Hey everybody,

I had ran this past vid the other night and he suggested I share it on this thread, so here it is.

I essentially built Vid's rotisserie mechanism, with the minor alteration that the stupid hardware store I went to didn't have regular spincock handles, so I just used large thumb-screws in place of them. Also, I already had a pair of cheap sawhorses that were not being used, so I used them rather than building the black pipe base.

I also had some cheap clamps, which I wasn't too trusting of. I noted that on another site someone suggested that they drill holes through the end of the playfield to mount their board to the rotisserie. While I agree that you would never see the holes - I can't fathom damaging something I am trying to repair, by putting more holes in it. What to do?

I came up with another idea for securing your playfield to the rotisserie. It does NOT in any way alter the plans laid out by Vid in this post, it just simply adds a couple of cheap parts to the list.

LIST

(4-6) 1/4 (20) bolts - about 1 1/4" in length should cover any situation
(4-6) nuts for the bolts
(4-6) washers to go with the nuts & bolts
(1) 3' piece of angle (assuming you used 1 1/2" before, go 1 1/4" for this piece)

- Saw the angle in half.
- Center each new piece of angle on top of the playfield, directly above the piece of angle that your playfield is mounted onto.
-Use a marker to mark off an area where the bolt/nut that holds the original angle to the flange poke through.
- Take the pieces of angle (once both are marked) to a grinding wheel, if you have access to one, otherwise some wizardry with a hack-saw would probably work. Notch into the elbow of the angle a nice sized gap.

*What you are doing here is making it so that the new angle will lie snug on top of your playfield in the same position as the original piece is sitting below your playfield. (notches A & B in picture 1)

-Once you have a large enough notch, flatten the area around the notch by crimping it in a vice or hammering it flat, so that there are no sharp edges sticking out.
- Lay the notched piece of angle over your playfield (as picture) and put the bolt/nut/washer combos through both pieces of angle via the holes in the angle - as close as you can to each side of the playfield and tighten them.

*If you have no pre-existing holes in your playfield between the two pieces of angle, then you will have completed that end.

- Wherever you do have pre-existing holes in the playfield, between the two angle pieces, use them to your advantage by adding a bolt, nut and washer to secure the playfield. This is why the quantity is listed as (4-6) on those parts in the list.

Hope the description makes sense, I am half asleep as I write this. The pictures should help.

This is easy, eliminates the need for trigger clamps, frees up the area from clamps getting in the way and does it all without having to drill any holes in your precious playfield.

Enjoy! New_Rotisserie_Locking_System_01_(4web.png New_Rotisserie_Locking_System_02(4web).png New_Rotisserie_Locking_System_03(4web).png