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Wed Feb 08, 2017 8:40 am

sgellis wrote:

Good time to trim the access off the rear adaptor plates. I found that area bad enough to work around.

you are pronouncing it wrong: it is A-dapter-plate, singing in my Johnny Cash voice ;)

Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:04 am

sgellis wrote:
I don't think I have seen your new build thread yet. tap.tap.tap... :)

Good time to trim the access off the rear adaptor plates. I found that area bad enough to work around.

Yes that excess material on the plates. I had to touch up the paint on the frame front and rear. Good time to cut it off.

Ok. New build thread coming up! Can't decide on either the panel's roofectomy next or the double cab's rockerectomy.
Kurt

Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:40 am

i'd be interested in seeing how you did the gates

Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:46 pm

Got started on making brackets to attach my double cab to my rotisserie the other day. Didn't get too far but its progress :).

Tue Jul 25, 2017 5:29 pm

Jason. that ^^^^^^^^^ is a crazy pic angle :lol:

Good to see your getting started on the Doublecab !! I hope the little one gets in a pic or 2..... 8)

Wed Jul 26, 2017 10:19 am

She is excited to drive hers too Tom 😜

Mon May 07, 2018 5:27 am

Here is mine, 12 meters of 50x50x3mm tube, some welds, wheels and time ;-)

Mon May 07, 2018 6:08 am

Great looking rotisserie/tipper Jimbow!
Are you planning to fully tip over the bus? Your welds are looking strong enough, that's for sure!

Mon May 07, 2018 6:49 am

Thanks ! Yes I will tip it over, but I'm home alone this week, and need some extra-muscles ! :D
I think it's gonna be ok with curving, the renforcement part is made of 10mm thick plate. But the 45 degree rotation is quite good to work underneath, I can flip it alone.
It's a bit scary the first time you rotate it, even more because that's my firsts big structure welds !

Fri Jul 06, 2018 12:06 pm

I built one using sgellis' design. It works great. I had to make some mods (like wrapping hockey tape around the bars so it doesn't slide all over my floor).

details are on my build thread here:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=432723&start=300

Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:07 pm

From Van Bebber Brothers, in Petaluma, CA. All loaded up and ready to roll home.

Wholly inspired by glideking. I've seen rollers and rotisseries numerous times before, always yearned for one, never got the fire lit under my a** to move on it...until now. As it has been for several amongst us, glideking's "Funky" thread - and videos - have stirred up heaps of enthusiasm to get going on our projects.

I e-mailed Kurt for the tipoff on Van Bebber. For anyone fabbing a Bus roller in the S.F. Bay Area, Van Bebber is the only place, hands down. Master Metals, in my own backyard, was about $350 more than V.B. in Petaluma. Other shops in Hayward, Oakland, and Stockton, were even higher. These were just under $500, out the door. So well worth the two hour drive north, across the Golden Gate.

I've gotta pull my Bus out of storage and get it home, then I can start fabbing. These will be a bit different: my hoops will have segmented top sections, with removable segments, so that I can roll the whole project out of the garage when I want to. Otherwise, the hoops won't clear the header, and I'll be hemmed in for the duration of my project...which based on my history, could be a while!

Just wanted to check in, share my experience, and bump this thread!

Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:52 am

Quote: Rotisserie #3
DXF Autocad file by user aeLiXihr
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/bus_rotisserie/kantelraam.dxf

here are the pic's

Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:10 pm

Jimbos rotisserie above would not stay on its side safely IMHO. The vertical sections begin too high and are too far from the body (however which is good if you want to get tools between them and the side)

This one is my design from back in the day. See my 45's you'll understand what i mean. It lays down nicely and does balance on the 45s too. Search my gallery posts for more design dimensions.

Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:19 pm

Starting something new to share my panel project :

and as several people asked me on thesamba, all drawings of my rotisserie are available here :

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U2rrXX19iUVmOLirkAxg0nYiwSPcdXSS
:wink:

Tue Jan 07, 2020 12:16 pm

Very nice Jimbow, thanks for sharing.

As I'm planning on making one in the near future, is there anything you would change to it afterwards?
It seems for example that also adding swivelwheels in the back would help manouvrability?
I'm also thinking of making it a bit smaller, so it is not that wide

Cheers

Wed Jan 08, 2020 4:02 pm

Hello ! After several months of use, I'm really happy with it, and currently, i'm working for the most part at 45 degrees on both sides. Adding a big plate as reinforcement was a good thing, because there is no warping when i rotate the bus at 90 degrees.
Being able to switch from one side to the other in less than 5 minutes is also very usefull, and even if the alignement of everything wasn't easy, that's a nice option, which make it also very easy to transport.

Maybe the point to improve are the wheels. When i started the project, I was working on sand that's why i wanted pneumatic wheels, but now that i'm in a barn, rigid ones should be better for moving, and also rotating ones at the rear.

The reason why I made it wide and high was to be able to rotate the bus alone, and have place when working on it. An other important point is the stability, improved if you have a large contact area ;-)

Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:38 pm

Yes rigid wheels are better for a cement floor.

But, they are not very good on a road trip.

That was after a short road trip from body guy's house to my shop. That stopped traffic for photo opps with the Bus.

Gordo.

Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:34 am

Jimb0w, I love that your rotisserie is also a dolly. I've been following this youtube channel below called marcijunebug for a while now and yesterday's update was nice to see although marcijunebug has a huge carport to support her method I like that your's is so mobile. Keep up the great work.

Jimb0w wrote: Hello ! After several months of use, I'm really happy with it, and currently, i'm working for the most part at 45 degrees on both sides. Adding a big plate as reinforcement was a good thing, because there is no warping when i rotate the bus at 90 degrees.
Being able to switch from one side to the other in less than 5 minutes is also very usefull, and even if the alignement of everything wasn't easy, that's a nice option, which make it also very easy to transport.

Maybe the point to improve are the wheels. When i started the project, I was working on sand that's why i wanted pneumatic wheels, but now that i'm in a barn, rigid ones should be better for moving, and also rotating ones at the rear.

The reason why I made it wide and high was to be able to rotate the bus alone, and have place when working on it. An other important point is the stability, improved if you have a large contact area ;-)

Sat Jan 11, 2020 2:06 am

I had solid wheels on my rotisserie and they didn't maneuver well at all. When turning they left marks on the pavers.They did hold up unlike Gordo's to a short road trip :D .

Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:51 am

Hi Guys,

Is anyone of you in Germany selling their Rotisserie?
1964 T1

Thanks,
Alex