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sawhorse dolly for healey chassis???
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John Loftus
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Hi Tim,
Was this it? It was made from 2x4 lumber, not sawhorses but might be what you are looking for.
https://www.loftusdesign.net/restorationweb/woodrotissery.html
Cheers,
John
Was this it? It was made from 2x4 lumber, not sawhorses but might be what you are looking for.
https://www.loftusdesign.net/restorationweb/woodrotissery.html
Cheers,
John
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timbn2
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Hi Tim,
Was this it? It was made from 2x4 lumber, not sawhorses but might be what you are looking for.
https://www.loftusdesign.net/restorationweb/woodrotissery.html
Cheers,
John
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No, not that one, but those are great pics. it was around the time someone posted that link in another post of mine that i found the one im asking about. I think there was a link to a webpage in a members profile on here, but forgot who! it was 2 sawhorses secured to a couple 4x4's with casters on them for ease of movement...
Hi Tim,
Was this it? It was made from 2x4 lumber, not sawhorses but might be what you are looking for.
https://www.loftusdesign.net/restorationweb/woodrotissery.html
Cheers,
John
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No, not that one, but those are great pics. it was around the time someone posted that link in another post of mine that i found the one im asking about. I think there was a link to a webpage in a members profile on here, but forgot who! it was 2 sawhorses secured to a couple 4x4's with casters on them for ease of movement...
JamesWilson
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I've mounted my chassis on a pair of sawhorses, but I've not tied them together or put them on casters.
Leaving them "loose" lets me move each sawhorse independently of the other so if I need access to part of the chassis I can more easily shift the single sawhorse forward or back than try to move the whole chassis either way.
I have a very small garage so I don't have room to move it more than 4 feet side to side, and maybe only a couple of feet front to back. With the loose sawhorses I can manually lift one end of the chassis and sawhorse and shift them to a new position. I can do this very easily with the rear and with a bit of effort for the front.
If I were to tie it all together I don't think I'd use anything as heavy as 4x4s- it'd depend on how the casters were positioned. I'd be inclined to use two 2x4s running front to rear, with the four legs on each side fixed to it and four casters on each side, one positioned under each of the sawhorse legs. I'd use at least one caster with a "brake" at each end, too. I'd then tied the two long ones together with cross braces at the front and rear legs, or maybe between each of the sawhorse's legs.
I don't have a garage where a lot of mobility is possible, but if I did I'd seriously consider building a rotisserie from engine stands- the mobility would be there and you'd have the additional functionality of access to the bottom. One possible drawback is that I'd not be entirely comfortable climbing about the chassis if it were just on engine stands- the sawhorses seem a much more stable configuration to me and I can get on the chassis without any worries that it might tip over due to the weight being too much on one side.
Another view of the sawhorse and chassis and the garage size:
Its a bit snug.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
Leaving them "loose" lets me move each sawhorse independently of the other so if I need access to part of the chassis I can more easily shift the single sawhorse forward or back than try to move the whole chassis either way.
I have a very small garage so I don't have room to move it more than 4 feet side to side, and maybe only a couple of feet front to back. With the loose sawhorses I can manually lift one end of the chassis and sawhorse and shift them to a new position. I can do this very easily with the rear and with a bit of effort for the front.
If I were to tie it all together I don't think I'd use anything as heavy as 4x4s- it'd depend on how the casters were positioned. I'd be inclined to use two 2x4s running front to rear, with the four legs on each side fixed to it and four casters on each side, one positioned under each of the sawhorse legs. I'd use at least one caster with a "brake" at each end, too. I'd then tied the two long ones together with cross braces at the front and rear legs, or maybe between each of the sawhorse's legs.
I don't have a garage where a lot of mobility is possible, but if I did I'd seriously consider building a rotisserie from engine stands- the mobility would be there and you'd have the additional functionality of access to the bottom. One possible drawback is that I'd not be entirely comfortable climbing about the chassis if it were just on engine stands- the sawhorses seem a much more stable configuration to me and I can get on the chassis without any worries that it might tip over due to the weight being too much on one side.
Another view of the sawhorse and chassis and the garage size:
Its a bit snug.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
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timbn2
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Thanks James, i have looked at your sight a lot. It's very good! The picture im thinking of was a side view (god, i hope i didn't dream this picture up, or create it in my mind from two or more pics melded together in my strained psychie)
anyway... does anyone know what the chassis weighs stripped down?
thanks
guys...
anyway... does anyone know what the chassis weighs stripped down?
thanks
guys...
I remember the picture, too, but I can't find it. I used sawhorses when I did mine with kits from Home Depot. I tied them together with 8' 2x4's and added a 2x to fit in between the frame rails. The chassis was light enough to move around with no suspension - I could pick up one end. It worked very well but I like the rotisserie idea better for working on the underside.
John Loftus
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John - those are great photos!!! what was the time period from start to finish?:
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Hi Jim,
I went to Home Depot at 8, bought the wood and had the stand build by 12 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Seriously though, I took the car off the road in Sept 02. It stayed in the panel beaters shop for one year (many months with nothing being done btw). Then it went to media blasting and returned to my garage. It took another year before it went into the painter (finding the right painter took awhile and then he was too busy to take it in). Took 5 months to get it painted (4 months of waiting .. one month of prep and paint). Brought it back to the garage in March 05. I then started refurbishing all the parts .. surely it wouldn't take too long to get it back on the road (ha!). So I'm at 3 years, 8 months. Hope to get it buttoned up in the next few months.
Cheers,
John
John - those are great photos!!! what was the time period from start to finish?:
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Hi Jim,
I went to Home Depot at 8, bought the wood and had the stand build by 12 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Seriously though, I took the car off the road in Sept 02. It stayed in the panel beaters shop for one year (many months with nothing being done btw). Then it went to media blasting and returned to my garage. It took another year before it went into the painter (finding the right painter took awhile and then he was too busy to take it in). Took 5 months to get it painted (4 months of waiting .. one month of prep and paint). Brought it back to the garage in March 05. I then started refurbishing all the parts .. surely it wouldn't take too long to get it back on the road (ha!). So I'm at 3 years, 8 months. Hope to get it buttoned up in the next few months.
Cheers,
John
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At the risk of drawing some flak, Iām going to make a bold suggestion. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hammer.gif
You are about to spend thousands of dollars, perhaps tens of thousands, and invest 100ās and 100ās of you and your friendās time on a restoration that means as much to your soul as it does to your wallet.
The Healey has a āframeā and undercarriage that is at best fragile and notoriously susceptible to rust and damage. Itās only 4ā off the ground. The best restorations spend at least as much time on the undersurface of the car as on the upper.
Why make such an extra effort in time and building to be able to get to the underside of the car, when for about $1,000 you can purchase a pneumatic wheeled rotisserie type apparatus? I know initially it seems expensive, but over the course of your restoration, think of how many late nights youāre going out in the garage alone wishing you could get to that one spot, or just wanting to make sure you could get a look at something. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cryin.gif
For me, I think it could make a difference in the overall quality of your work. And when youāre done, itās something that you could sell for a good portion of what you paid for it. Youāre not going to be able to do that with a homemade rig. So you could spend a $100 bucks or so on materials and a weekend building one, or buy one, use it and sell it and have spent only a couple hundred dollars total after you sell it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif
Just for the record, I havenāt purchased one of these, but intend to make it the first purchase after the purchase of my project car.
https://www.theroto2000.com/auto_rotisserie_info.htm /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/computer.gif
So, fire away, my flak jackets on. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
You are about to spend thousands of dollars, perhaps tens of thousands, and invest 100ās and 100ās of you and your friendās time on a restoration that means as much to your soul as it does to your wallet.
The Healey has a āframeā and undercarriage that is at best fragile and notoriously susceptible to rust and damage. Itās only 4ā off the ground. The best restorations spend at least as much time on the undersurface of the car as on the upper.
Why make such an extra effort in time and building to be able to get to the underside of the car, when for about $1,000 you can purchase a pneumatic wheeled rotisserie type apparatus? I know initially it seems expensive, but over the course of your restoration, think of how many late nights youāre going out in the garage alone wishing you could get to that one spot, or just wanting to make sure you could get a look at something. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cryin.gif
For me, I think it could make a difference in the overall quality of your work. And when youāre done, itās something that you could sell for a good portion of what you paid for it. Youāre not going to be able to do that with a homemade rig. So you could spend a $100 bucks or so on materials and a weekend building one, or buy one, use it and sell it and have spent only a couple hundred dollars total after you sell it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif
Just for the record, I havenāt purchased one of these, but intend to make it the first purchase after the purchase of my project car.
https://www.theroto2000.com/auto_rotisserie_info.htm /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/computer.gif
So, fire away, my flak jackets on. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
Dave Richards
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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif When Momma ain't happy, noboby is happy! You could have her talk to my wife, hey, maybe they could form a support group!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
Skip & Lynne
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All I have to say is thanks for the photos I can build mine exactly like it with stuff here in the shop. Skip
John Loftus
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I recently saw a Healey chassis on a set of sawhorses made made into a dolly on someones web sight on here.
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Perhaps you saw the picture in the May 2006 issue of the Austin-Healey magazine? Page 22 .. there is a picture and description in the text of an article on restoration methods.
Cheers,
John
I recently saw a Healey chassis on a set of sawhorses made made into a dolly on someones web sight on here.
[/ QUOTE ]
Perhaps you saw the picture in the May 2006 issue of the Austin-Healey magazine? Page 22 .. there is a picture and description in the text of an article on restoration methods.
Cheers,
John
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timbn2
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[ QUOTE ]
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I recently saw a Healey chassis on a set of sawhorses made made into a dolly on someones web sight on here.
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Perhaps you saw the picture in the May 2006 issue of the Austin-Healey magazine? Page 22 .. there is a picture and description in the text of an article on restoration methods.
Cheers,
John
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DOH!!!!!!!!!! yep, thats it! Good find! thank you Sir!
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I recently saw a Healey chassis on a set of sawhorses made made into a dolly on someones web sight on here.
[/ QUOTE ]
Perhaps you saw the picture in the May 2006 issue of the Austin-Healey magazine? Page 22 .. there is a picture and description in the text of an article on restoration methods.
Cheers,
John
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DOH!!!!!!!!!! yep, thats it! Good find! thank you Sir!