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[MID WEST DUBBER]

At the start of the year I decided I wanted to make something useful in year 12 metal work this year. After some thinking I decided I wanted to build a rotisserie for my bus.

After searching the web at different designs I settled for the two 12 sided hoop design as it would best suit/fit the location I plan to work on the bus in future.

This is the basic idea of what I am aiming for...


So with some research and a fair bit of thinking and measuring, I had an idea of how I was going to build the two hoops.

I started off by cutting 24 (12 for each hoop) 580mm lengths of 50mm X 50mm X 3.0mm RHS with 15 degree angles on each end. (the 15 degree angles will join to make a 30 degree, 12 x 30 degrees= 360 degrees)

Ground a 45 degree on the end so the welds would penetrate better.

I then cut 4 lengths of 20x20 RHS which would be tacked into place to hold the top, bottom and side pieces square.


With it all square and tacked I placed the other pieces in place, and when I was happy I tacked each join.


The steel for the second hoop was laid over the top of this one and when they were exactly the same I tacked all four corners of each join and then fully welded the joins.


Will try to keep this rotisserie build updated now and then throughout the process

[Shaven]

Rusty credit to you mate. Congrats... good to see the bus slowly moving forward. Hows the Red Barron going?

[4REEL]

Looking good. But you will need to cut them in half and have a sleeve welding in to bolt them back together. Once you weld the fixing brackets to pickup the existiting beam mounts it is impossible to slide over the bus.
Atleast thats what I had to do.
good luck with it.

[MID WEST DUBBER]

Looking good. But you will need to cut them in half and have a sleeve welding in to bolt them back together. Once you weld the fixing brackets to pickup the existiting beam mounts it is impossible to slide over the bus.
Atleast thats what I had to do.
good luck with it.

I will be sleeve joining each hoop in 4 locations and will be having these as a bolt style fixing. I originally planned on separating the hoops as a top and bottom half but have now decided to alter it and split the hoops into 4, making it possible to remove and re-install the front doors for the purpose of setting the door gaps etc.

Thanks for pointing out your concern mate, I just hadn't explained the full plan in the first post and was going to post the info as I progressed with the build.

My plan may be a little clearer when I have progressed a little further and have posted another update

Cheers,
Rusty.

[MID WEST DUBBER]

On school holidays at the moment and wanted to get something achieved on the bus, so I decided to tackle the broken engine lid hinge mounts. Took a little longer than I had expected but it came up not too bad.

A few shots to show the damage and what needed to be repaired...

[MID WEST DUBBER]

Started by cutting out, repairing and welding the hinge guide/ outside sections



Then I started to fabricate the sections for the inside. From factory the tapping plates are spot welded to the hatch. For adjustment purposes I decided to create a cavity for a tapping plate. The OG tapping plates were buggered so I made a couple of new ones...

[MID WEST DUBBER]

These sections proved to be very fiddly but I got there eventually. All welded in and ground back

[warb]

noice.

[chuck85]

Very nice work

[63 left hooker]

Great work there Rusty. Good to see you're putting the school holidays to good use (unlike my kid!!!!!)

[Cam Biscuit]

Impressive work Rusty

[HELMUT]

Nice job. Its those little fiddly jobs that soak up lots of time

[Shaven]

Great work Rusty... the stuff you have taught yourself to do is a credit to you mate

[MID WEST DUBBER]

Very stoked to have been able to find an old photo with my bus in the background. Not sure when the photo was taken but would definitely be 30+ years ago due to this being the owner prior to the family I purchased the car from.

[Ged]

Bloody hell is that Turtleman, caught the Eel in his teeth?