"I've been looking around for a used rotisserie for the last month"
I made one out of wood that was much simpler. That was pre digital pic days so I will try to describe it.
We cut 2 giant half circles out of 3/4 inch plywood and sandwiched 2x4 spokes between them and bolted everything together. The diameter was 6 inches wider than max width of the 68 Torino Fastback we were doing. Made one for the front of the car and one for the rear. Fabed up some substancial metal brackets that aligned with factory bumper bolt holes in the front frame rails. Used 4x4 blocks to space it off of the rear tail panel and bolted it using the rear bumper bolt holes and long high grade bolts.
Jack up the front and bolt on the big wooden half wheel, jack up the back and bolt on the other half wheel and now the car is sitting about 2 feet off of the ground between the wooden "rollers". The trick is to mount the car low between the rollers while staying within the radius so that no part of the car sticks out enough to contact the shop floor.
To "rotisserie" your car simply grab something and lift. It works just like a giant rocking chair. It takes very little effort to roll it to a 45 degree angle and when you have it where you wanted you just put chock between the roller and the floor (chunk of 2x4).
Because this set up is bottom heavy the more vertical you got the car the harder it was to lift. I made a simple stop at the top to keep from ever rolling it completely over but never got close to needing it. By the time the body was close to being fully sidways it was just too heavy to push it the last little bit and have it fall over.
When level the car was high enough to work on the lower panels but still low enough to work the top of the quarters and roof pillar. It was also low and stable enough to get in it and work on the interior.
When on its side it was only 6 inches off of the ground so you could get to the entire floor pan plus the underside was clear with no rotisserie legs to step over or work around. To work on the roof just pull out the chock and roll it the other way.
We did the whole car inside and out, ready to paint, including the full suspension, with the car mounted between the rollers.
I still own the rights to this and was going to sell it as a kit but the market was so small and the liability was too high to make a go of it.
The last one we made the buyer sat it on some heavy rollers bolted to his shop floor so it could rotate in place. He also planned on putting a small electric motor on but it rolled so easy by hand that it was not needed.
I had hoped that it was going to make me rich but that has not happened so far.
Clear as mud?
Paul
:worthlesswithoutpics:
