Rotisserrie

[fishnutt90804]

I need ideas on making the rotisserie for my tube glassing work i have to do.

I have a electric grass trimmer motor to use for the power and I am looking at some stands that will hold the rod. But i do not have a good plan for connecting the motor to the rod or mounting the motor to a frame. I will be glassing a 100mm tube first and then the 7.5 LOC tube for my L3 project.

Some pictures would be great to see or links to web pages

thanks for the help

 

[11bravo]

Look around for a rotisserie motor with a hole of 1/4"; many of them are a bit smaller.
Anyway, get one with a 1/4" hole then get a 1/4" to 3/8" socket adapter.
The one I found fits perfectly into a 1/2" copper tube double female coupler.
Then just use 1/2" copper tube for the rotisserie rod.

View attachment rocketrotisserie.bmp

 

[sandmantoy]

I just made one this winter that has worked pretty good. It was the first time I fiberglassed an airframe as well. It was made to accommodate 7.5" x 48" tubes was the goal and It worked out great. It is a little extravagant for what I see most use but It only took a day to put it together tinkering with it. I used it indoors and covered a 4" airframe, 3 sections using 2 levels. Made the frame out of 2x6 pine and a rotisserie motor I got off ebay are the major parts. Here is a picture of it.

I was going to use PVC pipe but electrical conduit was on hand and works good, I used 3/4" but I haven't had any big tubes on it yet, seams ridged enough.

 

[fishnutt90804]

Thanks for the ideas, I think the BBQ motors on ebay will work just fine.