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FIGURE 10-3 Mounting the lazy Susan bearing

7. Center the lazy Susan bearing on the top wooden square. Mount the bearing
with the shiny ring side down with four 1/2 in long #4 wood screws. If you
have trouble driving them in by hand with the screwdriver, mark and drill 1/16
in pilot holes, and then try again. The mounted bearing with two screws is
shown in Figure 10-3.

8. In order to eventually mount the rotating tabletop, you’ll need to get access to
the four mounting holes in the corners of the turntable that you haven’t used
yet. To drill access holes, rotate the bearing 45° or so, until you can look
through the holes and see only wood underneath. Mark these locations, and
then use the 1/4 in drill bit to drill these holes. The access holes are the four
unused holes in Figure 10-3 around the edge of the lazy Susan.