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Re: lazy susan type bearing? thrust bearing?

You could bolt the hub (or weld, if it is steel) onto a base. Use one tapered roller bearing in the top. Drop your turntable shaft through it and down through a pillow block bearing.

Here's a steel hub with bearings for less than $20.

https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.a...catname=wheels

EDIT: Didn't notice how small it (the turbine) is. A flanged bearing in a piece of wood should do fine. I used to get 5/8" ID sealed flanged bearings from Northern Tool, in the go-kart section. If you don't need precision, hand truck wheel bearings might work - you can get a whole wheel for about $4. on sale at Harbor Freight. Magliner sells their "precision" red bearings for about $2. each.

http://www.magliner.com/index.php?pa...mart&Itemid=30

If you are a decent woodworker and have some hard maple, make some wooden bearings.
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