DIY rotary cake table: materials and assembly process

It is very convenient for confectioners involved in the manufacture of cakes to use all kinds of devices that facilitate the process of decorating the finished product. Fortunately, today stores offer a wide range of such equipment. One of these devices is a turntable. True, the cost of such a table is rather big, and it is often easier and more profitable to try to make a rotary table for the cake with your own hands.

What is convenient?

Such a table is useful not only for professional pastry chefs. It will be very useful for both lovers of cooking for their own pleasure, and for cooks taking their first steps. It’s very useful to have such a table for hostesses decorating cakes with mastic. It looks like a pedestal circle on a leg that spins around its axis. The main goal is to make the work of the confectioner as ergonomic and convenient as possible, to simplify the task of decorating the finished cake. The cake is placed on a stand, and rotating it, you can easily fit it with mastic, decorate with figures, inscriptions and other decor. You don’t need to walk around it, the confectionery will rotate on a stand, and the hostess will have access to any place on the cake.

What is required

In order to make a rotary table for a cake with your own hands, you will need:

• Bearings - 2 pcs. It is better to use double compressed bearings.
• Wooden blank for a circle. It can be a door from old furniture or any material of a chipboard available.
• Nails
• Self-tapping screws.
• Tube (made of plastic or iron).
• Circle made of iron (metal).
• Plywood sheet.
• Plastic or decorative self-adhesive film.

How to make a turntable with your own hands

This process is not too complicated, but requires male participation. To get started, you should draw a drawing of the future stand and prepare all the necessary elements.

If the bearing is not double, then two are required, and one must fit in the other.

1. Push the smaller bearing into the larger one using nails.
2. From the blank of a chipboard (or an old door), we cut out two circles with a jigsaw equal to a diameter of 20 cm.
3. In one of them in the center, a hole should be made in which the bearing is placed. It is this technique that will ensure the turning of the entire mechanism.
4. We fix the second circle with screws (you can use liquid nails) to the first.
5. The bottom circle, which does not have a hole, will stand directly on the table.
6. Then a plastic tube is inserted into the bearing (iron can be used if available). She will connect the base and the upper part - a pedestal for the cake. The tube must very accurately enter the bearing so that it does not hang, otherwise it will be difficult to use the turntable. The optimal length of the connecting tube is 15-18 cm. In this case, it will not be too short and too long, it will be most convenient to use the device.
7. The top (the stand itself, on which the cake is placed) is best made of metal. It will take a metal circle, which is 30-40 centimeters in diameter. It is attached to the top of the tube (metal or plastic) by welding. Of course, not everyone has a welding machine at hand and a person who knows how to do it. In this case, you can use cold welding, resembling plasticine.
8. On the top of the metal circle, plywood or chipboard is mounted, equal in diameter to the circle of metal, using liquid nails or self-tapping screws.

Now the do-it-yourself rotary table for the cake is almost ready. It remains only to add aesthetics to it. To do this, glue the top with wallpaper-film or a round plastic base. This will give the fixture a complete look and facilitate care.

As you can see, if you want to make a rotary table for the cake with your own hands is not so difficult. A set of materials for its assembly can be found in almost any home, and the process itself is not so complicated.

How can I replace the turntable for the cake

What is the way out for those who do not have a turntable? A very simple and affordable solution is also available in almost any home. You can use a spinning plate from the microwave. Almost all models are designed so that they have a glass plate and a round stand at the bottom. It is necessary to get a plate and a circle under it from the microwave. If the surface of the table is too smooth, you can put down paper (paper towel) to reduce slipping. Thus, you can decorate the cake, smoothly rotating it around the axis. Also, a glass plate will not spoil the appearance when serving the finished decorated product.