Well I do believe I have fixed the problem – thank you Ranny on Quiltersbee for the suggestion of little rubber legs that you put on chair ends. It took a little bit of invention but problem solved. I ran to Wal-Mart today and headed to the hardware section, I got two packages of the little rubber feet – I wasn’t sure what size was needed, I got 1″ pieces and 7/8″ pieces. The one inch were too tall, and so was the 7/8″ but I didn’t think I had seen any smaller so I got out my craft knife and shaved about a 1/4″ off of one rubber piece, turned the board upside down and got out the super glue, glued that little sucker down after making sure it wasn’t in the way of the turn table:
I thought it would be the right size but it turned out to not give enough drag on the swivel so I found a piece of felt that also goes on the end of a table leg or whatever so it doesn’t scratch the floor, I had that from a previous time so did not have to run out to the store again, at first I covered the whole end with it but that gave it too much drag and wouldn’t rotate, so I cut it down to fit the very center:
It is a little blurry but I think you can see what I did. The end results:
Even though it is actually resting directly on the table top the felt lets it swivel when I need it to, you have to help it slightly but better that than it moving as much as it had to the point that I felt I wouldn’t be able to use it.
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