How to Build a Lazy Susan With Marbles

A lazy Susan is a small circular table top that sits upon a swiveling base, allowing objects placed on it to be rotated and passed from one person to the other. You can make your own lazy Susan using a bed of spherical marbles placed inside a circular wooden box base.

1 circular board, 1 inch thick
Circular wooden box base
Saw
Measuring tape
Pencil
Cordless drill and bit
Dowel
Wood glue
Marbles

Instructions

- 1
  
  Locate the center of the circular piece of wood using a measuring tape.
  
  Map out the placement of the lazy Susan's base. Locate the center of the circular piece of wood using a measuring tape. Draw a pencil mark at the very center. Do the same with the circular box base.
- 2
  
  Load a drill bit that is slightly larger than the dowl into a cordless drill.
  
  Load a drill bit that is slightly larger than the dowel into a cordless drill. Drill a hole into the centered marks you drew on the circular piece of wood and the box base.
- 3
  Measure the width of the marbles you selected. Mark the measurement onto the wooden box base. Using a saw, cut the box so that it is slightly higher than half the width of the marble.
- 4
  Thread the dowel into the hole in the box base, and glue it into place. Fill the remaining space in the box base with a single layer of marbles.
- 5
  Thread the circular piece of wood through the top of the dowel, so that it sits evenly on the marble bed. Use a hand saw to trim away the excess dowel.

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