Info needed: Rotisserie

[James P]

What you need is a proper jig that will support the cars weight as panels are removed and replaced (or brace the car with much angle iron to prevent sagging/hogging ) if you can mount said jig (that may have to be purpose built as a one off) on a rotisserie all the better. I just cannot see a rotisserie by itself being much use beyond making painting easier.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by James P

What you need is a proper jig that will support the cars weight as panels are removed and replaced (or brace the car with much angle iron to prevent sagging/hogging ) if you can mount said jig (that may have to be purpose built as a one off) on a rotisserie all the better. I just cannot see a rotisserie by itself being much use beyond making painting easier.

I hear you! The genius of the M151 family is its unibody, but that is also its weakness. The image I posted about requires a solid rear attachment point. Mine is a little suspect. So, an early work step will be to rebuild enough of the rear, especially where the pintle mounts, so we avoid exactly what you warn of.

Someone else's project but noted as a caution of the simplicity of the construction.

[Bob Carriere]

...... BUT not so cheap as to create a safety hazard......

I can stand under the wheel well of the 2B1 for weldidng and griding and feel absolutely safe........ but you need ear plugs as the really emplifies the sound.....than flip it 100 degrees to get access to the other side of the fender at waist level........

I wish I had the rotisserie when I re did the rusted frame of my car float when we used to flip it over with the bucket of the tractor many times........

For a Mutt a 2 inch square tubing with 3mm ( 1/8 +-) wall thickness would be sufficient. mine could handle a full Jeep frame body and all......

Have yet to use it for sand blasting and/or painting as it would require tarps to cover the mechanism of both swiveling ends.

If someone supplies the steer I will BBQ it free including the charcoal and the 5 gal bucket of BBQ sauce and a new cotton floor mop for basting
.......for a free meal.....Hell I will also do the beer!!!!!!

[Bob Carriere]

..... consider using the axle attachment points under the MUTT.... strudy and free up room for working onthe pintle area.

On the 2B1 cargo box it had NO easy attchment point front or rear.....

so I cut the front 1/3 of a rusted CMP frame and fabricated attchments points welded to the rear section....... the attchment were thenbolted to the rotisserie.

I lifted the whole 2B1 box with the tractor and dropped / installed the cargo box to the CMP frame using homemade 1/2 in. U bolts like the truck had when it left the factory....very ridgid.... I have removed some of the floor section and replaced with new steel....no sagging whatsoever and solid enough to hammer on the beast.

Cheers

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

If someone supplies the steer I will BBQ it free including the charcoal and the 5 gal bucket of BBQ sauce and a new cotton floor mop for basting
.......for a free meal.....Hell I will also do the beer!!!!!!

But, are you volunteering to stand there all day cranking on the gearbox? Or are you already planning to modify it to Mk1a spec, with motor drive?

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

But, are you volunteering to stand there all day cranking on the gearbox? Or are you already planning to modify it to Mk1a spec, with motor drive?

Gotta love the enthusiasm of the Hammond Barn builders. Its the depths of February with lows in the minus 20s and highs barely into minus single digits, and they're already planning the next social gathering.

I know that seems tropical to some readers, but its uncomfortable enough. And, for those who wonder how we endure the cold, I have a simple analogy. Any wild animal that can survive the cold Canadian winter (bears, wolves, bison, musk ox, bull moose, wolverines, Sasquatch, etc) are worth avoiding in the woods. Hey? Was that Bob in his new fur coat, or are my eyes deceiving me?

[Bob Carriere]

..... we can use the flat belt from the Allis Chalmers tractor..... that will spin the steer....... or the old snow blower would come in handy to mix up ground beef!!!!

Imagination is free...... hard work hard to find......