A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Dear Nandric,
I like your humour :-)
Unfortunately, sending one of my pods to Europe (including some specialised packing to protect the valuable object).....would cost heaps.....not to mention the Project Manager's time and effort to organise the building and sending of such a thing ;-)

But I might have something better for you?
Lying awake in bed last night......insomnia being a common symptom of painkilling tablets after surgery.....I had a Eureka moment like yours!
A method of producing heavy armpods for the cost of $20-$40?
And no machining skills required and the end result could be as beautiful as you could wish?
Is anyone interested?

Stay tuned and I will reveal my epiphany tomorrow ;-)

Halcro
I was not aware of Corby's work, thank's for bringing this to my attention.
As nice as Corby's design looks and is I find it overly complicated for my requirements and perhaps as you mention plagued with stability problems.

My design is as simplistic as your pods are though mass is the only thing they share in common.

In_shore,
Any photos of your pod?

Halcro, hope you are not thinking of pouring concrete into a mold ?
Will be very interesting to see your method that will cost $20-$40.00

Dear Halcro, Very sorry to hear about your insomia but hope
that those painkillers are effective. Now Lew mentioned somewhere that he gets his best ideas just before going to
sleep. If we can put your both in bed together some huge
Heureka may come out as a result. I of course mean pure intellectual cooperation.
The possibility to get an heavy armpod for $40 looks even more promissing than the start of the MM thread. Is there
any chance that such an arm pod can be made from granite?
The kind from Lithuania is , as I already mentioned, unbelievable beautiful.

Regards,