I have many sets of the vevor lifting chains, very handy and very affordable. I added shortening hooks to a couple sets which makes them even more versatile.
The guy at my local steel supplier said they were going through bandsaw blades pretty fast until someone from higher up forbade them to cut rebar. Evidently surveyors were having their pegs cut there.
I'd be curios, you have enough blades, run a set till they dull dry, then run a set with lube, see how many parts/bars you get with each, from my own exp, a little lube made it easier to shear, working sheet metal with a hand shear, took 30-40% less effort, didn't using it long enough to make it dull (though my Dumb A tried to cut hot steel with it and made a pronounced dull spot...)
You talked about ganging several of these together to cut one bar. That may not work too well. Each segment will grow slightly in length and will need room to fall out. The anvil on the next cutter will not allow the pieces to turn and fall.
Round stuff likes to turn when you cut it in a bandsaw. The smaller the diameter the more likely that will happen. Plus even if you do manage to cut them you are going to use blades. his goal is to keep costs and time down.
No safety latch on the main hook? If you ever have had a strap come off you will know why. I had an 800 pound 4x8 frame where the strap came off the hook... I had a safe place and enough time to plug my ears before it fell , breaking the concrete floor
I've seen lots of indoor cranes like this from 1 ton to 120 ton and none of them have a safety latch on the main hook. As he said in the video there should never ever be side loading on the hook.
just get the foot pedal that has the plug and cord built in. 2 cords . then plug the cutter into the outlet cord and plug in the foot pedal. they come that way from grainger
@christopherrabaldo3377 Interesting. Though it seems like it would be more cost-effective to buy from Vevor instead of hiring a specialty machinist shop to make them.
@95thousandroses Shipping and quantity is the problem there. They consume between 1600 and 2400 of them a year, which is small fries for manufacturing - takes a lot of setup and tooling to crank out 100,000 of them to beat out the small shop, especially when factoring in shipping. I did the math a while back while working on them, and it comes out to about 90-120 seconds per hangar across all steps - the labor portion of the cost is negligible in comparison to materials and tooling. And even then, it's a bid job rather than an hourly. There's still edge cases like this in manufacturing! -Cameraman
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Put a plug-in foot switch on it, and the younger fella can do this job by himself. Just zip tie the trigger.
Bad idea. If they do that then Jim loses his sit-down job.
This is old school awesome. Production the cheapest way possible
I have many sets of the vevor lifting chains, very handy and very affordable. I added shortening hooks to a couple sets which makes them even more versatile.
The guy at my local steel supplier said they were going through bandsaw blades pretty fast until someone from higher up forbade them to cut rebar. Evidently surveyors were having their pegs cut there.
will it cut a Vevor micrometer?
"We wouldn't do something that stupid" Famous last words Howie.... famous last words..... LOL
Cuts Like butter Cuts like butter
the 7/8 one can do 2 of those at a time. and rebar shears better as it seems to be stiffer. it just snaps
I'd be curios, you have enough blades, run a set till they dull dry, then run a set with lube, see how many parts/bars you get with each, from my own exp, a little lube made it easier to shear, working sheet metal with a hand shear, took 30-40% less effort, didn't using it long enough to make it dull (though my Dumb A tried to cut hot steel with it and made a pronounced dull spot...)
Get an excavator pump or a high volume, high pressure skid steer pump and run that thing like a sewing machine!!
You talked about ganging several of these together to cut one bar. That may not work too well. Each segment will grow slightly in length and will need room to fall out. The anvil on the next cutter will not allow the pieces to turn and fall.
Yes that would be a problem & also the time in setting it up, have decided not to do that.
Vevor is fine! It's not the absolute cheapest of the cheapest Chinesium, so you could get some hours out of that thing.
At my shop we cinch the whole bundle with chain visegrips and put the whole bundle into the bandsaw at once.
We were physically welding the ends together and using custom clamps, but there was still a chance to roll and crash when pieces cut off.
-Cameraman
I myself with straps and cut all that in the saw
I was thinking that too. Surely there's a reason he doesn't normally gang cut those on the band saw.
That's why you are not a machinist, you are too efficient.
Round stuff likes to turn when you cut it in a bandsaw. The smaller the diameter the more likely that will happen. Plus even if you do manage to cut them you are going to use blades. his goal is to keep costs and time down.
Whole bundle at once in the bandsaw is the way we do it. Works fine.
@@johnscott2849If you banded it real tight in enough spots it would probably be fine
If it's not, you can always weld all the ends together
I'm trying my best not to buy a dividing head from Vevor, maybe if you did a review it might encourage me 😊
No safety latch on the main hook? If you ever have had a strap come off you will know why. I had an 800 pound 4x8 frame where the strap came off the hook... I had a safe place and enough time to plug my ears before it fell , breaking the concrete floor
I've seen lots of indoor cranes like this from 1 ton to 120 ton and none of them have a safety latch on the main hook.
As he said in the video there should never ever be side loading on the hook.
The way i do cutting jobs like that is on my iron worker, one person and faster
In love ironworkers, My favorite are the early Mubea inertial flywheel machines, basically an updated Bufalo copy.
@HOWEES the one i have is a geka 100 ton, i think it was made in the 80s. But yes the old flywheel style are nice.
Rewire that thing with a foot pedal so it becomes a one man job......1/2 the labour is a way bigger time save than a cycle time reduction.
just get the foot pedal that has the plug and cord built in. 2 cords . then plug the cutter into the outlet cord and plug in the foot pedal. they come that way from grainger
@@ronblack7870 Foot pedal is on it's way.
I'm interesting in what these "hangers" are for. shitload of them
Hanging wires and stuff on mine walls. The local mines buy them for hanging their mine stuff.
S hooks ! use plastic ones on oil instalations
@christopherrabaldo3377 Interesting. Though it seems like it would be more cost-effective to buy from Vevor instead of hiring a specialty machinist shop to make them.
@95thousandroses Shipping and quantity is the problem there. They consume between 1600 and 2400 of them a year, which is small fries for manufacturing - takes a lot of setup and tooling to crank out 100,000 of them to beat out the small shop, especially when factoring in shipping.
I did the math a while back while working on them, and it comes out to about 90-120 seconds per hangar across all steps - the labor portion of the cost is negligible in comparison to materials and tooling. And even then, it's a bid job rather than an hourly. There's still edge cases like this in manufacturing!
-Cameraman
@@95thousandroses
ah good old Skyhooks and blue rope made many a temp pipe support
As a subscriber, I am leaving. I am so tired of seeing all of the free Vevor and others company free advertising. I liked the old content. Thanks for the fun while it lasted.
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We do just as many as we've always done. It's about 2-3% of everything we post. You Don't have to click on them... : )
-Cameraman