Hot Rods Cheap but effective , body rotisserie.

Not my design but found on Market Place. Uses 3/4" real plywood and 2x4"s. Mounts on unit body or frame horns, front/back. Plywood cut into quarter circles, mounted on edge to 2x4 frame pieces. Floor or bottom of frame will roll/tilt to vertical, or other designed-in angles. Leave 2x4 long enough for leverage, with notch for jack stand support. Mounting height to body CG. will determine effort required or wanting to roll past 90 deg. YOUR results will vary.
Cheers, Art.

 

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I built one from scrap metal for free

 

Real plywood as opposed to fake plywood?

 

Found this, for $200 bucks, didn't look too bad.

 

While a rotisserie looks like a simple machine, it would take a fair amount of work to create one ......and to get it to work correctly. Best bet is to buy a used one...........use it.........then resell it for what you gave for it. (IMHO) They don't depreciate if you get a used one.

 

To each his own, but for me if I am going to go through all the trouble to disassemble a car & put it on a spit....It is a car that I value a bunch. I would not trust something made of wood & unless I built it myself, I would not trust a homemade steel one either.

There are somethings you can skimp on, but this is not one of them!

God Bless
Bill
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ar-transport-hauling-open-or-enclosed.614419/

 

I saw one somewhere built out of huge wood spools for cable or wire

 

Well said................The bodies can be relatively heavy but are also somewhat awkward as they are rotated and can get away from someone if they aren't careful or have it mis-balanced. Once its adjusted properly it rotates easily, but that first guess as to the balance point can be a problem.

 

I built mine based on the Red Wing plans, available free to download. Beefy enough for a full size car. Working on the underside at a comfortable working height is incredible.

Chris

 

Now that is useful information! Thanks for sharing. I may just have to build one like that.

 

I used two engine stands connected with 2 x 4s.

 

After wanting one for years, and procrastinating about making one, I finally bought a ready made one. I realized that inertia and time wasn’t going to let me cobble something together.

Now my kids can argue over who has to figure out what to do with it once I’m gone.