Minniature Carousel Build
A number of years ago I had the idea to build a miniature carousel, not just any carousel but a replica of one that was in Bertrands Island an amusement park on Lake Hopatcong. This quickly became way too much to do for a first time build so I have toned it down a bit and will be making a much more smaller and much more generic carousel, all the while learning and perfecting the build for the ultimate goal of re-creating the Illions' Monarch II Supreme carousel from Bertrand Island.
Here is the center pole and drive mechanism, of which I have redesigned from the original somewhat by using a different motor.
The all important carousel decking, each section was scratch built using bass wood planking and hobby plywood.
The sweeps, this is what the decking hangs off of and also is the base for the cranking rods. It is also a combination of bass and ply wood.
The deck with hangers, the hangers are made from 3/16 brass rods that I hand threaded using a die tool.
All put together.
This was how I left it for many years due to other obligations and family stuff.
And here it is now. Different work bench, more time and a new plan.
A new tool in the workshop is this Monoprice Maker Select 3D printer.
Which has already proved its worth. I designed and printed the crank and crank guides/blocks. I plan on using this for a lot of the decorative parts on the rounding boards
Here is a brief look at it in action.