Sunday, July 17, 2022

Starting on the rotisserie stands

 I decided to bite the bullet and just make the stands from steel despite the high cost. First task was to make the design in CAD so I could start a shopping list.

 

Much of the steel stock that goes into this has been running at about $20 per foot lately! But I found a local scrap yard that has a selection of some of the right sizes though at a more reasonable $8-$9 per foot. Still about double what I would have paid a couple years ago.

Got the two crossmembers framed out. These are 2.5" x .12 wall square tube. Casters are 6" diameter, double locking, and 1350lb rating each. Overkill, but I want it to be easy to roll.




 
 
 

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