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Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:24 am

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Are these made from engine stands or cherry pickers, they look like it but seem different , larger, can I use my old engine stands for this to hold my doublecab?

Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:00 pm

jackwyse wrote: thom wrote:

Are these made from engine stands or cherry pickers, they look like it but seem different , larger, can I use my old engine stands for this to hold my doublecab?

it looks scratch built, but i have been thinking of making one from engine stands.

Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:20 pm

Thom, could you post a detailed pic of how you have the rear of the rotisserie attached? I'm buying one of those babies next week. (my back & knees are shot)

Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:00 am

Jerry wrote: Thom, could you post a detailed pic of how you have the rear of the rotisserie attached? I'm buying one of those babies next week. (my back & knees are shot)

Not sure how Thom's is attached, But I bolted mine to the frame at the back end. There is 1 bolt hole in the frame near the end, I drilled :shock: :oops: a second hole in the frame (which I'll weld closed when done) and bolted it right to the frame, for me this was easier than bolting to where the spring plate attaches.

Wed Aug 03, 2011 4:43 pm

Thanks for the pic Crukab.
If you had it to do over again, would you extend the plate you bolted to the frame so the square tubing is further away from the frame? I finally bought one from Accessable Systems & want to build the arms once. Your way looks strong, but possibly in the way of corner repair? I can't tell.

It looks like Thom could trip over that square tubing! Be careful man!

Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:05 am

burwin wrote:

Took some time - but fun building massive rings + even more fun rolling!

Mine's made with 50mm x 50mm but only 2mm wall thickness. I was worried it would'nt hold up so I added some supports at the top like someone suggested earlier ( don't tighten them too tight mine started to dent the roof a little)

Make working on it a pleasure even though mines not got much rust it was still worth it and now can sand blast it + I think the work will be finished better.

Cheers for all the info on this thread! 8)

Finished using this - putting it in is great but taking it out is was easily as much fun. For sale for 400EU it's not the prettiest but it worked for me.

It's located in SE-France Near ST Raphael between Cannes and ST Tropez. If buyer wants I can cut it up for easier shipping :D

Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:12 am

Engine stands will be too small in scale to the size/weight of a bus...in my opinion...

Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:40 pm

Has anyone had any problems or tried bolting up to the 2 tranny mounting bolts? Looks like an ideal place to mock-up the brackets. The only problem I see beforehand is it's awful narrow. It looks stout enough.

Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:04 pm

The tranny mounts are designed to carry the weight of the engine and transmission, and the torque of the spinning engine. The spring plate mounts are designed to carry the weight of the bus. I'd use the spring plate mounts.

Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:04 pm

would you be willing to send me plans for this rotisserie ? it looks awesome and im currently stripping a 76 bay window to restore and this would be a great help

camerod wrote: rjonas wrote: . I could point out several areas that concerned me with the "original" design on this thread and how I resolved them.

please do! point this out for me, I would like to know what you felt were issues with our design? I am curious to know what you changed for ease of build and what you thought was nescessary? we were originally going to install simular gutter clamps but deemed them unnesscassary once the rotisseries were done as there is no flex.

for the record, I do not care that you coppied us. that is why we posted the pictures. I beileve Aaron even suggested it in a post? and I have offered "plans" to people. you should have contacted us first, we would have shared what we thought should have been changed!
we got alot of interest in making more from viewers but decided against it for liability reasons.

I would finish your "cart" and add casters if I were you, I have been steadily working on my bus in my rottiserie for 2 weeks now and I constantly flip it around to get to stuff at least like 10 times a day! sliding it would be a drag :lol:

I am also curious about the balance of your design, looks bottom heavy in the pictures based on the center of gravity of a stripped bus shell being about the botton of the VW emblem?

Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:13 am

My rotisserie.

Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:50 am

Someone PM'd me that my rotisserie build link was bad from an earlier page in this thread. So here is a good link:
http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/rjonas2309/Rotisserie/?albumview=slideshow

2-1/2 years later my bus is still on the rotisserie....got distracted by a rail buggy, 73 westy and 73 type-181...but I'm back on the rust replacing attack. Just got the cargo and short rockers in and 11" of cargo floor installed.

Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:20 pm

rjonas, funny how that can happen.

Here is a link to my Rotisserie build/use.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=444705

Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:01 pm

does anyone have the lengths of the sides etc for the polygon style rotisserie? I would like to build one similar for my bus.

Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:34 pm

redbug64 wrote: does anyone have the lengths of the sides etc for the polygon style rotisserie? I would like to build one similar for my bus.

pg 1 of this thread.

Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:11 pm

I would think you would need alot of room to use the octagon style rotisserie. I built the tipper dolly style with the side bracket that can be swapped from side to side. When at a 45deg tip the rockers are right at chest height, perfect for working on. Also, when tipped to front or rear with the use of jack stands it puts the front valance or rear end 4 feet high to work on.
If I was to build another rotisserie for myself, I would make the octagons a smooth hoop and put it on rollers in a frame, that way it can be flipped without travelling anywhere. It could stay in the same bay.

my tipper.

a roller rotisserie.

Gordo.