Terrific job buddy again small adjustment pays dividends, just remember have some family time as we approach the festive season we your committed viewers will still be here 😀 👍
Hi Matt I wholeheartedly agree with Ady ,I never new when to stop 3 wifes later I toned it down, family time is so important, We will always support you as you are one of just a few who dont B ll Sh t and tell it as it is .Cant wait for the next episode Cheers for now Govenor!!!!
Ditto. Maybe not 3 wives later, but in the end, you need your creative time, and your family time. I suspect you are hitting the family time and we just don’t see it. Heck, you accomplish so much in such little time. All the best.....
I have lots of family time Bud, I've just spent the last 4 days on holiday in Wales. I tricked you all with some delayed uploads! I'm not one for sitting around or relaxing, watching tv etc so I like to always be busy but I'm no workaholic. I try to work on a productivity basis rather than hourly. Cheers
Brilliant. "She's a spinner", Does she or doesn't she". Laughing my box off. Better Saturday night entertainment than anything Murdoch dishes up. Keep them coming Matt.
when I was in the shot blasting trade I lost count how many car shells I did but no one come along with this idea,would of made life a lot easier .keep up the good work :-)
When you were working out your pivot point, I was thinking “hmmm, I’d go lower than that” so when you adjusted it, I felt really smug... for about 30 seconds. I sit and watch and criticise, you get out there and do it. If I had twice your skill and enthusiasm, I’d still be an idle f***er, so big props to you. It’s dudes like you that make me realise how good I could have been if only I’d got off my arse for once.
A rotisserie is the way to go especially when you don't want to be laying under neath the job you are doing sand blasting, welding, cutting, spray painting etc. I have just helped restore a small utility helicopter and made a "pig on a spit" for that and it spent nearly a year being rotated whenever necessary which made the work so much easier. The secret is to get the centre of each end, I used a lasar level, and we could turn the thing just about one handed.Its brilliant when you drop tools down into the guts of the job somewhere and you can't see and find them, you just give it a spin and Mr Gravity usually find it for you. Love the videos.
Matt, Great work on the Mongrel build. I thank you very much from the soles of my feet to the top of my head for sharing your time and exceptional welding skills during this wonderful journey of fabrication work. You are a master craftsman and I can't wait to see this beast on a track in the near future. Well Done Sir (clap clap clap).
I made a car roller some twenty odd years ago. Very simple construction, large welded triangle ends for stability. Everything else bolts together for easier storage and adjustment. All mounted on large caster wheels for easy moving. Fixing to the body shell is via bolt on brackets so no damage to the body shell. I will try and up-load a picture for you
So I enjoyed this episode which I have knicknamed the 100e shiscarbab( see what I did there??! ) The rotisserie makes life so much easier ! Please ensure it’s the only times we se it upside down. Helped a mate build a track car many years ago and he put it on its lid on corner #4 game over for that one! Again nice work and well thought through. Cheers from down under.
thats how I built mine back in the day when restoring a VW beetle, center of body rather than center of mass. My latest project, an MK2 Jag, I borrowed a friends rotisserie that was adjustable in every direction. made it easy to wet blast. center of body while patching and welding, center of mass while blasting.
I really look forward to watching your video Matt My lab Ruby in the picture broke my tv so I started watching videos on TH-cam and am so glad I found yours Cheers Garry
I love that...pretend frozen bolt did not happen....Sometimes that is the only way to keep going, just carry on with the project and let the problem simmer in your brain. I have done that and almost always come up with a solution. Nice rotisserie. If you don’t mind, I will copy your design but with a means to adjust the centre of gravity, This is really interesting!!
Love the dice 🎲 in the background lol 😆 Great spit roasting for the mongrel 👍🏻 Love watching your videos as you make things as you go along. Well done buddy 😃
Matt, that long bit attached to the diff is the power plant frame and they're notorious for seized bolts. When you put it back you'll have to make sure its aligned properly or the car won't handle well. Loving the vids btw
Worked well. When you said you were going to use a bolt setup to clamp it tight, I assumed you meant a nut welded on the outer pivot point pipe with hole through the pipe so a bolt would screw down against the interior pipe to hold it by friction. Your setup your making is much better than what I envisaged. I was also worried that you were not making it high enough for the body to go full circle, but it does! Your height was nearly spot on first go!
You could add a counter balance for the light side, pieces of tube welded to top of triangles either side and add weight such as discs off a barbell ! great viewing as always and your adjustments always seem to add strength and look right as if they were always meant to be there lol 👌🏻
I got you I'm a miata expert haha. Take the insert out from the bottom of the ppf just pry it out and then thread the long bolt back in just a bit and hammer out the top insert and that's it easy
Hey man. Copied your jig. Worked extremely well. I made a few alterations. I'd love to share them with you. Mine was only for an aircraft wing but its 5m long so I made the spindle parts detachable
It turned out great Matt. Too bad you didn’t get the height set straight off but your adjustment seems to be nearly perfect. Once you strengthen all the joints and add the large hand wheel to one end you will be able to rotate and position it in whatever position works best for the task at hand.
Nice, wouldn't be practical for a fully complete car as oils in vehicles would leak, but perfect for the work you are doing, makes things a whole lot easier.
That's grrrrreat 👍😂 and let's not talk about the elephant in the corner, damn those rusty bolts, though I've found something that might help with rust, I'll dig it out tomorrow and send you a link to it 😉
I feel you pain Matt. I have a 2000 Mazda Protege that spent a brief 4 years in Ohio. Every bolt is as you said. Took me about 4 hours to get out one rear toe bolt. "Chemistry Welding" anyone?
Great work as always matt, Could you make a shaft that fits in the top pipe you now aren’t using, with a pin in the centre that locks rotation by sliding into the plate like a bolt?
nice rotisserie, ages ago i watched a video of some guys who built one to roll a WW2 tank they were restoring, it was a bit beefier & their method of securing the tank was to chain it to another tank
That would be something to watch. I seen a tank just out of a grit blaster shed when I picked my 105e Anglia up some 10yrs ago, I was amazed at how thick the steel walls were on the tank..
Great stuff Matt....knew it would work......Because of your dice video you got me making one...got some suitable Ally but no welding facilities. Tried sticking it with epoxy.......NEVER had any success with gluing, this is the same......however I have got one badly made, which is still cool. Hope to get some steel soon so I can do a proper job 😃👍
Hi Malc, You can actually "Solder"/"Braize" alloy. I've done it many times including repairing crash damaged motorcycle engine cases. You can file, sand, grind, drill and tap it and it's at least as strong as the base metal. This link is the last place I bought from; www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aluminium-Welding-Brazing-Soldering-Low-Temp-Durafix-Easyweld-UK-Rods-Brush/220865171345?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 , no connection, just a customer. They are expensive, but a lot cheaper than a Mig/Tig setup, I use a MAP plumber's torch. There are lots of UTube vids on this, this one's a fair example; th-cam.com/video/3SBfP4_i1Go/w-d-xo.html The important thing to remember is that you heat the metal until the rod flows onto it, DON'T play the flame onto the rod, it will just ball-up. Use the stainless brush only for this and keep it in a bag between jobs to keep it clean ;-)
@@peterihoy4908 Thanks Pete I might just try this, after all it's just fun, and a good idea for a video. I've a couple of propane torches. Just not hot enough to melt normal brazing rods. I've had one for years and just discovered more when getting the small stick welding rods to make the Lister silencer.
Simple is better as any engineer will tell you , Great Job!. Shame about the diff housing though. We never get rust like that here and if I do get a rust repair in ,it's often on an ex UK car.. 😂
With the bolts removed and the sleeves/inserts still in you will have a difficult time removing the diff from the PPF. They lock it into place even with bolts removed. I used a thin chisel and hammer to get under the insert lip.., (look for a small groove) and pry them back... going around it tapping with hammer. Just back them out enough that you can slide the diff out the PPF.
Ultra common issue with the diff bolts, the bolts don't like the alloy and they also go through 2 tubes/spacers that rust/corrode solid. iirc SMA has a vid on it (3 parter mx-5 clutch replacement)
It might be a little less stable sitting on those pneumatic tyres , might be worth make some bolt on feet for when its at the blasters Another great vid Matt, you must be pleased with that mate 👍
hope you pattented that precicion instrument might want to put a rotation lock on the rotissery (a piece of flat hanging from a bolt on the non moving part of the hingepoint , the locking bit will just be other curved piece of flat that you can rotate on a sleeve and clamp on the moving bit of the hinge the piece of flat hanging down will ramp up against it untill it drops in a slot at the end of the ramp locking the car , just in case you have to hold the car in place and cant reach the lockingplate to put a bolt through a bit hard to describe it without the drawing on a napkin to point out the features but it should be eazy to add on the rotisserie later using bits of scrap metal
don't know if it's worth the effort but welding a vertical pipe from the pivot point and add a bit of weight to it would help a one-man rotisserie turn. anyway, great work!
Would using some Molyslip not be better and not to mention cheaper than WD40? The molybdenum disulphide in it will help your cutting tools last a hell of a lot longer
There are times when there is just no alternative to putting things to one side and pretending you haven't seen them. Sometimes they just fix themselves! :-)
Great job mate!
Your guesstimate of the COG was not far off at all ;)
Terrific job buddy again small adjustment pays dividends, just remember have some family time as we approach the festive season we your committed viewers will still be here 😀 👍
Hi Matt I wholeheartedly agree with Ady ,I never new when to stop 3 wifes later I toned it down, family time is so important, We will always support you as you are one of just a few who dont B ll Sh t and tell it as it is .Cant wait for the next episode Cheers for now Govenor!!!!
Ditto. Maybe not 3 wives later, but in the end, you need your creative time, and your family time. I suspect you are hitting the family time and we just don’t see it. Heck, you accomplish so much in such little time. All the best.....
cmon,do what you want big man,your mind will still be in the wkshop anyway and a good partner understands that.A man who makes no noise makes nuthn
I have lots of family time Bud, I've just spent the last 4 days on holiday in Wales. I tricked you all with some delayed uploads! I'm not one for sitting around or relaxing, watching tv etc so I like to always be busy but I'm no workaholic. I try to work on a productivity basis rather than hourly. Cheers
@@Urchfab Well the wonders of techno
Brilliant. "She's a spinner", Does she or doesn't she". Laughing my box off. Better Saturday night entertainment than anything Murdoch dishes up. Keep them coming Matt.
That circle cutter is genius!
when I was in the shot blasting trade I lost count how many car shells I did but no one come along with this idea,would of made life a lot easier .keep up the good work :-)
So good to see the school of belt and braces engineering is alive and kicking . Every credit sir
When you were working out your pivot point, I was thinking “hmmm, I’d go lower than that” so when you adjusted it, I felt really smug... for about 30 seconds. I sit and watch and criticise, you get out there and do it. If I had twice your skill and enthusiasm, I’d still be an idle f***er, so big props to you. It’s dudes like you that make me realise how good I could have been if only I’d got off my arse for once.
A rotisserie is the way to go especially when you don't want to be laying under neath the job you are doing sand blasting, welding, cutting, spray painting etc. I have just helped restore a small utility helicopter and made a "pig on a spit" for that and it spent nearly a year being rotated whenever necessary which made the work so much easier. The secret is to get the centre of each end, I used a lasar level, and we could turn the thing just about one handed.Its brilliant when you drop tools down into the guts of the job somewhere and you can't see and find them, you just give it a spin and Mr Gravity usually find it for you. Love the videos.
Matt, Great work on the Mongrel build. I thank you very much from the soles of my feet to the top of my head for sharing your time and exceptional welding skills during this wonderful journey of fabrication work. You are a master craftsman and I can't wait to see this beast on a track in the near future. Well Done Sir (clap clap clap).
I made a car roller some twenty odd years ago. Very simple construction, large welded triangle ends for stability. Everything else bolts together for easier storage and adjustment. All mounted on large caster wheels for easy moving. Fixing to the body shell is via bolt on brackets so no damage to the body shell. I will try and up-load a picture for you
So I enjoyed this episode which I have knicknamed the 100e shiscarbab( see what I did there??! ) The rotisserie makes life so much easier !
Please ensure it’s the only times we se it upside down. Helped a mate build a track car many years ago and he put it on its lid on corner #4 game over for that one!
Again nice work and well thought through. Cheers from down under.
thats how I built mine back in the day when restoring a VW beetle, center of body rather than center of mass. My latest project, an MK2 Jag, I borrowed a friends rotisserie that was adjustable in every direction. made it easy to wet blast. center of body while patching and welding, center of mass while blasting.
Simple, effective and well worth the time to do it. Proof you don't need a fancy $2000 rotisserie
Nothin like a butterface spinner.................. :) well done mate. cheers !
nice work Matt. this is one of my go-to channels now.
GREAT engineering skills here. I'm an avid viewer now, well done. Bring on the next part. *****
I really look forward to watching your video Matt
My lab Ruby in the picture broke my tv so I started watching videos on TH-cam and am so glad I found yours
Cheers Garry
From Australia, you go well👍
I love that...pretend frozen bolt did not happen....Sometimes that is the only way to keep going, just carry on with the project and let the problem simmer in your brain. I have done that and almost always come up with a solution. Nice rotisserie. If you don’t mind, I will copy your design but with a means to adjust the centre of gravity, This is really interesting!!
Thanks for the fine looking shirt and the piece of taffy👍🏻
Mine was a Refresher bar
Love the sounds of the speeded up sections, especially when a car goes past. Sounded like an old F1 car lol. Great job though mate
Love the dice 🎲 in the background lol 😆 Great spit roasting for the mongrel 👍🏻 Love watching your videos as you make things as you go along. Well done buddy 😃
Great video as always
Great progress. Don't forget to put the circles outside the frame to make removal from the rotisserie easier
Thank's man! You are an inspiration to me!
Matt, that long bit attached to the diff is the power plant frame and they're notorious for seized bolts. When you put it back you'll have to make sure its aligned properly or the car won't handle well. Loving the vids btw
Worked well. When you said you were going to use a bolt setup to clamp it tight, I assumed you meant a nut welded on the outer pivot point pipe with hole through the pipe so a bolt would screw down against the interior pipe to hold it by friction. Your setup your making is much better than what I envisaged. I was also worried that you were not making it high enough for the body to go full circle, but it does! Your height was nearly spot on first go!
Great way to find all your lost change!
Top job the bolts on the diff on the mx5 can be a real pain in the butt too come out i remember them been seized in on 3 year old models
Would a vacuum not been quicker to get the crap off the floor pan Lol . Great work👍
Stephen Green you can't always get those 1p coins out from behind the seats with a vacuum cleaner.
There is an easy way and a hard way. It’s all on the roof now.
Simon Carter depends on how many times and how fast you rotate it. ;-)
Fark,that’s good to watch
Looking good Matt.
Excellent work as always! Looks like it spins a whole lot better with the new position for the pivot!
Wow. Great that you got that all aligned and balanced. Fabulous work. : )
Bloody nice job Matt. Great engineering skills. Cheers
I need one to spin my gas tank(s). They can turn for hours with old chains and nuts and bolts in them...knock out the rust. Your work is perfect!
Hey Matt my hoodie came yesterday man this thing is warm I love it thanks for selling such great merch
Excellent, off to the blaster,s soon!
You could add a counter balance for the light side, pieces of tube welded to top of triangles either side and add weight such as discs off a barbell ! great viewing as always and your adjustments always seem to add strength and look right as if they were always meant to be there lol 👌🏻
That must be the first time either car has ever rolled over! Great vid pal
I got you I'm a miata expert haha. Take the insert out from the bottom of the ppf just pry it out and then thread the long bolt back in just a bit and hammer out the top insert and that's it easy
Nice one Matt. Keep going. Only been on 15 minutes and lots of views and comments.
Great stuff again, sometimes makes me wish I was back amongst the tools; too old!
Hey man. Copied your jig. Worked extremely well.
I made a few alterations. I'd love to share them with you. Mine was only for an aircraft wing but its 5m long so I made the spindle parts detachable
You always bring a smile to my face hehe fabulous attitude 😂😂😂😂😂
gran destreza me gusto tu trabajo saludos desde Venezuela
HI from New Zealand
Another Kiwi watching David, All good stuff here, real world construction. Not like a lot of over dramatised shit on Tv Right?
Keep up the great work Matt
Brilliant I cannot wait for the next video
Now this man can plasma cut!
Great job
It turned out great Matt. Too bad you didn’t get the height set straight off but your adjustment seems to be nearly perfect.
Once you strengthen all the joints and add the large hand wheel to one end you will be able to rotate and position it in whatever position works best for the task at hand.
Youve inspired me to want to learn to weld which I hope to do soon. Cheers!
Would like a lesson as to how you laid out the holes in that round plate. Great video! Merry Christmas
Nice, wouldn't be practical for a fully complete car as oils in vehicles would leak, but perfect for the work you are doing, makes things a whole lot easier.
I can't wait till you start bolting miata bits on. Should get real interesting when you get to that point.
Excellent stuff Matt. Turned out great.
Nice when a plan comes together😉😊👍👍
Now you have a good spinner you can also use on future projects.
That's grrrrreat 👍😂 and let's not talk about the elephant in the corner, damn those rusty bolts, though I've found something that might help with rust, I'll dig it out tomorrow and send you a link to it 😉
I feel you pain Matt. I have a 2000 Mazda Protege that spent a brief 4 years in Ohio. Every bolt is as you said. Took me about 4 hours to get out one rear toe bolt. "Chemistry Welding" anyone?
I was wondering how you'd worked out the centre axis... trial and error got it right. I'm liking this build and working my way through the series.
Great work as always matt, Could you make a shaft that fits in the top pipe you now aren’t using, with a pin in the centre that locks rotation by sliding into the plate like a bolt?
nice rotisserie, ages ago i watched a video of some guys who built one to roll a WW2 tank they were restoring, it was a bit beefier & their method of securing the tank was to chain it to another tank
That would be something to watch.
I seen a tank just out of a grit blaster shed when I picked my 105e Anglia up some 10yrs ago, I was amazed at how thick the steel walls were on the tank..
@@marty3469 .. i'm sure this is it th-cam.com/video/_oQhN_9JWLw/w-d-xo.html
If you put a truck or bus stearing weel at the shaft, you should be able to turn the car and be close to the pivot point . Keep up
Great stuff Matt....knew it would work......Because of your dice video you got me making one...got some suitable Ally but no welding facilities. Tried sticking it with epoxy.......NEVER had any success with gluing, this is the same......however I have got one badly made, which is still cool. Hope to get some steel soon so I can do a proper job 😃👍
Hi Malc, You can actually "Solder"/"Braize" alloy. I've done it many times including repairing crash damaged motorcycle engine cases. You can file, sand, grind, drill and tap it and it's at least as strong as the base metal. This link is the last place I bought from; www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aluminium-Welding-Brazing-Soldering-Low-Temp-Durafix-Easyweld-UK-Rods-Brush/220865171345?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 , no connection, just a customer. They are expensive, but a lot cheaper than a Mig/Tig setup, I use a MAP plumber's torch. There are lots of UTube vids on this, this one's a fair example; th-cam.com/video/3SBfP4_i1Go/w-d-xo.html The important thing to remember is that you heat the metal until the rod flows onto it, DON'T play the flame onto the rod, it will just ball-up. Use the stainless brush only for this and keep it in a bag between jobs to keep it clean ;-)
@@peterihoy4908 Thanks Pete I might just try this, after all it's just fun, and a good idea for a video. I've a couple of propane torches. Just not hot enough to melt normal brazing rods. I've had one for years and just discovered more when getting the small stick welding rods to make the Lister silencer.
Simple is better as any engineer will tell you , Great Job!. Shame about the diff housing though. We never get rust like that here and if I do get a rust repair in ,it's often on an ex UK car.. 😂
Superb work again m8
Ace job!
The man's a magician
Excellent
Where the diff fits into the carrier there are two washer/ retaining location parts. These need to come out then the diff can be released.
With the bolts removed and the sleeves/inserts still in you will have a difficult time removing the diff from the PPF. They lock it into place even with bolts removed. I used a thin chisel and hammer to get under the insert lip.., (look for a small groove) and pry them back... going around it tapping with hammer. Just back them out enough that you can slide the diff out the PPF.
Ultra common issue with the diff bolts, the bolts don't like the alloy and they also go through 2 tubes/spacers that rust/corrode solid. iirc SMA has a vid on it (3 parter mx-5 clutch replacement)
Looking forward to A review of that welder. 👍🏻
You done good mate.
How exactly did you bolt down the circular stop in the middle? Hard to see from video.
Nice build Sir. You should get a lifetime of use out of it.
That is awesome!! Could you not reweld the diff case back together? Im a strong believer of weasel piss, 50/50 ATF & acetone nail polish remover.
Urchroller awesome 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I realize it's probably imperial, but I was hoping to see about 3 or 4 10mm sockets fall out because that's the meme and I've certainly lost a few.
lunkydog Year, not even a nut or bolt or anything
There should be a small hole in the spacer that allows you to spray penetrant into to help unseize that frontmost PPF/diff bolt.
What I mean is that there IS a small hole in the spacer. And I've seen it on many other Miatas.
Suggestion. Put a balance weight on the upper portion of the ”axle” to counterbalace the car.
It might be a little less stable sitting on those pneumatic tyres , might be worth make some bolt on feet for when its at the blasters
Another great vid Matt, you must be pleased with that mate 👍
hope you pattented that precicion instrument
might want to put a rotation lock on the rotissery (a piece of flat hanging from a bolt on the non moving part of the hingepoint , the locking bit will just be other curved piece of flat that you can rotate on a sleeve and clamp on the moving bit of the hinge
the piece of flat hanging down will ramp up against it untill it drops in a slot at the end of the ramp locking the car , just in case you have to hold the car in place and cant reach the lockingplate to put a bolt through
a bit hard to describe it without the drawing on a napkin to point out the features but it should be eazy to add on the rotisserie later using bits of scrap metal
I know what you mean, Great idea. Cheers
I love it 👍
A1 Looks and works Great !
don't know if it's worth the effort but welding a vertical pipe from the pivot point and add a bit of weight to it would help a one-man rotisserie turn. anyway, great work!
Would using some Molyslip not be better and not to mention cheaper than WD40?
The molybdenum disulphide in it will help your cutting tools last a hell of a lot longer
Very nice job...
keep up the good work bro
Awesome 😎
Perfect! 👍🏻
Just fantastic - need say no more!
Hoodies no longer available the promo ended on the 4th Dec???
There are times when there is just no alternative to putting things to one side and pretending you haven't seen them. Sometimes they just fix themselves! :-)
Awesome
Centerline of the camshaft on an American car balances usually. Yours? Where does the cam go?? Nice work!
Hahaha all the stuff that fell out when ya rolled it! Yq
Super sweet....👏👏
Do you have a link to buy the hammer?