DIY Poor Mans Ironworker

DIY Poor Mans Ironworker - Part 1

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6 жыл бұрын

This is showing an overview of an upcoming project. Calling it the DIY Poor Man's ironworker. Using a Dayton 12" plate shear, harbor freight trailer jack, and harbor freight pipe threader for the automation. This could be a cool DIY homemade metal cutter shear ripper for steel or aluminum.
Behind the Scenes KZfaq Channel: / @oldbarnhomestead

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@unitedstatesofbuild4915 6 жыл бұрын

An ironworker is right up at the top of the must-acquire list for my shop. Needless to say Ill be following this one Gary!

@mackeymetalfabrication2357 6 жыл бұрын

Cool project! Can't wait to see the rest of the videos on it

@MrGunPilot 6 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the next installment.

@RaysGarage 6 жыл бұрын

Cool build Gary, looking forward to the upcoming vids buddy!

@TheRooster1122 6 жыл бұрын

Now that’s going to be Sweet Gary! I’m staying tuned....

@turbocobra 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ray, should be pretty cool if it works out :)

@ChrisB257 6 жыл бұрын

Makes me think I could modify my old shear! Looks interesting. :)

@turbocobra 6 жыл бұрын

Oh heck yea, go for it! :)

@elijahcbr6009 6 жыл бұрын

Looks like a cool build. Can't wait to see it done. Air over hydro ram from the freight might be cool too.

@turbocobra 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, hopefully it works as planned lol

@brianmoore6297 6 жыл бұрын

that is cool! I see where you're going. I want one!

@turbocobra 6 жыл бұрын

lol, hopefully if it works out, i will sell some kits or just the CAD files and plans for a Few bucks

@1970chevelle396 6 жыл бұрын

That looks like a good idea.

@tertessa 6 жыл бұрын

looks like a good build...

@vanderhoof5701 6 жыл бұрын

This looks to be an interesting build! I built a similar one with a hole punch 20 yrs ago, used Scotchman punches and dies. It would do a one inch hole in half inch A36. Then I ran into a new 6509-24M Scotchman with single phase and a bunch of tooling for 10k. Just recently stripped the cylinder and 5hp motor off my self built and scrapped it. You can go a long ways with what you're building there.

@turbocobra 6 жыл бұрын

Well this would just be something to do small stuff wiht more for the home shop, and not spend a bunch of money on it. Why did you scrap the scotchman?

@vanderhoof5701 6 жыл бұрын

Ramsey Customs - turbocobra Oh I didn't scrap the Scotchman, it's a fine machine. Scrapped my homebuilt one. It worked fine, but my space is at a premium and the hydraulic cylinder, 5hp motor and pump were worth more to me than I would have got had I sold it in our small "cheap people" area. Will be interesting to see what that can shear. On my small hand shear like yours I mounted an adjustable 1/4x4 plate edgewise on the inlet side the full length of it with clearance for 1/4 stock, drilled a 1" hole through it for access to the rod shear so that no matter how narrow or wide the stock is you don't have to dick with the little round hold down, just shove your metal in and shear it.

@AWDJRforYouTube 6 жыл бұрын

Cool Gary, Say what about powering it up with a HF air-over Hyd. 12 ton jack? Nice work on the the tear down and clean up of this plate shear.

@turbocobra 6 жыл бұрын

i definitely thought about that, but just wanted to try something that is electrically actuated. we will see how it all works out! Thanks for watching

@Troph2 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice, I'm loving all of these, DIY/laser cut flatpack/HFmod stuff that's been coming out. Odd question though, I have a milled out 300zx plenum, are you still able to do the top covers?

@turbocobra 6 жыл бұрын

Yes I could make another one and weld it in if you want to ship your intake to me

@Lion16785 6 жыл бұрын

excelente, al lado derecho puedes colocar un tipo de cesta o rampa para que la pieza a cortar no caiga al suelo...

@davidwhite9906 6 жыл бұрын

Is it gonna be a portable shear or an iron worker? There’s a big difference but if it is gonna be an iron worker I’d definitely be interested depending on how it comes out

@EcoMouseChannel 6 жыл бұрын

Our "ironworker" concept is based on several machines that we both have that are usually combined into one large unit. Punching, Shearing, Bending etc... hence the "poor man's workaround" solution is to use several of the smaller, more affordable machines that accomplish identical tasks without the $20k + price tag.

@davidwhite9906 6 жыл бұрын

Good deal I was wondering if it was gonna have a punch/notch setup

@user-ks5ff 6 жыл бұрын

On mine I built a rest that bolts on to the left side, you just loosen the bolts and it slides down on to them and levels up perfectly with the blade, then put a removable stop at the back which is squared up perfectly with the blade, this way you can rest sheet on it and cut a perfect right angle quickly.

@turbocobra 6 жыл бұрын

can you email me a pic of what you are describing? gary@ramseycustoms.com my plan is to bolt some angle iron to the left side, with a series of 3/8th holes and make a fence that also serves as the replacement for hte chrome stop to keep it from tipping up

@user-ks5ff 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah sure, I'll try and do it tomorrow.

@user-ks5ff 6 жыл бұрын

Apologies for the delay, I've just sent you a couple of pics.

@SYFGARAGE 6 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what an Ironworker is, so this will be interesting.

@EcoMouseChannel 6 жыл бұрын

Well, it's definitely NOT Gary.

@oldschool6345 6 жыл бұрын

Lol, hey the trolls were supposed to make mean comments on the other video haha

@gweliver 6 жыл бұрын

Top (fold down) bottom (fold up) electrodes for spot welding small panels? Maybe the electrodes would be long enough to extend the reach somewhat? Thanks looks like a cool project!

@turbocobra 6 жыл бұрын

Not following you on the first part of your comment?

@gweliver 6 жыл бұрын

The top electrode will be hinged and for spot welding this electrode will rotate down and be locked in place, then the bottom electrode is hinged and will rotate up and locked into place, both lock locations are predetermined in order for both electrode to make contact at their points. Then raise up the shear mechanism stick your panels to be spot welded and lower the shear mechanism back down hit the spot weld energize switch which is controlled by a timer to set the duration of electricity for thinner or thicker materials. Thanks

@nomadmad308 6 жыл бұрын

Look forward to seeing how this turns out

@melgross 6 жыл бұрын

3 years is quite a while? Ten years is a fair time. 15 years is almost quite a while. 3 years is almost new.

@davidvannatta1317 6 жыл бұрын

Daniel, tried to contact you by other methods but have had no luck, could you please put your contact information where you can be reached concerning purchases from your web site.

@turbocobra 6 жыл бұрын

people contact me from my website and from my youtube channel everyday. I am sorry you had difficulty. you can email me at gary@ramseycustoms.com

@dieselguy62 6 жыл бұрын

a 50 ton plus cpapacity ironworker sells for scrap prices around here. while this build is cool, its honestly not close to an iron worker. i have two, a hydraulic and an old Buffalo 96 ton mechanical one. both were picked up for the cost of hauling them out of where they were.

@turbocobra 6 жыл бұрын

Where you located? those type of units here that are running are $8K minimum

@dieselguy62 6 жыл бұрын

Ramsey Customs - turbocobra , houston texas