A Tour Of Our Edwards Ironworker
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- As per viewers request. A tour of the Edwards Ironworker.
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Hi Paul and Kathy, Those scrap catchers are absolutely beautiful... Nobody can make a modification look original better then you! Thanks much! 😃👍
Thanks Scott. Glad you liked them 👍
That is a fantastic machine Paul. I cannot imagine the countless hours that has saved you over the years.
Thank you for making such a good video about the Edwards 60 ton Ironworker Machine. We loved it! You explained everything so perfectly.
Thank you Michael for watching. Out of all the tools in our shop the Edwards Ironworker is my absolute favourite. Quality build and made in the USA. It’s used each and every day with zero problems.
It just don’t get any better than that. 👍
I had a Piranha Ironworker at work, it never ceased to amaze me just how much strength that notcher had, used to go through steel like a hot knife through butter. Great review!
Hey Paul, I'm actually originally from Albert Lea, Minnesota and I gotta say I'm very proud to hear you talk about the Edwards Iron Worker! I was really astonished to see you even have it in the shop! I was like, "Hey that's made by a company in the town I live in!" It really is an amazing machine! I'm actually trying to hopefully get a job there, It's been fully employed so far. I'd love to pass this video along to the company, and share ideas. But yeah! I enjoy your videos (got interested from your snow clearing and "blow snower" mods!) I hope one day to visit you in Newfoundland, Canada! Enjoy!
Hi Jonathan. So nice to hear from someone from Albert Lea. Even more surprised that you watch our channel. I'm not one that gets impressed easily and if you've watched a few of our videos you'll see we have a farely well equipped shop but this Edwards is the best thing we've ever purchased. It's used every day, never an issue and built so well.
I sure hope you land a job with them because I can feel your pride all the way here in Newfoundland and I'm sure you would be a wonderful asset to their operation. The best of luck to you in the future. Thanks for watching and commenting. Kathy and I really appreciate it.
Super cool machine. Great video. Thanks my friends for sharing. Stay safe and don't work to hard.
Have a great day my friend.
Absolutely the best Ironworker review ever done. Thanks to both of you for taking the time to make this video for people that will get something out of it and that would be both the pro and the layman that wondered how this machine worked. Thanks Again and keep up the great work
Thanks guys for watching it. Happy to hear you enjoyed it. It's a great product. Keep well.
I know its made for steel but i could see me using it for plastic sheets as well. Awesome piece of equipment. Cheers guys !!!!
Your right because I've done that plus I've cut rubber with it as well.
That's an awesome machine. Thanks for touching on the press as well. Thanks for sharing. Keep the videos coming......I hardly watch TV anymore. haha
What an absolutely fantastic piece of machinery!
Good Morning Paul and Cathy,
What a great video that was well worth the wait. I can't thank you enough for taking the time to do a review of the Edwards ironworker. I have to say that I was completely unaware that you did so many mods to the machine as everything looks so professional and well made. I really like the idea how you added the extension table. Great very useful ideas and really well done. Now all I have to do is save up the money and get one of my own.
Thanks again Paul and Cathy!! Have a wonderful day and keep your sticks on the ice eh!
Your welcome Matthew. If we say we'll do it you can take it to the bank. Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for watching and commenting.
Very very good video looking forward to the milling machine now
Great video of the ironworker , love your videos. God bless you both
It's a fantastic machine and I've made many comments about how nice of a job it does. Great review Paul. I enjoyed it.
We had an Iron Worker of a different brand, but identical in functions in a shop I used to manage. This is a moneymaker. One product we did for someone relates to one of your videos. We did pretty good volume making plow edges for snowplows. We could cut to length and punch holes for the mounting screws on tough grade steel.
Great review... Thank you Paul and Kathy for all your videos... always interesting :D
Paul i was going to ask you about this equipment but didn't know what it was call great video for what you do it amazing machine thanks for sharing
Great Machine and great mods Paul, love your work.
Thanks buddy. Hope your doing well
Just went to Edwards youtube channel, saw the add on hoses that run several other pieces of equipment that might make sense in your shop, Paul! Cost of these add on tools are about half since the power unit is in the iron worker.
I'm not fond of that system. with individual systems there's no setting up. With the Edwards wet up your always setting up hoses and the like.
Thanks for the tour, I have watched you use this in your videos and seen how handy this tool is ... now I know the whole story... Gotta add that to my wish list. (Which gets bigger with every video)
Thanks. I know what you mean. Super cool street Rod. Ok I'm sitting here drooling looking at it 👍
That belongs to a friend of mine... I started with the frame, welded all off the topcoat together and added a Mustang II front end and 4 link rear with coil overs. I shaved the door handles, hid the hinges, changed the hood to a front lift, added a roll pan to the back below the trunk lid. I flared the wheel wells and added the front air dam. We added power everything. The headlights and interior were done in Canada, eh. Once in primer, his brother-in-law did the paint. I stopped doing fabrication and bodywork when I started at the phone company 32 years ago, well, except for my buddy's projects. This is part of the reason I enjoy your videos so much... you're getting me charged up again... you're a fine craftsman and do superior work...
enjoyed the video keep them coming
great machine all the tv shows use them now too the automotive shows but you as someone that paid for it was a true review on it now the tv shows for those that don't know are the ones on spike and velocity channels
Thanks for another great video. You have a day buddy.
Great video but I seem to remember maybe you did one on this great machine before. Thumbs up Paul & Kathy!!!
Yes but someone asked for a new video on it so they got it.
Paul Short I meant no disrespect to video.
I never took it in a negative way at all. 👍
Paul Short Okay I should have not said anything at all but sometimes I may put my foot in my mouth. lol
That machine make short work out of punching holes my brother like to get one but i know it is not cheap !! but still a very cool machine ! take care & have a great weekend !! ps thanks for sharing the photos on the other video love the photos of the old bikes you did a great job on them !! curt :-)
Edward's is a great company .. and they're only 20 miles from me. Nice to see one of their machines in your shop.
Well you are 100% correct on the great company and we are very proud to have their ironworker in our shop. Thanks for watching.
Thank you! Don't have a need for one but I sure would like one.
Great job on the videos 👍
Thanks Paul And Kathy
awesome video's paul !!
Thanks for another Edwards Review another mod you could is make a custom aluminum knob for the foot switch. This is only when you don't have anything to do buddy. lol
The fact that there company makes equipment that lasts is a Big ++++ in my book
Paul I can't believe you haven't put a lip on the waste shoot to catch the scrap, this will save you back from bending to pick up the scrap. Don't worry about the noise of it hitting the floor it will still ting as it drops down the shoot.
We have made a mod to it. We put rubber on the floor yesterday to stop the noise. Can't put a lip on the chute because it would back up to fast on multiple cuts and jam the blades.
That machine is real nice with what it can do accurately if it's set up for repetitive jobs. I totally get what you say from experience of not having one . Now I'm going to go out on a limb and say after watching you do mods to most things. There may not be any machine you 2 own, that's not modified for convenience during use or better performance. Can we please have a kitchen tour of the mods to Kathy's food processor L.O.L . Robert
I have never had anything that didn't require some kind of mod. Kathy's kitchen is totally modded.
Hope you have a great weekend. There will be a new video up later today ;)
Could you tell me where you bought the led lighting for inside the shear housing? I’d like the part number for this as well. Great modification!
Haha I'm the first one to give the thumbs up.👍👍
Winner, winner. Chicken dinner ;)
Paul Short Thanks Paul! lol!
NICE ! NICE ! NICE !
Thank you for making this Vid!
Another very good video wish had one but to old and can not afford for home use Thank you
PaK
Two Rivers Wisconsin
Ah buy it anyway and put it right in the middle of the living room. They are kinda interesting to just look at too lol
What thickness of 316 stainless would it punch. I suppose the size of the die would be a attributing factor?
Tom these ironworkers are really intended for "Mild Steel" only BUT we sometimes break the rules ;)
The mod machine!!
we got a piranha ironworker at mattamuskeet high school and i graduation in 2010 from mattamuskeet high school
Very nice unit. Congrats on your graduation.
those snow deflectors you make for the kabota buckets, would you make them for a kioti bucket ? hey paul, it's orange also, lol
If it’s not on our site we don’t make them. You bought the wrong colour orange. 😉
Ah , but you must of never really checked out the kioti's. there twice as tough than a Kubota, and look way better !! besides, the owners of kobota and kioti, were partners when they first started making tractors, than they split apart, thus the great creation of ( KIOTI ) The best tractor there is !! sorry paaul, lol
I can assure you I know the history of the Kioti that’s why we have all Kubota’s. Buy a Kubota here and when you want to sell it you can sell it on a phone call. Buy a Kioti and try and sell it and no one will look at it.
Every rental store here rents Kubota’s only, why? Because they will tell you they are the only tractor that will last. I can give you dozens of other reasons why I prefer Kubota but I would only hurt your feelings.
Sorry. Good luck.
That is a very nice piece of equipment and a real time saver. I would like to see one operate in person .Great video Paul and Kathy, keep up the great work. So long for now, God bless.
i love your machine !!!!, so mutch you can do with it , it woud really help my out in my" shop" , perhaps i wil go look for somthing like that , when i move to my neuwe bigger " shop" over 2 jears i hope ( i dont have the space for it nou )
I bought mine (Jaws IV 50 ton) around 1995? from a dealer in Buffalo, NY.
It has been a good machine, much less sophisticated than Paul's. Hydraulics are strictly mechanical foot pedal, no electric solenoid control. I do think it is somewhat over rated on capacity, it really strains to punch or sheer at the thickness and diameter stated on the labels on the machine. But overall, never any problems or down time.
First mod I did, is add a light, and larger Shear Table, plus mechanical parts counter.
I wish mine had the stroke control. I think the pump on mine runs faster, or is a lesser quality unit because it is exceedingly loud whine compared to Pauls. Annoying......like a suck car horn.....Ha....
That is a nice rig and cool mods,but I don't have the spare USD's right now, so I'll have to keep using the Armstrong method and my trusty smokewrench. Maybe my new POTUS will offer these as an income tax refund.
I want to purchase a plasma table but man the Canadian dollar is so low I'm putting off doing so. We purchased a lot of our big tooling including the Edwards when the dollar was on par with the American green back. I'm waiting to. Keep safe.
Interesting concept. I've watched him before. Smart dude but by god I wish he'd just speak plain English! That being said I'll keep an eye on him. I do see a few possibilities there. Thanks.
Too noisy and takes too long to change punches.
Turn the volume down and speed up the video. Much quieter and punch changeover much faster.
Hi Paul. I'm currently in Orlando Florida at the 2017 Grainger Show and one of the booths is an Edwards Iron Worker. They had a 55 ton model and I got to talking to the sales rep and I said there's a guy on TH-cam that I've been following for years, he has a 60 ton model. The guy says "is his name Paul Short?" "I said yep, that's him. I've been following his work for that last ten years. Before TH-cam we were both on Welding Web and he used to post pics of his projects. He's the most talented fabricator I've ever seen." He said yep he most certainly is! All I can say buddy is you are definitely getting noticed all around. Hope you and and the better half are doing well. Your friend Tim from Florida.
That's great Tim. It's nice to know when someone so far away knows your name. With so many on social media including TH-cam it's a wonder anyone knows who I am so it's very humbling. Thanks to you for following all this time. Welding Web was my favourite site. A lot of good thinkers there. I seen more talent on that site than any other.
Life got complicated for me when I started this TH-cam channel and took me away from the forums but I miss them at times. I remember being featured in the Welding Webs Design and Fabrication magazine. Had two editors fighting over two differant stories but the senior editor pulled rank and won but I wanted to give the story to the jonior editor. Oh well I tried lol.
I've always tried to give the Edwards product a good honest review. It truly is one of the best products that I've ever had that came out of the USA. They deserve more recognition. Nice they even know who I am. Thanks for this.
I said it before love the ironworker. The next 10thou I have spare I will be buying one.
Thanks Paul and Cathy for your time. Hope the Grand Babies are doing good.
Tums up guys. ATB to you both
I have admired that machine since I started watching your channel. One awesome piece of equipment.
Thanks John. Any snow out your way? We have 5-10cm's coming this weekend but winter will soon end. Keep well sir.
They called for 2-4 cm overnight and all we got was a dusting. No need to plow. Haven't had any snow since the last video we shot. The temperature has been yoyoing up and down from day to day. Spring has been here for about a month now. I know it sounds crazy, but the geese have been returning here since February. I have to do another video but every time I have a day off it rains, or is in the -10 range. I like to pamper myself. LOL
I think your going to have to buy a snow making unit lol.
Less snow means more money for me. I charge all my clients by the season. So they pay up front in November. It is a toss of the dice. Some winters I win (Like this year) and others I may not make as much as I wanted.
I really like this set up. I use to operate a Torrent punch and press break for few years before I started my railroad work. I bet this machine had paid for itself time and again. I bent and punched a many of stainless bosh dishwasher doors thanks for sharing
We've got a Kingsland 65XA iron worker have you heard of them?
Yes and a great unit also.
Very informative. If I was a young man, starting out, this would be one tool I'd have to steal, I mean buy. It has always got my attention when you have used it and I'd agree, it's a fantastic tool. Thanks Paul, you's guys stay safe, GB !
Another safety aspect, is that it almost eliminates the need of cutting torches and the risk of fires and burns associated. Great video, be good, be safe, God bless!!!!
... another awesome video guys !! Love your show. I got a feeling your new ironworker is on the assembly line as I type !! lol ☺ Cheers!
I'm glad someone requested you to talk about your iron worker. I've been wondering about it as well.
hi paul was looking at your close ups is it possible to turn the top plate 180 then the numbers coinside with the punch and sheer
Well after reading your suggestion I went out to the shop. Got the tools out. Removed the bolts. Turned it 180 and it worked! Now to be fair to us we've only had the thing here for 6 years and we need time to figure this stuff out lol.
Great observation Larry. Tip my hat to you ;)
your welcome paul
The Edwards company needs to take a look at this video and talk to you. Great video and upgrades.
Thanks. They don't even know we own one I guess lol
We love your videos Paul!
Cool. They'll have to pry my ironworker from my dead hands. Tell your staff I'm forever impressed with the product and the workmanship that's gone into our unit. Keep up the great work.
Kathy: One of our customers that bought an Edwards 60 ton Ironworker saw your beautiful scrap bucket in the video and thought the factory made it. Now he is sad that he has to make his own scrap bucket. Would you talk Paul into making a video to show how to make one of those beautiful Paul&Kathy scrap buckets? Also keep in mind that the frame thickness is slightly thinner on the very popular 55 ton size Ironworker.
Now you got me in trouble with Kathy 😂 Looks like I’ll have to do a video on our waste catchers. I designed and fabricated them back in 2010 when we bought our 60 Tom Edwards. Also added a bunch of L.E.D. Lighting to the unit that. I think my next modification to the unit will be the stripper. It’s the only part of the machine that I’ve despised. I like Edwards urethane stripper but not sure how well they work.
Thanks for watching.