New Ironworker for the shop.

[Wildfire1]

Last week I got the new Ironworker for the shop. Very pleased with the new machine and it's built like a battleship. there was a few things I wanted to do to improve on it such as add a couple of lights and the other problem I was having was the fact that while using the thing it would discharge the scrap material to the floor so I decided to fabricate a couple of scrap catechers to the unit.

I used all aluminum for the project. Most of the material was cut with the Ironworker and I tigged it all together. I milled the bracket slots so these could be easily be removed and the material dumped.

Anyway here's how it all turned out

 

[Wildfire1]

More pics!

 

[TheGrooveking]

Cool! Nice machine to have.

TheGrooveking

 

[Wildfire1]

The last of the pics!You can see by the last two photo's where the material would just drop out on the floor. Not going to happen any more

 

[Wildfire1]

Cool! Nice machine to have.

TheGrooveking

Thanks. Yes it's very handy

 

[wreckercologist]

I can't even remember what it was like to not have one of those in the shop I work at. Biggest freakin' time saver ever!

How many ton is it? Ours is 65 or 70 ton and could stand to be bigger!



EDIT...I went back and looked at your pics........60 ton. Same make as ours. They're a good machine!

 

[sberry]

One was on my wish list but I do less real steel fab all the time, they are near priceless where they are needed, super time savers and make it less tempting to save all kinds of scrap bits when its so easy to knock a piece off. They can pay back in a hurry.

 

[Krokodil]

That looks like a very nice toy!

 

[rockchucker]

Good show! Very nice Machine.

 

[A_Pmech]

Very nice!

An Edwards too, I see.

Enjoy!

 

[arkangel06]

Very nice indeed!

 

[jtbinvalrico]

Nice craftsmanship on your part.........theirs too.

 

[Fauj]

We have one of those at our welding shop. Very nice pieces of equipment. (on my list of things to own!)

Nice fab skills!

 

[Wildfire1]

We have one of those at our welding shop. Very nice pieces of equipment. (on my list of things to own!)

Nice fab skills!

Thanks guys. The Edwards Ironworker is a fantastic product and they have some of the best pricing around. I ordered my 60 ton unit with the 1" table,pedestal die holder, back gauge,punches and dies and 8" four way brake.

There was just a few minor things I changed such as the waste catchers and the other item I just resolved and that was when I was cutting plate on the shears with the guard in place I couldn't see the cutting edge of the blade because it was 5.5" past the guard and I would have to use a flashlight to see in there to position the plate.

I was at wally world today and found a set of flexible LED strip lights. there 12 volts so I used a transformer to power them up and the results was amazing. It took ten minutes to install and they came with 3-M two way tape already on them and are built very well. I installed them up out of the way of the blades. Take a look.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

I want one! I want one! I want one!...... did I say, I want one!!!!!!!!!

Charles

 

[Wildfire1]

I want one! I want one! I want one!...... did I say, I want one!!!!!!!!!

Charles

Charles I think I can recall you mentioning that

 

[mjb]

Nice! I have wanted one for a while, but keep finding other things to buy instead.

 

[Wildfire1]

Nice! I have wanted one for a while, but keep finding other things to buy instead.

Ya I know what you mean. I did the same thing but I should have gotten this years ago. Since I put it in the shop a week ago I've used it every day. I retired my old mill drill a few months ago and just use it for a drill press now and put a new knee mill in the shop. The Ironworker was the last big item I needed. Glad you like it

 

[Wildfire1]

Well this past weekend I decided to make a table for the notching station of the Ironworker. I used some 1/2" plate and started in doing it. Sure wish Edwards had done something like this on the notching end, makes it a lot better to use now.

 

[Wildfire1]

Some more pics of the completed table.

 

[A_Pmech]

"Looks factory" as my neighbor would say.

Nice work!

 

[mjb]

That looks great!

You would think something like that would come with it or be available as an accessory.

 

[Joe69]

They just ordered us an ironworker for our shop at work. I can't wait for it to get here.

Joe

 

[Wildfire1]

"Looks factory" as my neighbor would say.

Nice work!

Thank you

That looks great!

You would think something like that would come with it or be available as an accessory.

Thanks. I thought the same but they don't.

They just ordered us an ironworker for our shop at work. I can't wait for it to get here.

Joe

Your going to love that thing Joe. What one did they order? Paul

 

[e-tek]

WOW - notmuch more to say.
Great machinery. Great skills!!

 

[bimmer1980]

nice work on making the "little extras" for the machine!! that will pay off having them on the machine right from the start.

We had a metal working back in high school welding shop and it was so handy. I've often thought about how easy it was to shear off metal with that machine as I'm using a sawzall or chop saw or band saw....

just curious, what's a machine like that cost?

 

[Steve V.]

just curious, what's a machine like that cost?

Google is your friend.

Edwards Ironworkers

I forgot to mention that I would give the left part of part of my anatomy to have something like that. I'm waiting for the Harbor Freight 1 ton version to come out and then I don't know where I'd put it.




Steve

 

[fatboy99]

Well this past weekend I decided to make a table for the notching station of the Ironworker. I used some 1/2" plate and started in doing it. Sure wish Edwards had done something like this on the notching end, makes it a lot better to use now.

They may not have been able to. The truck/fab shop i used to work at had a Piranna Iron worker and it had a table like you built and it could be pattened.You should make a stop with a 45deg angle on the end to put at the cutter end for cutting multipul miters very handy.

 

[Wildfire1]

WOW - notmuch more to say.
Great machinery. Great skills!!

Thank you very much. Appreciate your kind words.

nice work on making the "little extras" for the machine!! that will pay off having them on the machine right from the start.

We had a metal working back in high school welding shop and it was so handy. I've often thought about how easy it was to shear off metal with that machine as I'm using a sawzall or chop saw or band saw....

just curious, what's a machine like that cost?

When I ordered mine I ordered some extra punches, a 1" punching table and single phase and considering I live on an island the machine delivered was 11,000 and It's a great machine. The extras just make it more pleasurable to use. Thanks for your comments.

Google is your friend.

Edwards Ironworkers

I forgot to mention that I would give the left part of part of my anatomy to have something like that. I'm waiting for the Harbor Freight 1 ton version to come out and then I don't know where I'd put it.




Steve

Google is how I found mine I have a manual Ironworker here. It's a Chinese model and hand operated. I've owned it for 6 years and man it's done some work and is a very reliable machine. I'm still keep it too. I'm running out of room in my shop

They may not have been able to. The truck/fab shop i used to work at had a Piranna Iron worker and it had a table like you built and it could be pattened.You should make a stop with a 45deg angle on the end to put at the cutter end for cutting multipul miters very handy.

Good idea. I plan on other additions to the machine. That's why I machined the extra slots in the table. The Piranna is a VERY nice machine but the base price on a P50 here was $30.000 so I ruled that one out in a hurry I'm happy with the Edwards so far. Thanks for your suggestions

 

[shotgunfatcat]

Love mine, might steel the catch pan idea.......

 

[Wildfire1]

Love mine, might steel the catch pan idea.......

Go for it

 

[Diesel_Crawler]

Great work as always, Nothing less then the best.

When are you going to get around to posting some pictures of that big tool box of yours or do I have to break down and drive down and see it

 

[Weld-It Fab]

Wildfire1,

Can you post some pics of your Toyota fork truck? Nice job on customizing it.

 

[fatboy99]

I like the look's of the Edwards. The shop went bankrupt i would have like to have bought it at the auction. The shop installed Dump bed's and work bodies we were also a Sterling Truck and Frod truck only dealer The Piranna was great to use for projects.

 

[Wildfire1]

Great work as always, Nothing less then the best.

When are you going to get around to posting some pictures of that big tool box of yours or do I have to break down and drive down and see it

Thank you sir. Glad you like the mods and the machine. Hey I remember you asking me about the tool box now. It slipped my mind. I bought a new knee mill so I had to buy another tool box so now there's two bib tool box's in the shop. Have you got a link where you'd like me to post pics or would you like to see them here? Sorry I forgot about your request. I got a real good memory but it's short

I like the look's of the Edwards. The shop went bankrupt i would have like to have bought it at the auction. The shop installed Dump bed's and work bodies we were also a Sterling Truck and Frod truck only dealer The Piranna was great to use for projects.

Interesting. The Piranna looks like a very nice unit. The Edwards kind of looks a little less refined or should I say less stylish unit but it does the same job and that's all that matters and for a lot less coin. Considering the Edwards is US built. Anyone who needs a Ironworker couldn't go wrong with an Edwards unit plus there also helping out the US economy which is a Hugh plus

Wildfire1,

Can you post some pics of your Toyota fork truck? Nice job on customizing it.

Thank you sir. You ask and you shall receive. Some back ground info on the thing. I needed a forklift for the shop and ended up buying a old "85 Toyota from a fish plant. It basically needed everything rebuilt. As the pictures and video will show. It was a pile of work but It runs and works like new.

My intention was to just get it up and running but our customers would say "You got something in mind for that" or your going to pimp it out" I always said no but I did get a little carried away with it

Hope you like it and thank for your comments.

Here's a thread on the lift, a video and an article.


Thread: http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?t=30591&highlight=toyota+forklift

Article: http://www.forkliftaction.com/news/newsdisplay.aspx?nwid=7183



Video:

The old meets the new.

 

[bimmer1980]

beautiful forklift!!!! I read thru your post on the welding web. impressive with all the work you did to the machine.