thinking of building a rotisserie any one did this any any insight,,,any pic or plan,s,,,,,,,,,,,thanks

Ran across this on another site. http://www.harwoodperformance.bizland.com/1941buick/Rotisserie(rev.2).pdf
Maybe give you some ideas?

I built one last year. It was a lot of work, but it was also fun. I'll post some pics tonight. Steel has become very expensive and if I remember correctly cost about $600. Then you also need to buy the caster wheels and jacks, so I think I have about $800 into it. This is still half the cost of a new one but it did take a lot of time.

The pics that you'll see from vendors are for universal rotisseries. You will not need all of the horizontal holes in the cross arm. It took a lot of time drilling these holes and I didn't need them. If I did it again today I would only drill the vertical holes in the main vertical support and the bumper arm mounts. I'd wait to drill the holes in the horizontal support after the bumper mounts are attached to the car.

The pics that I worked from had the jack on the outside of the vertical support. I would put it on the inside if I did it again.

You also need to experiment with the vertical mounting position relative to the cross arm. This is needed to get the car correctly balanced around the horizontal axis. Once that is done the car is very easy to rotate by hand.

I build rotisseries for the Canadian market. I build a few different models for different budgets. You're a tad far away to sell one to so send me your email address and I'll send photos and give you tips and measurements. You should have no more than $400 into it when you're done. No expensive hydraulics necessary !!

Here's a link to my home made rotisserie. Works great! http://www.rhphoto.com/rotisserie.html

There is a link on that page to the plans I used to build it.

Hi,

Mine looks pretty much like AB7FH's. AB7FH when did you build yours and how much did the steel cost you? Maybe I got ripped off on the steel? I bought the jacks from Harbor Freight and the casters from McMaster.

I used the jacks on mine because very little of the overall work is on the bottom of the car and you have to mount the car kind of high if you don't have them. I wanted the car to be at a comfortable work height for most of the project.

I can email you pictures of mine, if it would help, but I WAY overbuilt it. I have about $900 in mine, but it is fully adjustable for any vehicle, if you fab the right attachment arms, will pick the car up from ground level (I'm lazy), rolls on my trailer, and I'm thinking I can use it as a 2-post lift when I do the bed and cab work on my pickup.

I definately agree that you want the hydraulic ram (if you add one) on the car side of the upright. On the other side, it fights the loading of the car too much.

hey guy,s thank,s for all imput
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I paid about $600 for the steel and casters. No ram here. I have two hydraulic floor jacks and made extensions to raise the lifting pad about a 18". That's how I raise and lower the rig.

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Hi,

Mine looks pretty much like AB7FH's. AB7FH when did you build yours and how much did the steel cost you? Maybe I got ripped off on the steel? I bought the jacks from Harbor Freight and the casters from McMaster.

I used the jacks on mine because very little of the overall work is on the bottom of the car and you have to mount the car kind of high if you don't have them. I wanted the car to be at a comfortable work height for most of the project.

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