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ROTISSERIE'S

Started by _nial8r_ , Apr 01 2010 06:37 PM

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#1 _nial8r_

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Posted 01 April 2010 - 06:37 PM

hi all im after some pic's of some home made rotisserie's, im gonna make mine out of 2 engine stands Posted Image

i have seen some done before but cant find any pic's of any, i tried the search but had no luck Posted Image

i have the basic picture in my head but would like to see some pics of other that have been made and also what you have used to attach it to the car, mine will be going on a LX and i was going to use a spare set of bar irons, so if anyone has some pic's i could have a look at that would be really good

thx heaps Posted Image

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#2 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 01 April 2010 - 06:52 PM

What is it with Gen-Y?

http://www.gmh-toran...showtopic=26600

http://www.gmh-toran...=1

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#3 _nial8r_

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Posted 02 April 2010 - 07:47 AM

thx for the links mate it has helped alot, now just have to pick up the engine stands and start knocking them up, also if anyone else has any pic's of any they have made out of engine stands i wouldnt mind having a look please Posted Image

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#4 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 02 April 2010 - 09:32 AM

I give up.

Using engine stands is not cost effective + the vertical pole slopes backwards, so you need to cut it off and weld it back on. Been there, and abandoned that idea. Common misbelief that engine stands make good rotisseries. They don't.

On top of that, you can buy all your materials for the cost of one engine stand.

Anyways, I'm sure you'll work it out.

Edited by Yella SLuR, 02 April 2010 - 09:36 AM.

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#5 _nial8r_

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Posted 02 April 2010 - 02:53 PM

i thought they would be the cheaper way out as i have seen so many people use them, maybe i better look in to this little project a bit more before going and opening my wallet Posted Image

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#6 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 03 April 2010 - 11:04 PM

^ I thought the same, till I built mine.

Did some looking around. The engine stands aren't wide enough, so by the time you also add a bar nearly as wide as you car, you only have one bit of the engine stand left doing anything for you. So basically, I was just doubling up the steel in the engine stand. At that point I just asked "why am I doing that?". All I was using the engine stand for was as an expensive set-square, that needed one bit realigned!!!

It is more convenient buying the engine stand for the rotating heads, but telescoping tube and a bit of grease isn't too hard. I then came up with the idea of using a drive plate, a starter motor throw-out gear, and a handle. Seems to work a treat (gives you 16:1 ratio).

Edited by Yella SLuR, 03 April 2010 - 11:06 PM.

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#7 _Barman_

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Posted 05 April 2010 - 09:31 AM

go find my "tight arse rotissery" thread in "members projects and plans"
1 engine stand at rear and a 205litre drum at the front with a chasis stand, cheap and worked fine
cheers Baz

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#8 _gtr161s_

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Posted 14 April 2010 - 09:27 PM

go find my "tight arse rotissery" thread in "members projects and plans"
1 engine stand at rear and a 205litre drum at the front with a chasis stand, cheap and worked fine
cheers Baz

I can't find any really good pics of mine...i made it from 75mm & 100mm square rhs for about $350.

Check out a site called 'radum' they show pics of cheap rotis so you might get an idea off those.