my wooden rotisserie / rolltisserie

[DukeGnarley]

I was looking for a way to cheaply rotate my car without having to buy an expensive rotisserie that would then end up just taking up space in the shop when I'm not using it. I got this idea from someone on a camaro forum, but figured you guys might like to see it anyway.

I'm planning on blasting the car myself since i have a pressure pot and a large compressor. I'll be using glass beads, and the plastic walls are there to help me contain my mess and reuse the beads.

I will probably start blasting tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes.

 

[BuckeyeDemon]

very nice. looks like you put a lot of work into that setup. i would guess your car will follow suit with that detail.

 

[69SlowResto]

That looks like a pretty sweet setup.

 

[NasaGT]

That's pretty sweet. I have seen one of those before too, but you may have convinced me to do that when its time to cleanup the bottom of the car. Nice job!

 

[DukeGnarley]

thanks.

I started with glass beads on friday, but they didn't work too well against the paint. I struggled with it for a couple of days. Then on monday I went to a local abbrasives place and they recommended that I use garnet. I started with the Garnet yesterday, but then it started to rain so i had to toss a tarp on the car. I won't be able to start again until the blasting booth dries out. If the media gets wet it won't go through the blaster very well at all.

 

[edgars23]

This is an awesome idea. I'd love to be able to pull this off myself. Did you use trial and error to build this or did you have some dimensions to work off of?
-Edgar

 

[DukeGnarley]

it was trail and error. luckily I didn't error too much. I just assumed that the CG was at the same height as the rear bumper and built my arced pieces to match. It turns out the cg was a hair lower than that, so it's a little harder to rotate up than I would like, but it's doable for one person. With a hardtop it would probably have been about right.

 

[2jzpony]

Wow. That's a fantastic design. You don't mind if I copy the design do you?

Good luck with the work..

Viking

 

[DukeGnarley]

If I didn't want people to copy it I wouldn't have posted it. Some of the other ones I've seen don't have wheels, but instead have a cart that the car then rotates onto when in the upright position. That Might be a better way to go. The design I'm using tends to flex around a little bit when you're rolling the car around the shop.