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| chasingsummer1 |
 Dec 26 2006, 07:08 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 15-June 03 From: hickory NC Member No.: 825  |
gave up trying to sell car, so i need a rotissery, i am located near greensboro, nc. tight budget, help locating is appreciated
chasingsummer1@aol.com |
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| VaccaRabite |
Dec 26 2006, 08:23 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,441 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
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 |
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| John |
Dec 26 2006, 08:33 PM
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member? what's a member? Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 30-January 04 From: Evansville, IN (SIRPCA) Member No.: 1,615 Region Association: None |
here is one I drew most of the way
Attached File(s) 
ROTISSERIE.pdf ( 253.05k )
Number of downloads: 103 |
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| chasingsummer1 |
Dec 28 2006, 07:04 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 15-June 03 From: hickory NC Member No.: 825 |
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 |
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| VaccaRabite |
Dec 28 2006, 07:25 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,441 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(chasingsummer1 @ Dec 28 2006, 08:04 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 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 |
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| chasingsummer1 |
Dec 28 2006, 07:41 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 15-June 03 From: hickory NC Member No.: 825 |
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 |
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| VaccaRabite |
Dec 28 2006, 07:55 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,441 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
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 |
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