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Posted by: chasingsummer1 Dec 26 2006, 07:08 PM

gave up trying to sell car, so i need a rotissery, i am located near greensboro, nc. tight budget, help locating is appreciated
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Posted by: Vacca Rabite Dec 26 2006, 08:23 PM

If you have a welder, they are cheap and easy to make. You will pay less in the long run making one then renting one.

Besides, nothing like welding fresh 1/8 in thick walled steel tube to raise you confidence with a welder. Goes together easy as pie, way easier then sheet metal.

I learned to weld making mine. If I can do it....

Zach

Posted by: John Dec 26 2006, 08:33 PM

here is one I drew most of the way


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Posted by: chasingsummer1 Dec 28 2006, 07:04 PM

do not have a welder, hoping to braze in patches, will not know exactly what i have till i can get a good look at.

has anyone ever used 2 engine stands? any idea how much a 914 would weight stripped down?

brian

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Dec 28 2006, 07:25 PM

Mine is actually built off of two engine stands form harbor freight (the $30 ones), and many of the home built ones are based off a pair of engine stands.

If you are good at brazing, you can do it, but you would really be better of getting a welder. If you are thinking that your car is going to need a rotesserie, buy a mig welder. It is money very well spent.

The PO somewhere down the line with my car brazed in several repairs. When I had to take them out, I was was cursing like a sailor (and being a sailor, I can curse pretty well). Easier to grind out a bad weld then a bad braze.

Zach

Posted by: chasingsummer1 Dec 28 2006, 07:41 PM

i may find out that i need a welder, but if wife knows i have to spend a lot at once, well you know. i am better off sneaking up on that. and i do not trust my first welding experience being on a rotissery. priced a couple engine stands today, sales going on and stuff. for $30 each, i can pick up 2 rated at 750 lbs each. not sure what car should weight. not sure if 1500 total weight ability on stands are enough. should it be, the only other stands i saw were rated at 1500 lbs each, but no sale their, they were 100 each.
when it comes to welding, is their a good but cheap manufacture or model i should be thinking? all input is appreciated, i do not have resourses to make a full restore, but this car has seen 115 on the speedo more times than i dared. and if i do get crazy at times, i need to know it will take it.
thanks
brian

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Dec 28 2006, 07:55 PM

The stands rated for 750 are fine. That is what I used on mine. But, my car is _totally_ stripped right now. When I start putting things back on, the car will come off the twirler.

When I bought my welder, I bought some steel tube to practice with. I pretty much went right from practice to building the stand.

Zach