Building a monster go cart???

Ha ha, just kidding. Stevie is building himself a rotisserie.....

cut and fitting today. welding monday. carl ya can read me like a open book.

I think it's one of the more usefull tools I've ever made.
Balance the body just right, and It'll spin with one hand.
And it rolls sweet on 4" rubber wheels, two on one end fixed, two on the other steer.



Keep us posted Steve!

That's a nice set up Mark. Does it come apart to store? Stephen looking good. Definately woulc be a cool thing to have!

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That's a nice set up Mark. Does it come apart to store? Stephen looking good. Definately woulc be a cool thing to have!

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Yes, It comes apart to store. it's in pieces right now...hopefully not for long though. I'm ready to get back at it!

Steve...the one thing I'm really glad I added to the rotis, were these adjustable feet.
Basically a threaded rod inside a tube, washers and nuts top and bottom with a piece of square plate as the foot.
When working on the car, I adjust them down, raising the wheels off the ground slightly. Plants the body firmly so it doesn't move around at all when working on it. Also, if you have to flatbed the whole thing somewhere, it helps keep it from moving during transport.
You could have locking wheels, but they'd never keep it sitting as solid as these. Worth the time to fab.

 

i wasn't going to. i was just going to use the chain hoist for rotation if it was to heavy. looking at it i think i will, i have enough extra steel. i'm at the state of the build there won't be any backwards steps. i like the threaded legs for stops thanxs mark



-- Edited by Stephenzone on Saturday 28th of March 2009 07:50:32 AM

I think absolutely you're far off better balancing the body on the rotis, instead of trying to force it around into position when need be. Off center will only cause undue stress on the body and rotis when you try to rotate it. Plus it's nice to be able flip it around by hand.
You can see Steve, that the cg is about center of that horizontal stamping on the firewall. That might at least give you a rough estimate of where you need to be.



Cheers, Mark.

Here's mine,





Solid as a church.

Thanks for the photo!! If you can believe it I used high energy foam to this point to roll the body on to. Building a new shop so I will bill this to the cost.

This is how Peter used to them!   lol   He has a rotating thing now..

Kinda looks familiar!

Good thing i'm not paid by the hour working at a welding shop. had to take a break and come inside and get my camera