Car Rotisserie Construction

[whateg01]

The casters on cheap engine stands, like those on most cheap engine hoists are hardly worth their weight rating on a good day. When they fail, they fail catastrophically. It's only a couple inches, but it's enough to break stuff out at least require a change of underwear. Might be wise to put some decent casters on them that are actually capable of holding what they say they will.

 

[N_Jay]

The casters on cheap engine stands, like those on most cheap engine hoists are hardly worth their weight rating on a good day. When they fail, they fail catastrophically. It's only a couple inches, but it's enough to break stuff out at least require a change of underwear. Might be wise to put some decent casters on them that are actually capable of holding what they say they will.

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The description reads 4 casters, the picture shows 2 on the front, and typical engine stand wheels on the back.
I'll take a look at the casters to make sure they look good.
Thanks.

 

[whateg01]

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The description reads 4 casters, the picture shows 2 on the front, and typical engine stand wheels on the back.
I'll take a look at the casters to make sure they look good.
Thanks.

The ones at the back are typically just wheels on fixed axles but the wheels are the same thin castings as the rest.

 

[N_Jay]

I have another engine stand, and have used many.

Never really had any wheel or caster problems.

 

[kabinenroller]

I built a rotisserie back in the late 1970’s before they were commonplace or commercially available. I used “scrap” steel that I found for little or no cost and AMC front spindles so the car would rotate on tapered bearings. The fixture is very strong, it is also very portable because I set it up to use scaffolding wheels that have brakes. Indexing plates with 5/8” steel pins hold the car at different angles. When I was not using it I loaned it out to friends so I wouldn't have to store it.

 

[Doubled33]

I have an auto twirler and would be more than happy to provide measurements and pictures if you want to build one.

It is basically tube steel and a few pieces of pipe with nuts and bolts.

You could forgo the bearings and use pipe on pipe for the swivel.

There are a few brackets but you could make those out of angle.

The adjustable heights on the ends are necessary to find the center of gravity so it rotates easily unless you make your brackets for the car in line with the CG.

 

[whateg01]

I have another engine stand, and have used many.

Never really had any wheel or caster problems.

Nobody has a problem with anything until they do. You do you though.

 

[N_Jay]

Nobody has a problem with anything until they do. You do you though.

Yes, but you have to sort out the;
"hey buddy, watch out because I once had a problem",
from the
"hey buddy watch out because I once heard from a friend about their second cousins story about his middle school shop teach warnings about something similar"

 

[whateg01]

Yes, but you have to sort out the;
"hey buddy, watch out because I once had a problem",
from the
"hey buddy watch out because I once heard from a friend about their second cousins story about his middle school shop teach warnings about something similar"

Ok, here's my story. 2T engine hoist with the thin cast wheels. Front left wheel breaks. 2000# load drops. Momentum from the falling load causes left leg to buckle right at the crossmember. Fortunately, we only lifted the load about 6" off the ground so it didn't fall far and nobody got hurt. Made a group of grown men about **** themselves though.

 

[Jagmandave]

FWIW, I doubt a stripped 914 body shell weighs even 500lbs. It'll be fine. I know a guy who builds then out of oil field pipe, a simple cross at the ends with a long pipe sent down the middle of the car. Middle pipe bows a little with the weight of a classic Min shell on it but it works just fine.

 

[N_Jay]

Well, it won't be a stripped shell.
Mostly a whole car less engine, transmission, fuel tank, wheels, most of the interior, and everything loose pulled out.

 

[914forme]

I did one once, Mine is in that thread http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=258934&st=40

 

[kerrynzl]

I used two 7 foot cable spools...

I wouldn't trust having my car on that!
There's nothing wrong with your setup ............... I wouldn't trust my friends

 

[bigguns69]

Rotisserie Build

I have been working on the Rustang for a while and have come to the point that I need/want a rotisserie to do the metal work underneath the car. Chose a design I liked off of the inter-web and tossed some dimensions at it and got started, here are the results. Started with a bunch of 3" square...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[W-Cummins]

I have an auto twirler and would be more than happy to provide measurements and pictures if you want to build one.

It is basically tube steel and a few pieces of pipe with nuts and bolts.

You could forgo the bearings and use pipe on pipe for the swivel.

There are a few brackets but you could make those out of angle.

The adjustable heights on the ends are necessary to find the center of gravity so it rotates easily unless you make your brackets for the car in line with the CG.

What model do you have the Pro version?? I would be interested in the dim and pics

Thanks

William......