New toy Baby ironworker

[Xtreme Fabrication]

I was R and B steel a week ago, just to see how business is holding up since my mentor Rick lost his battle with cancer. I was joking with his brother about how the little 10 ton bantom ironworker sitting next to the 90 ton geka irowworker has been collecting dust for the last 10 years. He asked if I wanted to buy it. Um sure. So it came home with me for $1000. I forgot how much tooling we had for it. Punches round and square from 1/4" to 3/4", along with two more sets of shear blades. One is a 8" plate and the other is a railing cap, 1" channel, 1/2" picket. They used it to make a ton of railing back in the day. They got their geka in in 1985, so its never really been used since. I forgot how nice it was to have a ironworker vs a bandsaw and drill press. 1 second vs 5 mins to cut or drill something. Just have to remember that mechincal ironworkers have no safety stop after you step on the petal, unlike a hydraulic ironworker. Will take a hand in a second.

[Xtreme Fabrication]

Shear blades, 2"by2"by1/4" angle, 3/4" square, 1/2" round, 2" flat. Best part is, they still make them today. They can be had for $4500 plus tooling. Rogers ironworkers builds about 30-35 of them a year.

[app-ironworksllc]

Nice find man. I need an ironworker in the worst way myself. For punching, if nothing else. I hate drilling holes.