Jeep rotisserie fabbed up

Hi Gang! Dne’ here;)    This is by far the most useful thing I’ve built (except for every other thing that I’ve fabbed up!). No kidding~ this enabled yours truly to perform much better work/play!

 

 

Here, the ’68 JEEP Cj5 has been put on the fabbed up rotisserie/auto twirler and ready for action!  The Tub in this case maybe rotated 360 degrees easily;)

 

 

The most asked question is, “how do I get the part on the rotisserie?”, well, that depends on creativity and what one may have on hand to lift the tub/part in question.  I have 2 full sets of Maxjax lifts which can be seen in the picture, but perhaps someone could use a hoist of some sort.

 

 

 

 

I actually did shop around a bit, but the commercial rotisseries were just too big and heavy for the littler jeep bodies and a pricey! These do not include the metal to hook up to a part/tub/frame, etc. Each part is unique.

 

 

 

 

To get the part to turn effortlessly takes a little tinkering and adjustments, but eventually the item will be free to spin at will.  I do consider this to be a light duty rotisserie, don’t think I’d want to put a 67 Mustang body on it, so it would be good for well, light cars/jeeps/ maybe a TR6ish type size body, or frame.

 

 

 

 

The nice 4″ casters allow for easy rolling and locking.  Placing the Tub in the sideways position is great for storage.

 

 

 

I used just about every inch of the Harbor freight engine stands and wasted next to nothing! 😉

 

 

 

 

I made it adaptable to just about any given situation, here the ’68 Jeep frame is already to be re-assembled;)  There is more to painting a frame than one may imagine, so turning the frame to various positions really helps; and I still missed a few places! lol That’s what spray cans are for!

 

 

 

 

Took a little more creativity, but the hood I wanted to be able to paint in its entirety from primer to clear coat.  So think about it, after body work, high build primer, then epoxy primer, then color coat(2 coats), then clear coat, (2-3 coats), that’s a lot of flipping!

 

 

 

 

Results are wonderful with no touching of the part being sprayed!!

 

 

 

I bought two Harbor freight tools engine stands with 20% off to get started~ The yellow circle indicates where I’ll be using my DeWalt metal chop saw to cut.  The rotating part is what’s difficult to find and this utilizes those parts for the “rotisserie”.

 

 

 

 

The legs I offset for a lower center of gravity and of course a wider foot print for safety. Again, the red parts are left over from the HF engine stand.

 

 

 

Here, I’m ready to weld in place the twin square tubing to make the length/height.

 

 

 

A little more time consuming was the actual connecting the rotisserie to the body mounts.  I wanted the attachment not to interfere with painting of the rear of the tub.

 

 

 

The locking mechanism for adjusting height with a safety bolt up higher.

 

 

 

A bunch of parts I brought home from the sandblaster (only a mile from home), ready for body work!!  The blasters really appreciated the rotisserie as it allowed them to do a much better job and less effort on their part. They used a really large fork lift to remove it from my trailer.

 

 

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Here, the ’92 Jeep wrangler (future Jurassic Jeep) has been fitted to the rotisserie and ready to be blasted soon;)  It is still on the rotisserie at this time awaiting me to get back to it;)  When I’m done with it, I’ll repaint it, make it look “new” and store it for the next something;)

 

 

 

Another fabbed up tool is this handy “cart” or dolly.  I love making stuff and like welding on new metal;)  I did put larger casters on it, larger is better;)

 

However, the dolly isn’t too easily stored, but I wind up using it often for other projects.

 

Wow! three blogs within a couple days, that’s got to be a record for CC&T!  I’m sure I’ll be able to use the above tools for something else; just like any “tool”.  It lays in waiting;)

If one has questions; I’m here to answer.  I hope you guys enjoyed this blog~ be safe and get busy!

dne’ 😉