Carrier 'Rotisserie'
 

With a little imagination and engineering skills, you too can have something like this. Perfect for those times when you need to sandblast your carrier.

A local carrier owner built this 'contraption' so that rebuilding carriers would be a whole lot easier.

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G'day All, Thats neat, a giant motorized version of mine LOL :thup2:, what sort of media did he use, I note the way he has caught some of it to re-use, anyway thanks for the pix cheers Dennis :sheep:

Nice stuff, not sure what a tub would weigh, but as Iam yet another over cautious Brit i would consider thicker chains, i would hate to think what sort of inertia that tub would generate if it brke free.

I made a similar item for a mini and it is much easier especially when welding up floor pans !

Great Idea for practicing victory rolls after each rally, Just make sure you are wearing a full seat belt harness and a hard hat!!
All you need now is a pilots license and some wings.
Any way what a neat idea for getting all the loose sand out
stephen

Not sure Dennis but it does look like garnet from the texture and colour.

Damned awkward way to find lost keys! :D

no its one of those "space carrier" training simulators :D you cant see the wind along scene which Tom uses out of black sheet with loads of timy holes in ;)

it is a cool bit of kit to be fair i have been wondering how i will get under mine (when i get one)

Richard

Hell of a way to empty the ash tray!

I built a similar manual one for use with my M38 tube during rebuild. Makes painting a breeze.

J

Hi Tommy,
Thanks for the pics of your friends rotisserie, I thought that you and some of our carrier members would like to see how the work was done at newport workshops on the Vic rail carriers all those years ago,seems a little primative by todays standards,
Regards Ron

Notice the wooden floor, nice to do all of that welding on

Just another pic of the jig they used

Thanks for posting these old pix Ron. Very interesting.

Am I correct in assuming that the front half of a carrier is built separate to the rear and joined at a later stage in the construction process or could this be a trial/test rig?

In the background
 

Tommy you should put your first pic in the "In the background " thread.

Test rig
 

Hi Tommy,
Yes you are correct, they built them in two seperate pieces then joined them together at a later stage, I have soime more pics and will dig them out to show, if they are of interest, Regards Ron

Yes please :thup:

Carrier jig
 

Hi Tommy,
I have been away for a few days chasing carriers, sorry for the delay just found this pic tonight, there are more and will dig them out shortly, regards Ron
By the way notice the division plates leaning against the wall in this pic