When the car is on it's side, what clearance to the floor do you have? and will the car spin all the way around without anything touching the floor? and what is the height when the car is on it's side?
I am impressed. I love to see folks make their own stuff. Beats spending a lot of money on some cheap ass Chinese junk. Well done.
That will do...but I still think that this is one of the sweetest home-built rotisserie's I've seen. http://www.harwoodperformance.b izland.com/1941buick/index.html Yours is definitely cheaper and simpler though, and it will work just fine. Good luck with it, and enjoy using it...it's got to be better than laying under one of these low-to-the-ground son-of-a-guns!!!! I'm getting too old for that stuff...and i'm not even old! Later, and thanks for sharing,
Dave I have about 11 inches to the floor of clearance from the quarter panel on its side. I can spin 360 degrees without hitting anything. the car stand 6' feet 7" inches from floor to top of quarter panel. A little figuring went on to find the center of gravity on the car itself so that it would spin freely. The stands them selves are no big deal. The way you connect them to the car is a little more involved but pretty easy in itself. (Measure 3 times measure again and then cut) Maybe I will write a tech article and post it on this site
Maxx that is a great rotisserie, puts mine to shame but for the price of the steel in that rotisserie you could buy one already done including the shipping. I just bought some steel and it is not cheap. the reason for using the engine stands was to save money and get all the hardware I needed. The company's that make the engine stands and other equipment like it pump out 10's of thousands of these things and power buy all the materialsand they pass the savings on to us. So that being said it was cheaper to use the stands and add some steel to them to keep the cost down. Some of these rotisserie's are over kill in my opinion. For our cars when completely stripped they can't weigh more than 12-1500 lbs. I don't need something that will hold a tuna boat caddy. I am trying to put more money in the car than in equipment for once in my life. Thanks to all for the kind words and I hope this helps you guys out. Mike
Mike, I agree with you 100%! And you are absolutely correct in your comments about the cost of steel...jeesh, the demand from China is driving the costs through the roof. I had a had a similar plan to yours, don't know exactly where I saw it on the net, but I never got around to trying it. I was afraid that the thing would do just fine....right up to the point that I got the car inverted...then I had visions of the thing collapsing and landing right on the roof! That would be about my luck! Good luck with yours, it looks like it does fine! With you having performed the Engineering analysis "field trial" , I now have more confidence in the design capabilities. and I may give one a try. Thanks for sharing your work. Later,
I would say it ways quite a bit less than that. On the shell I just stripped out, myself and one other person could carry it. We tried to get it up into the back of the semi. We could lift it that high....just no room I would say it weighs 500 pounds.
I just ordered a couple of 1,000 pound engine stands and was wondering if you have a material list for the steel that you used? Also does the body shell come out being balanced when the car is on it's side by centering on the bumper mounts?
Just remember, you can usually rent out a rotisserie when your not using it. I bought one back in 2002 from Accessible Systems. It was $725 delivered to my door. I made back $400 renting it out since then.
Its a bit big for my Bar-B-Q but If I ever get a really big Bar-B-Q I'll rent it! (I know it is for cars, but I have a sense of humor) (if ya find my sense of humor would you send it to me?)
