New Iron Worker is on the way

It is 70 and sunny today and I have a great big box here.

I'll have to give another update tomorrow, I've been with people and on the phone most of the afternoon and it's time to go.

I have pics alright, 20 of them sent to the manufacturer last night showing damage they knew was there when they crated it with no damage to the crate or plastic wrap as it was unboxed. I asked them if they were trying to electrocute me.

If you remember the delay was due to electrical problems, seems they weren't very careful taking things apart to find the problem. There is a lot of broken coated metal conduit with sharp edges up against high power 3 phase wiring all over the machine. After that is all replaced then we need to see if it actually works. I'll put one of several pics I sent them showing the damage was there when they wrapped it up, and others I found when it was unboxed and unwrapped, of course there is no damage to the machine or crate at all... Most of the fabricators kit was not in there as well. This could be another good thing, I can fix the damage if they send me parts and some more free tooling for my labor.

They have been super good to me so far, we'll see how far this part of it goes.

On a better note, the machine is an absolute monster and very thoughtfully designed, I had no idea how massive the steel would be in this thing. The press arm piece (#7 in the pic) is 2" thick steel. There is absolutely no doubt that there will be nothing it can not do and much, much more than I need once it's up and working. I couldn't have picked a better machine, and all of the problems so far have resulted in deep discounts and free tooling to make up for the trouble so I was sorta happy to see there may be more more of that in my future lol.

The station opposite the punch is something that can accept any tooling I can think up to make for it based on the original station design for mounting it because it is a simple arm press design. It also has easily adjustable high and low stops for repetitive work, it will come in handy mostly for bending a lot of parts while keeping them all the same. This machine is gonna be the best thing ever brought in here.

Once I talk to them today and see what's up from here I'll let everyone know and get started on the other plans I had for it once it was here.

Geno wrote: On a better note, the machine is an absolute monster and very thoughtfully designed, I had no idea how massive the steel would be in this thing. The press arm piece (#7 in the pic) is 2" thick steel. There is absolutely no doubt that there will be nothing it can not do and much, much more than I need once it's up and working. I couldn't have picked a better machine, and all of the problems so far have resulted in deep discounts and free tooling to make up for the trouble so I was sorta happy to see there may be more more of that in my future lol.

The station opposite the punch is something that can accept any tooling I can think up to make for it based on the original station design for mounting it because it is a simple arm press design. It also has easily adjustable high and low stops for repetitive work, it will come in handy mostly for bending a lot of parts while keeping them all the same. This machine is gonna be the best thing ever brought in here.

Once I talk to them today and see what's up from here I'll let everyone know and get started on the other plans I had for it once it was here.

Nice looking machine but can it make tie rods?

No it does not make tie rod ends Nappy.

The conduit thing is figured out, all of them but one is just not installed correctly. I can cut a wrap off of the broken one on the pedal assy to assemble it correctly. They just uploaded a vid for me to see how to fix them, great service for sure.

The ends were an easy fix so no free tooling, oh well lol.

The wiring is brilliant, the more I take this thing apart the more I like it. The only thing running 3 phase is the motor itself, single phase 220V is split off of the 3 phase input in the control box running to a transformer that converts all of the control systems to 24V. Control circuits are all just triggering relays and the relays have clear covers so you can see if they are working. It looks complicated in the box but it really isn't.

The plastic guards were removed so I could see marks better when working with it. The rear cover is off and the design is awesome there as well. It's nice to see something designed so simple, well laid out, and easy to work on or service. I've used a lot of Iron workers over the years but nothing compares to this one as far as it's design. The engineer must have had experience using one of these, being a mechanic, or maybe he had a mechanic standing over his shoulder helping lol.