Rktpwrd’s Skunkworks side project

[clean8485]

Not much as of late Jeff. Mike’s been dragging his heels on getting the last little bit done. About the only thing that has been done, is that Mike got the load bearing round sched 80 parts that everything rotates on to the B pressure welder at his work, and got that finished. 4 passes according to him, he says the metal will tear before his welds break.

That’s impressive.

He’s so close, it’s driving me crazy. I bust his chops every time I go over to his place to just knock out the rest of it. But then again, there’s no real rush for it just yet.

Thanks Donovan. Looking forward to the next update.

 

[Rktpwrd]

Well, after almost a year of no activity on this, this past weekend Mike surprised me with the last few pieces finally finished. Apologies for the crappy pictures, but it was early Monday morning and I had to get them unloaded at the shop before work.

The last of the pieces, fully welded, complete with hardware, and ready to go:

All of the components now, in storage at work waiting to be assembled:

All that’s left is to mock it up at work one weekend to see what’s needed to attach the long stroke hydraulic jacks to each end, actually purchase them, and fabricate the necessary pieces to mount them.

I have (an almost) finished rotisserie!