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minimart
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 Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:36 am Post subject: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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Hi, i've got some floor repairs i need to do underneath my panel van and i'd like to build a rotisserie to make it easier to work on and eventually paint the underside. does any one have plans available by any chance? wondering what i should hook up to... the shell will be completely naked.
thx
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dabaron
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minimart
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 6:11 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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well, ever since the original post here's what i did.
kinda scary but it made working on it sooo much easier!
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minimart
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 7:40 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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OMG that is so awesome! 
Help I've fallen and I can't get up....  |
🤣 i call it the Cow Tipper
so nice to have all the crap fall on the floor instead of on my face!
most of the welding is done on the front. will try to get most of the plumbing done before flipping it back upright.
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khughes
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 9:49 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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No way, no how, would I have ever thought that up. Or if I did, I'd have dismissed it as nuts. But your result is pretty damn awesome!
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brickster
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:13 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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| I love it! Could you take it outside and take a hotsy to it? |
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Sodo
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:23 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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Best post of the year!
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shagginwagon83
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:15 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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vanis13
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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| 0cean wrote: |
| Ok, that's just awesome. Wish I would have had that when building my van. Very smart. |
That's the kind of thing to pass around to the next person doing a rehab
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DuncanS
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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Absolutely fabulous. Well engineered and executed. Love the support points. Very ingenious. The key is getting the radius at the right points regarding the weight so it never gets out of balance and just flops over on its own after getting it started. Control the whole way. Great job.
Not as well engineered, but this type of roll over is common in boat building, even in boats 75' long. These guys didn't get it quite right and needed a beer party gang to get it started and then keep it from going too fast and far.
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Syncronoid
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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Not the topic I expected to read about when I read "rotisserie".
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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Wow! Just . . . wow.
100% full points for design, fabrication & execution.
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Ride-Fly
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 12:02 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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Unfrickenbelievable!! I see a business opportunity for you. Seriously. If you charge half of what a pro body shop does, I can see your client list exceeding your capacity.
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Schnippzle
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 1:57 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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That's very cool. Excellently executed!
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DuncanS
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 9:26 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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And he has a portable steam engine he can plop in when he wants to drive. Have to keep the tail pipes as a tong rest. Tucked this photo away for future grins.
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danfromsyr
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 10:26 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon rotisserie plans |
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might make that 2wd to syncro conversion a little easier on the back. 
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