Rotisserie

danp76

danp76

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Hi guys, who do you think makes the best rotisserie? I suppose I could try my hand at fabricating one, but would rather spend the time on car projects. Any recommendations? I was looking at the brand Whirly Jig, thoughts? Also, I'm in the process of restoring a 71 Buick GS convertible. The body is pretty solid, no major rot/rust, can I remove body without bracing it and put it on a rotisserie? If I need to brace it, do I just add some X-style bracing? Any critical areas to brace if any? Thanks guys.
 
I have made a couple of them and kept one of them. However, I built them to work on cars of the 40's. I took on a 59 t-bird and it is unibody and it was too long for my homebuilt one. I purchased a http://www.autotwirler.us/. At the time I believe it was the longest being built. I really like it. Made in the USA. I have since bought some other things they make.

It has come to a point where I buy tools instead of building them anymore. I have so many projects I don't have time to build fixtures for them. I miss that part, but I need to work on my projects.
 
I did a lot of research before I bought mine and the one name that NEVER had a bad review was the Whirly-Jig. That's what I bought and couldn't be happier with it. It's a little more salty than the others, but you'll never have trouble selling it when the time comes.
 
I'm in the home-made crowd. Adjustable height, adjustable CG, added tie downs for transport to media blasters, etc..


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Plans:

http://s5.photobucket.com/user/rmccartney/library/Rotisserie Fabrication?sort=6&page=1
 
At the time when I got mine I didn't trust my welding enough to build one. I purchased an Auto Twirler and really like it.
 
made my own, doubled most everything to .250 wall tubing, 1/2 wall on the rotator pins. Two high lift jacks for each side, ended up being about 500 in tubing, jacks and steel casters for doubling most of the thickness of what I could buy.
 
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