Looking for stainless steel lazy susan bearings

[Jay Jolliffe]

I'm trying to find some in stainless or if they make them ceramic lazy Susan bearings around 4 to 5"'.Their going to be used on a boat. to make swivel seats. Any help would be appreciated......

[Lee Schierer]

I would advise against lazy susan bearings, even if you can find them in stainless or ceramic. They are not made for the torque they would see if a person leans back on the seat. Most likely they would fail. I made a wagon from plans and it called for the yoke for the front wheels to be attached using a lazy susan bearing and it failed after just a couple of uses. Bass Pro shops show a stainless seat bearing (http://www.basspro.com/Springfield-Marine-Stainless-Steel-Boat-Seat-Swivel/product/10203567/-1262794) that appears to be fairly heavy duty.

[ray hampton]

Lee, I consider the bearing in your link a lazy susan bearing

[Myk Rian]

Looks just like the ones Woodcraft has.
http://www.woodcraft.com/Family/2001061/Lazy-Susan-Bearings.aspx

[Doug Morgan]

Looks just like the ones Woodcraft has.
http://www.woodcraft.com/Family/2001061/Lazy-Susan-Bearings.aspx

Yep they have the load but not the stainless steel he's looking for. Zinc looses when it comes to marine life. On my submarine we used Zinc as a sacrificial metal to avoid other metals being attacked.

[Lee Schierer]

Lee, I consider the bearing in your link a lazy susan bearing

If you look closely the gauge of the metal is considerably heavier in the seat version and they will rotate but don't spin freely. The lazy susan bearings sold by the woodworking places are 22 or 24 gauge metal. You'll want 14 gauge at least.

[ray hampton]

thanks for this info.