MT-B Wrote:
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That looks like a pretty ingenious set up you have there. I can't tell from the photo if you tied the two stands together with a center link, and if you replaced the casters on the stand that you widened?
If you have any more pictures could post a few in this thread? It would be great to see some of the details of the build.
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Thanks. I prefer to think of it as: desperate men do desperate things ;)
Yes, I did tie the two stands together, with a piece of 2" x 4" PT. I did replace the non-caster wheels, on the stand I widened, with some casters of a larger diameter than the rollers they replaced. To keep things in alignment, height-wise, I used 4" x 4" x 1/4" angle, to allow for the greater height of the casters. The struts extend form just below the swivel tube to the above-mentioned angles, directly over the caster mounts, making for a very rigid stand.
I have a Mk I Midget (a '62) mounted on the rotisserie, right now. However, it won't be very accessible for photographing for another week or two. If you guys aren't squeamish about seeing a Spridget on a rotisserie, instead of a B, I'll post some photos as soon as I get my shop rearranged to resume working.
BTW, in the interest of complete honesty: I lied to you guys, a little bit, yesterday. Instead of cutting up another stand, for the extra material to enlarge the stands, I used some scrap tubing that one of the local shipyards gave me. But, the final results would have been pretty much the same. The rotisserie that I'll be building for my son's B will be made almost entirely out of HF engine stands.
Bud Osbourne
