really have been needing to work on the bottom of the car, but laying on my back on the cold concrete does not rank high on my hit parade . . .
So it's time to build a rotisserie for the car . . .
but . . .
I've got about 12" of room to make it fit and be able to close the shop door . . . so the plans are to use 3X for the uprights, and 3X for the spinning supports . . . do that on both sides and you have 12" . . . so it's going to be tight ( and fun ? ? )
First of all - ALL of these scraps are drops from the steel supplier - find it much cheaper that way to build this stuff . . .
Here's the bottom parts of the (2) supports . . . 3 x 3 on one, 3 x 4 on the other . . .
To hold the round tube on top of the channel, cut and grind the metal to accept the tube . . .
So it'll fit like this . . . I'm sure the welding will hide the gaps and give room for the weld metal too . . .
Here's the plan . . . but they cut the tubes on top to 3", and I decide to drop them down to 2 1/4" - to have room to put a bolt on the back of the inside tube . . .
Tossed them on the lathe and got them milled down and cleaned up . . .
Now to get this all welded together - then work on the spinning support brackets . . .
Sure hope that I can make all of this work out . . . WANT to have it on the rotisserie before the new year . . . . ( that's the plan . . . )
So it's time to build a rotisserie for the car . . .
but . . .
I've got about 12" of room to make it fit and be able to close the shop door . . . so the plans are to use 3X for the uprights, and 3X for the spinning supports . . . do that on both sides and you have 12" . . . so it's going to be tight ( and fun ? ? )
First of all - ALL of these scraps are drops from the steel supplier - find it much cheaper that way to build this stuff . . .
Here's the bottom parts of the (2) supports . . . 3 x 3 on one, 3 x 4 on the other . . .
To hold the round tube on top of the channel, cut and grind the metal to accept the tube . . .
So it'll fit like this . . . I'm sure the welding will hide the gaps and give room for the weld metal too . . .
Here's the plan . . . but they cut the tubes on top to 3", and I decide to drop them down to 2 1/4" - to have room to put a bolt on the back of the inside tube . . .
Tossed them on the lathe and got them milled down and cleaned up . . .
Now to get this all welded together - then work on the spinning support brackets . . .
Sure hope that I can make all of this work out . . . WANT to have it on the rotisserie before the new year . . . . ( that's the plan . . . )