fell off scattering all the stuff we keep on it all over the place. Upon closer inspection I was shocked at the simplistic and cheap construction. The bottom was attached to the top with one screw and used a cheap plastic bearing assembly that was really too small for the top. I suspect this was the reason it was leaning slightly to one side.
This is what it looked like.
Of course, this confirmed the country of origin and the culprit selling this junk.
This is mine. Notice the difference?
Aside from the fact that I use figured domestic and exotic woods to make these very unique, I also use higher quality bearing assemblies. The bearing assembly is attached with 8 screws, four on the bottom and four on the top. So when considering your next lazy susan, ask yourself if you want one that you will throw away in a couple of years, or one that your grandchildren will one day be using?
Tags: lazy susan
April 2nd, 2010 at 5:42 pm
I couldn’t agree more.
Where do you get your bearings?
I made three of these but used the square ones.
Is round the way to go?
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:23 pm
I buy them from a company on Ebay. They are made in USA, so it fits with my mindset. The square ones are fine. The one in the picture is a 9″ and I use it on the 16″ lazy susans. I use the square 4″ bearings on the 12″ ones. All the 9″ and up are generally round with 6″ and below being square.