@@lukewarm2075 Reminds me of myself - when I started my business, I did not know better - so I stopped at nothing - Same as this fellar,worked days & nights in my shop to get the equipment ready for the next job. Gotta admire this young man.
the weight my wife has been putting on in this pandemic I may need to install the same type unit for our bedroom ceiling swing.I will wait and hope some channel engineer pipes in with info on weight limits first. It still blows my mind Andrew doesnt throw in 1-2 ad's that will pay him well and cost us viewers nothing
That's so cool.... I have a rare 1956 King Midget Type II project in my living room. They were the 6th biggest post-war car maker in America and sold cars in Popular Mechanics and Popular Science Magazines; 500lbs car for $500 .
I bought a Trolley and Hoist for my garage I-beam last month and found this video to help me. Then I found Andrew's other videos. Wow. just Wow. They are all enjoyable and inspirational. I spent the last month on maybe 1 or 2 a day, and I'd rather watch these than normal TV or any other youtubers. Great Guy, Lovely dogs, Superb Home! Admit I'm jealous of your lifestyle and Admire your work ethic. Keep the videos coming, I hope they are providing you a nice income, you deserve it more than most... PS I'm a 64 year-old retiree with wife & son in the UK, you clearly have worldwide appeal - Enjoy !
Most people would say installing the crane was a two person job too yet he somehow managed. lol. Pretty sure he could have removed those cylinders himself too - but new tools are more fun!
@@cathiwim Absolutely. After I got my little tractor I was like, "How did I do without this!?!" It's a force multiplier. Of course, I'm constantly finding things it can't lift, can't do, and I wish I had Andrews collection of toys!
Andrew I really need to tell you to never ever lift a beam like that with a nylon sling specially with no softeners, softeners protect the sling from the edges of the beam. I have personally seen a dropped load that cut through a nylon sling when the beam slid in the sling. The beam cut through the sling like it was made of butter, please trust me on this. I have worked with rigging, cranes and slings most of my working life as a welder working with heavy steel members. I also would have placed at a minimum three passes on those attachments to the rollers. I am not trying to rain on your parade by any means so please take my advice seriously. You are a remarkable man and I along with many others would never want you to be hurt or killed, just don’t do it. I totally enjoy your videos and your get it done attitude, extremely entertaining and most informative. I learn so much from you about doing things by myself, I don’t have anyone to help me either. Be careful Andrew in all you do. You are a true treasure for many of us out here.
It only begins with this comment. I've seen Andrew do soooo many things I wouldn't recommend doing in a professional job. I'm no professional welder as such, but I have been taught to bevel plate that thick. I also wouldn't use a MIG setup to weld those beams, at least not a MIG that's 450+ amps and a good preheat. I would probably do 6 passes at that. I've seen cranes much smaller fail. I know my own safety comes first. As for rigging, it seems it's common for youtube videos. Both personal safety and material safety. Some wear their safety rigs, but nearly all of them fail to hookup their lines. Take the video from Andrew where he installs long vertical beams to his tower, I've seen numerous examples on how NOT to work safely. So why expect him to properly rig a huuuuuge I-beam. Lifting the beam on both sides without any safety lines hooked, just a piece of lumber and a jack. I do agree on the getting it done and entertaining. But these videos serve an informational purpose on how NOT to do it as far as I'm concerned.
Guys I have had years worth of training with rigging and basic safety where Andrew has not. I operated a 50 ton overhead crane on a daily basis, been part of crew lifting 90 ton shield blocks from the tops of nuclear reactors, Drywell heads weighing several tons and insulation packages where Andrew has not. I have supervised and welded the floor sections of nuclear reactor control rooms using heavy steel I beams for years. Most of the nuclear plants made by General Electric through out the world I personally had a hand in. I was the lead welding technician for General Electrics welding laboratory for seven + years doing R&D work on reactor repairs and implementing those repairs in the field. I was one of the safety guys at that facility for many years doing roaming safety audits, yeah that guy everybody hated but I did my small part to keep people safe, Andrew has not. I have been a shop inspector, another guy nobody likes specially when I point out a missing weld or a bad one, out of spec dimensions and the like, they really hated that. I was even threatened once by several people because I did my job, to the letter, that’s why they paid me. I pointed out a suspicious weld once to an older fellow and I got the “I’ve been welding for xx years and you don’t know what your talking about” routine. I walked over got a ball peen hammer and gave the questionable fastening clip that was to hold this section of air filtration to the ceiling of a clean room a sideways whack and the clip went flying across the room. No apology just a grumpy old man looking at me, I can spot a bad weld from across the room. The weld was just laying on the surface, zero penetration. I spent many years as a Level II visual examiner and then the last ten years as a Level III planing, co-ordinating and implementing remote underwater examinations of the internal components in the field on operating nuclear reactors during outages. For several years I built and taught a Level II non destructive visual examination certification class for one of the worlds leaders in nuclear plant construction and field service providers. I have been all over the world doing the above and more than that and too much to list here but now thankfully retired, worn out I guess. I have spent my working life of some 45 years in the trade doing my best to provide a high quality product and help others to achieve the same. I am not trying to blow my own horn but just point out that I am no troll and no joke messing with Andrew’s posts. I guess I am a 70 year old man chewing out poor Andrew but if it keeps him and others who read this stuff safe your welcome. I would have to say I am more than qualified so to the point. You have been a very lucky man to this point Andrew and all the other Andrews out there but there will come a time if you continue as you have your luck will run out. Building an overhead crane like what Andrew has takes engineering not guesswork. The crane must not only take the load one is lifting but the load of it’s own weight as well which looks to be considerable. Rigging angles too great can drastically reduce the load bearing ability of any rigging device to nil if it is too great, a bit off topic but very important to remember. I care a great deal about all of you out there in the world and I am bending over backwards pleading with you to listen up and seek out professional guidance in matters such as this. Looks good so it must be good is a false mantra that can get you killed. Sometimes the old dog needs to bark and this is one of those times. I love you Andrew and all the rest of you out there, yes I do. If there is one thing about me that is true more than any other it is that I do truly love all of you. There is a great deal that people just don’t know not because they are stupid but just because they have never been exposed to it before. Did I mention I like to type?
And this why when he said he got prices and their all too expensive. He didn't account for the engineered stamp of approval and the proper welding inspecting that takes place when installing such hoist.
Andrew, you are a great rigger. I was a rigger for 5 years for the US Atomic Energy Commission and we ran into a lot of rigging challenges and we had to overcome them, just like you did rigging your overhead hoists tracks/runners. You figured out the problem and solved it by rigging.
@@AndrewCamarata Hey andrew One Question i was always thinking when you Build your Workshop. How is it With the dust on your couches? I ve got a new workshop and thinking about leaving it Open to my living Room
@@xdgmail1458 As well he should. His 'voice' should be heard. He never sits still waiting for "a new one" or someone else to fix it. If it broke or can work better, HE MAKES IT HAPPEN. I would pay to see his videos! Sonny (CT)
"I would need a second person to lift those two zylinders and ... I don't have a second person" - Goes ahead and builds a crane by himself. That's a true Andrew Camarata move.
For all the people that you help with projects and pulling them out of ditches and so many other things there should be a lineup of people helping you with such a big project! Great work brother I’m always amazed by the projects to tackle!
Loving this build and the continued growth of the castle property. Between Andrew’s many projects, Buckin Billy Ray and his axe and saw work, and boat builds like Acorn and Tally Ho, I’m not getting any of my own projects done! Love these builders and communities who’ve grown with them, adding their thoughts and positivity. Who needs tv, honestly? Ok, time to use Andrew’s inspiration to get my own projects moving forward. Thanks Andrew!
Andrew is not exactly a safety nut, so when HE puts on a hard hat.....you should definately have one on. 😉 Cool project! That'll be nice. Thanks for sharing.
Mowed a field for him once, Andrew was very safety conscious, offered me hearing protection, which I had brought, and safety glasses. He’s the real deal! Awesome to meet him!
Cleary everybody. Notices he has to come from an industrial background like iron working or pipefitting and Look at his welds. His vocabulary is above standard as well which is another sign of intelligence of a higher degree.he just improvises to the best of his knowledge.
I continue to be impressed by Andrew and his inginuity !! For a man of your age, I am amazed at what you are capable of accomplishing !! You're not afraid to tackle anything, Andrew !! I salute you and have great respect for your God-given talents !! I look forward to seeing you each day with the projects you tackle !!
Doesn't hurt to have enough mechanical stuff to start a equipment rental biz either. Camaratas' Excavating, Fix-all & Rent-all LLC. " No Job too Big Too Small"
Mike Degregorio doesn’t hurt but the tools don’t make the man. You could give 99.9% of Americans the same tools and they would not be able to do what he just did solo.
I laughed (not out loud) when he was half way through the job and said, "Now this thing's gotta get up there and I'm still trying to figure out how to do that." "Figuring out how to do that" is why I can never start doing a job I need to do.
wow, amazing job dude, incredibly well done! the whole building is fantastic. had a few scares for your safety, but you've gotten this far and have a single-handedly built dream fortress to boot. hardhats off to you.
Real answer: Go rent a Crane Dynamometer. Roll the trolleys to the center of the spans, and attach the hoist to something too heavy to pick up. Put load onto the system until one of the spans deflects by 1/250th of its length. That is your maximum safe load for the beams. Measuring the stationary beams will be pretty simple, but you’ll have to get creative with the moving span, using a taught line or something. The maximum safe load will be limited to the lowest rated component in the system, and I wouldn’t trust the blue Harbor Freight trolley to hang a dead deer. Source: am Engineer.
The trolleys are rated at 2 tons. There are 4 on each end. So they share the load, correct? That would be 8 Tons limit? Or is there some other limit going on here?
I suspect the weak spots are the W 12x22 cross pieces. So, in addition to testing the load in the middle of the W 12 x 30, the load should be tested at the end of the W 12x30 and the middle of one of the W 12x22 cross pieces.
@@I_M_Nonno Yes, as long as the hoist is centered on the beam. If the hoist is all the way at one end of that beam, then the trolleys at that end are bearing almost the full weight being hoisted, and the trolleys at the other end are bearing almost none of the weight. If you hoisted say, 5 tons with the hoist at one end of the beam, you'd exceed the weight rating for those trolleys.
@@andrewalexander9492 your also forgetting the weight of the beam trolleys and chain block so you cant even think to lift 4 ton at each end as your over the limit. but the chain block will start slipping well before that
Make sure you do a string line over the travel beam and check the center height and check it every 3 months, If you find it is bending you could added a third fixed beam. That would make it much stronger.
UA-cam Engineers......love it!!!!! Just when we think we've seen every possible metal fabrication DIY from Andrew, we are treated to the impossible one-man project. BRAVO!!!💪👍👊👏
Andy did an excellent job. And bear in mind this. He did something that the vast majority of folks that need a trolley beam, don’t do. Install it themselves. We didn’t either. And our set-up is easily, 4 times as big and 4 to 5 times longer. And we installed a trolley beam set-up in all 4 of our shops. The longest, widest shop we own for our logging operation is, 200 feet wide, by 850 feet long. Our smallest shop is, 125 feet wide, X 550 FEET LONG.
Still amazes me how much you’ve grown since I’ve subscribed years ago. You get one of the best subscriber count to view count ratios on UA-cam. Average is 1 view to every 5-10 subs and you’re usually over 1:1. You’re very easy to watch no matter what the video is about. Keep it up, you’ll be at a million in no time!
I have watched for over 2 years now. Your detailed information and chill attitude makes me wonder who your dad is. But ultimately you are an amazing individual who i will one day share with my son. Remember you make it happen.
Love how you said 'these overhead cranes here, people are just asking too much, and they're pretty easy to make. -After installing an all solid steel roof 20ft above your crane area with just you and a couple other guys.
Project at hand today is to change the frame on this bulldozer. I removed the engine yesterday, honestly it was made out of cardboard, i don't know why anyone would make it like that. This thing will only last 30 years, what a joke. Anyway, we're going to be moving this 20 ton chunk of metal by myself with cody supervising. I only have 1 pair of hands.
Not a engineer but I've worked with these rigs for years. I say your chain block will fail well before anything else. That being said and because I see you work by yourself most of the time, I would not try to test its limits. Anyway then I showed this video to a guy that works with me (an engineer that builds and certifies bridges) and he said 5 tons with no problems, 6-7 tons and you will see a bit of flexing and at about 12 ton it would fail completly. Cheers from Italy
Yeah, I would consider this system having a 2 ton max load, I’m usually using it to lift up machine components, that weight less than that and it’s been working great two years later.
I have a smaller unit that will lift 1 ton with no issues. The main concern I have if I let someone else use it is "shock load". If a 1 ton load for whatever reason falls off a work table or off the trailer bed the load can be multiplied quickly and cause things to fail. Very important to make sure loads are stable.
I worked with one of those in a manufacturing plant. Quite literally the day after I got moved out of that job onto another job on the assembly line, the beam fell from the ceiling. After that, they went around the entire factory and installed break away cables to prevent any further incidents. It might be a good idea to add one.
And also, full penetration welds should be used in critical seams. Typical bevels are 23 dec on both sides, or 45 dec on one side. That is how they are done in almost any steel structure no matter what you are building, if there will be stress on that seam. People tend to think that thick material is strong. It is not, if you have butt welds in it. Some pro stuff. Measure how much that steel beam bends when it is fully loaded (or ask e engineer to calculate that for you), and then make T-bar on top of that beam which has the counter arc. Then push the middle part of the current beam upwards to meet that arc and weld the T-bar on top of that beam (if you do not want to remove the beam and weld those on the ground). If you want to prevent transverse bending/vibration of the beam, add lateral triangle stringers from mid point to end points.
Yes was thinking of something like that when he was lifting the beam up. Also was going to say to him When NOT in use to Keep it on the other side of the Building Opposite Side of Work Bench out of way .. And Cables are good so if Beam Falls then the Cables will Catch the Beam !! MOST OF THE TIME he is out there by his self and he don't NEED Anything to Happen!!
@@greensnapper1602 It is fine as is, the beams and welds are not going to fail in that configuration. Now is he goes full Andrew on it and adds a trolley with a stronger hoist there could be issues. Andrew seems to know when he is pushing it though an take precautions. My concern would be the verticals tilting and pulling the building down. I don't think it is likely but you can't see them that well in the video and that would be fairly fast and catastrophic. Especially with all the weight of the steel roof and concrete floor above coming down with it. There is a LOT of weight up there.
Jonathan Langlois i always feared that at my last job. We had a guy trying to lift a 6 ton part with a 5 ton rated lift, the stupid part was the guy had to be told that we had a 10 ton at the other end of the shop.
Nice Job Andrew, Millwright here, built lots of cranes like that. i would say without a little math, you are good at 4-6 k Straight lifting capacity, be very careful of SHOCK LOADING you could get into trouble. but if you keep the chain-fall sized right the safety factor should control that. Those are some good size spans. i prefer stick welding or inner-shield with gas for those types structural welds(im and old guy)... You are a Force to be reckoned with....
I like the idea of adding mid span support. Then also have a rigging certified professional give you his assessment and mark 'MAX SAFE LOAD' . We all want you to be safe. Happy for you and wish you continued success. Watching for 3 years now.
Outstanding job and another excellent video. I really enjoy watching your fabrication videos a lot. I really hope you get a chance to pick up a nice lathe and milling machine and be able to make these parts you needed for this project yourself. Good show!
I don't know if you read all the comments but please keep uploading content. I've watched all your videos probably 3-4 times because I always learn something and they're always interesting! Thanks so much.
@Brexit Monger it said that about all 3 ships the Britannic, Olympic, and Titanic... the Olympic was plagued with problems but lasted many years, iceberg for Titanic, naval mine for the Britannic.
Right now the chain hoist is intentionally the weak link on the system, but it is more than adequate to do everything I plan on doing with it. If you took the hoist out of the equation and started adding weight to the system until failure, the beams (not the building beams) would bend well before any of those welds would break, I did actually have quite a few engineers get back to me on this, one guy did a nice diagram and showed the deflection with 6 tons loaded in the center of the system, it was less than 10 mm.
I have never seen anyone who is more self reliant. I mean that as a compliant. Talented and bright too. He certainly has the equipment that makes it all possible.
Love the channel, and the videos. But as a welder, when you're welding that thick of steel, you really need to bevel the steel so you can get better penetration. All those welds are pretty much on the surface and you're not getting the full benefit from a 1" piece of steel.
@@juicedbaits5720 with proper parameters and equipment, there is no need to bevel at 1/4". It is typically used with 5/8" or thicker plates, where additional strength is needed.
The thing about Andrew is this ...half the fun of life is making and doing it yourself.. the guy has plenty of energy and it never does to waste...life is good.
I’m sitting in my recliner watching this and when I saw him with a Hard hat on, I immediately got up and went and got me a Hard hat too. I came back sit down put my Hard hat on and hit play.
Hi Andrew you are the only favorite on UA-cam you show a lot of things how to perform yourself you are the best at it, I have time to watch your videos only Saturday and Sunday and from what I bowled it will take me about half a year😉 and i've been watching you for a long time. A lot of health in the implementation of their life plans. You are the best, 💪👍
WOW Andrew you never cease to amaze me with your initiative. I'm old now and i'm learning stuff from you, i never knew about. Your Dad must be very proud of you.
Bridge cranes like this are designed with "Maximum Deflection" as the criteria. One might say that they want the max deflection to be 1/360th of the length of the beam at the worst case which is at the center of the span under load. If one has a 20-foot span, then 1/360th would be .67" of deflection. One can pick from a steel beam table (a book or online) the size and weight per foot of the beam that will give you this deflection for this span under a 2-ton load point load. The breaking load will be much higher. Be sure to look at point load at the center of the span. Don't mistakenly look at uniform loading over the length of the beam as is considered for floor beams in buildings.
In theory, around 6,000lb max would still be safe. I'd de-rate it to around 2,000 to be safe, just because of possible minor imperfections in fitment (not exactly 90 degrees) and welding. I think you're smart to just leave the 1 ton hoist as your failure point.
@@thatgoddamnpotato3367 Exactly, anything attached or mounted to the beam will subtract from it's load capacity. I am sure he realizes that. While adding a second or third trolley with chainfall or electric hoist sounds good they will reduce the SWL of the crane. An electric hoist plus trolley will probably add 200 to 300 pounds (don't forget the weight of the power cord running to the hoist). Then figure in the weight of any rigging needed to make your pick and you're probably down to a SWL of 1000#. I would get some measurements at mid span unloaded and then adding load in 100# increments until I reached 1/360 of the span to get a ballpark SWL. But you also should do the same for the two fixed beams with the bridge in the middle of their span. I don't know how long that span is but looks to be 30 feet. I would take measurements with the bridge up as close to the door as possible then measure mid-span. Then trolley over to mid-span and meaure again. And that's all before putting additional load on the hook.
Andrew: "I was looking for a decommissioned interplanetary vessel but people are asking way to much for them. It's just going to be easier to make one myself...."
I only know of one man that can do all of this, Just like Andy right by himself. I’m 64 years old and I’ve known my fair share of hard-working big hearted blue-collar, Oil-Field & - large farming operation men here in Montana and over in the Dakotas. And in Wyoming. Remember he has no formal training whatsoever to do any of the things that he does. I grew up in a family that to this day has what is considered a pretty large logging operation. And my wife’s side of the family, own very large dry-land-farms in North Dakota. Needless to say all of these kind of men grew up in families that do this kind of hard work every day. And Andy didn’t have the luxury to grow up in a family they can teach him things from what I see. If he wasn’t so rambunctious on equipment, I WOULD HIRE HIM TO RUN AN OPERATION IN A HEART-BEAT!!!!
It's actually the blade, more than the saw, which is a straight up clone of the Makita one. Cermet blades are unreal. Whilst not able to cut through that kind of thickness of metal, if you chuck one into a wood saw, it can cut through at least 3 mm of metal before it boggs down. Tho wood saws don't have the hot metal chip tray, so beware of superheated sparks.
@@aserta true what you say but this milwaukee saw has a shutdown circuit that will not allow motor to overheat and it will shut it down often if your cutting all day. It's a great tool and it can cut thru 3/4" plate steel if needed.
Epic build Andrew and marks for ingenuity building it by yourself. I saw this when you first posted and wasn't going to comment but thought maybe I should help out for future builds. The weakest link is the lowest rated part...I know this is obvious. Chain block, bearings (ball in this case are weaker than roller), welding, lifting slings/chain based on how they are slung and rating. The trolleys are de-rated as they are already loaded with the beam and rigging and this rating is halved if lifted in the centre (use the rating of two trolleys. ie:1t+1t/2 =1t) as they are not always sharing the load evenly, then since the load can be further at one end or the other complicates this issue. If each trolley is rated for 1t it doesn't ad up to a 4t crane. At best, 1t, less the beam + rigging. A live load lift test and deflection at multiple points would be a start, but I will say you will never get a certificate of load rating compliance from engineering, based on the design, use of structure and welding parameters alone. The bracket tying the two trolleys together should have been contiguous in design to slide over the beam and be welded in with full penetration welds to the web in the vertical, multi run stringers not weave, fillets on the horizontals are fine. No vertical down welding should be used, vertical up only. The cross over portion of the bracket (between the two trolleys) should have been approx 3x the material thickness. [Engineering-Welding Supervisor-Coded-Boilermaker 30+ years]. All this said, mate looks great and it will definitely work for "light" lifts and make your life easier. Just don't work under a suspended lift. And read a book on rigging practices :) Stay safe.
As a former Union Ironworker welder/fabricator, and having my own welding business as a licensed contractor, the kid did a pretty good job but I have to agree, dual shield and full pen welds vertical up only and the one piece connection plate should have been implemented and used... Using "hard wire" is good for a lot of welding applications, but not for ANYTHING structural! The other thing, not that there's anything wrong with it, is using the saw to cut everything. I'm old school and would have brought out the torch to do all the cutting. But hey, we didn't have saws like this when I was in the trades so you had to be damn good with a cutting rig if you wanted to stay on the job!! I've been under the hood now for over 45 years and counting, held just about every welding certification there is, including underwater...seeing a novice take on a job like this is pretty scary but I have to give the kid props in his design and execution. If he limits his lifts to under a ton, he should be safe, but as mentioned above, DO NOT WORK UNDER SUSPENDED LOADS....E-V-E-R!!!! Take care kidd.... Razor!
Andrew the satisfaction of doing it your bring many rewards as time goes on, especially the dallor you save , keep your money in your pocket, not some one else pocket, good thinking Piezon oh.
Cody, is so cute! Sorry had to say it lol. Andrew, well it’s official lol I love your house!! Love the set up, the design, the location, well, every aspect of it. Beautiful scenery. Thanks so much for the hard work and the UA-cam channel. You inspire!
I probably would have taken the plasma cutter and cut out the "I" shape and slid the brackets over the ends just like the rollers do--- instead of cutting the bit square out and adding in those second pieces-- but it works either way of coarse.. Its always easier to see the better way after its done.. lol.
Calholli I was thinking the same darn thing. Why take strength from something already strong, weakened it to make strong again?. But I envy this guy for A) Having the place and B) for adding this awesome crane/hoist system.
Yeah why rely on a weld when all that was needed was cut to slide over the caps, would have been significantly stronger. Fine for 2 tons I'm sure though.
That's exactly what I just commented... he screwed up big time with that one. I wouldn't trust all those MIG welds to hold up that beam above MY HEAD!!
I just cant stop watching his videos. Maybe I should take it off AutoPlay, not. Itʻs a good thing that Iʻm retired and can do what I want when I want. I think that today I shall record the hours a day that I spend watching Andrew Camarata the man. UA-cam university pays off and I am learning so much from this young man! Thanks for all your videos. Professors, Instructors and teachers I had, never had this kind of patients and calmness while teaching. So far today, 3 videos in 3 different locations watching. Soon I will be putting on the BBQ and I will prop up my iPad while I cook.
@@halbritt You have to improvise when suspend your concrete deck 4 stories and you have a 3/16 plate roof with 14" I beams instead of shingles! I want to know what the whole structure is categorized as with the county!
I'm used to be a removalist and the amount of times I have farted or coworker has farted when picking something up is hilarious. I've only done it once infront of a customer luckily 🤣
Hi Andrew - this is an AMAZING project (safety aside). In South Africa we have a saying : "'n Boer maak 'n plan!" (translates "A farmer makes a plan") - you are certainly one very ingenious "boer" !!! EXCELLENT content !
I am not trying to be critical because I really like your channel, we are very similar. I am very surprised that you put that much weight on your welds. In my opinion you should have cut the "T" shape out of the plate steel and slid it over the i-beam instead of using shims that you did. The lack of prep and penetration of your weld combined with the overhead weight/downforce with a load could really hurt you or even worse. Also I would suggest v groove prep and multiple 6010/7018s for this structural weld in the future. Please consider remaking those plates as one piece for your own safety. I dont mean to criticize, I just dont want to see you get hurt brother!
Exactly my thought, or at at a minimum grinding a V in the existing joints and stick welding to be sure that you get some penetration through the entire thickness of the plates. I´m how ever not saying that it will fail ass soon as you put some weight on it, and it might hold up for years but with the high stresses in such a small area that´s maybe already in tension from the welding is in the best case the weakest point in the system and in the worst case the thing that will make the beam fall down one day. And again it can work the way it is done if the hoist is used carefully but to use it safely at its full potential it needs to be welded stronger.
@@zandersmith6960 That was a fresh weld, picking up the front end of a truck 1 time. If the truck falls, no harm done. If this falls 5 years from now it could really hurt someone (ie, game over)
Fantastic addition. And I generous how you figured out how to mount it. As to capacity, not an engineer, but think your weakest link might be the little pin that attaches the hook to the bottom of the hoist chain. All the other stuff is plenty strong, but the system is only as strong as that pin.
Somebody told Andrew when he was a kid “you can do anything you set your mind to” and he took that shit literally.
me too. :)
Imagine how productive and intelligent the country would be if that's what --we-- _they_ taught our children.
they were right!
Summed it up nicely.
@@lukewarm2075 Reminds me of myself - when I started my business, I did not know better - so I stopped at nothing - Same as this fellar,worked days & nights in my shop to get the equipment ready for the next job. Gotta admire this young man.
Some people have chandelier's hanging from their ceilings, Andrew has an ATV.
Put some lights on it and he'd have a chandelier.
the weight my wife has been putting on in this pandemic I may need to install the same type unit for our bedroom ceiling swing.I will wait and hope some channel engineer pipes in with info on weight limits first. It still blows my mind Andrew doesnt throw in 1-2 ad's that will pay him well and cost us viewers nothing
Good way to change tires and oil
Great answers all, stay safe.
That's so cool.... I have a rare 1956 King Midget Type II project in my living room. They were the 6th biggest post-war car maker in America and sold cars in Popular Mechanics and Popular Science Magazines; 500lbs car for $500 .
“Honey, I NEED a Milwaukee metal cutting circular saw”
Isn't that thing like 2k.... On sale?
@@ACoustaDC Only £375, probably less in the States.
Get the Ridgid. It does the same thing, for half the cost
That thing is precise and no joke!
it's amazing
I bought a Trolley and Hoist for my garage I-beam last month and found this video to help me. Then I found Andrew's other videos. Wow. just Wow. They are all enjoyable and inspirational. I spent the last month on maybe 1 or 2 a day, and I'd rather watch these than normal TV or any other youtubers. Great Guy, Lovely dogs, Superb Home! Admit I'm jealous of your lifestyle and Admire your work ethic. Keep the videos coming, I hope they are providing you a nice income, you deserve it more than most... PS I'm a 64 year-old retiree with wife & son in the UK, you clearly have worldwide appeal - Enjoy !
Yep I think it is so sad billions of people are watching crappy shows with adverts when you can watch this. YT is amazing even with all its faults
Me2❤
"I would need two people, and I don't have two people" so relatable, literally me trying to fix anything.
Andrew Camarata rigs a trolley crane after the installation.
Most people would say installing the crane was a two person job too yet he somehow managed. lol. Pretty sure he could have removed those cylinders himself too - but new tools are more fun!
He's got a guy welding his roof for him as he built this - Andrew is not always a one man band...
Canaryville Kid and he has the machinery (boom lifts, etc) to fill in for a human! Most of us dont.
@@cathiwim Absolutely. After I got my little tractor I was like, "How did I do without this!?!" It's a force multiplier. Of course, I'm constantly finding things it can't lift, can't do, and I wish I had Andrews collection of toys!
Andrew I really need to tell you to never ever lift a beam like that with a nylon sling specially with no softeners, softeners protect the sling from the edges of the beam. I have personally seen a dropped load that cut through a nylon sling when the beam slid in the sling. The beam cut through the sling like it was made of butter, please trust me on this. I have worked with rigging, cranes and slings most of my working life as a welder working with heavy steel members. I also would have placed at a minimum three passes on those attachments to the rollers. I am not trying to rain on your parade by any means so please take my advice seriously. You are a remarkable man and I along with many others would never want you to be hurt or killed, just don’t do it.
I totally enjoy your videos and your get it done attitude, extremely entertaining and most informative. I learn so much from you about doing things by myself, I don’t have anyone to help me either. Be careful Andrew in all you do. You are a true treasure for many of us out here.
@Brexit Monger I think he meant on the welds - a root pass, then one pass along each edge of the root to tie it firmly to metal.
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Best regards, luck and health.
It only begins with this comment. I've seen Andrew do soooo many things I wouldn't recommend doing in a professional job. I'm no professional welder as such, but I have been taught to bevel plate that thick. I also wouldn't use a MIG setup to weld those beams, at least not a MIG that's 450+ amps and a good preheat. I would probably do 6 passes at that. I've seen cranes much smaller fail. I know my own safety comes first.
As for rigging, it seems it's common for youtube videos. Both personal safety and material safety. Some wear their safety rigs, but nearly all of them fail to hookup their lines. Take the video from Andrew where he installs long vertical beams to his tower, I've seen numerous examples on how NOT to work safely. So why expect him to properly rig a huuuuuge I-beam. Lifting the beam on both sides without any safety lines hooked, just a piece of lumber and a jack.
I do agree on the getting it done and entertaining. But these videos serve an informational purpose on how NOT to do it as far as I'm concerned.
Guys I have had years worth of training with rigging and basic safety where Andrew has not. I operated a 50 ton overhead crane on a daily basis, been part of crew lifting 90 ton shield blocks from the tops of nuclear reactors, Drywell heads weighing several tons and insulation packages where Andrew has not. I have supervised and welded the floor sections of nuclear reactor control rooms using heavy steel I beams for years. Most of the nuclear plants made by General Electric through out the world I personally had a hand in. I was the lead welding technician for General Electrics welding laboratory for seven + years doing R&D work on reactor repairs and implementing those repairs in the field. I was one of the safety guys at that facility for many years doing roaming safety audits, yeah that guy everybody hated but I did my small part to keep people safe, Andrew has not. I have been a shop inspector, another guy nobody likes specially when I point out a missing weld or a bad one, out of spec dimensions and the like, they really hated that. I was even threatened once by several people because I did my job, to the letter, that’s why they paid me. I pointed out a suspicious weld once to an older fellow and I got the “I’ve been welding for xx years and you don’t know what your talking about” routine. I walked over got a ball peen hammer and gave the questionable fastening clip that was to hold this section of air filtration to the ceiling of a clean room a sideways whack and the clip went flying across the room. No apology just a grumpy old man looking at me, I can spot a bad weld from across the room. The weld was just laying on the surface, zero penetration. I spent many years as a Level II visual examiner and then the last ten years as a Level III planing, co-ordinating and implementing remote underwater examinations of the internal components in the field on operating nuclear reactors during outages. For several years I built and taught a Level II non destructive visual examination certification class for one of the worlds leaders in nuclear plant construction and field service providers. I have been all over the world doing the above and more than that and too much to list here but now thankfully retired, worn out I guess. I have spent my working life of some 45 years in the trade doing my best to provide a high quality product and help others to achieve the same. I am not trying to blow my own horn but just point out that I am no troll and no joke messing with Andrew’s posts. I guess I am a 70 year old man chewing out poor Andrew but if it keeps him and others who read this stuff safe your welcome. I would have to say I am more than qualified so to the point.
You have been a very lucky man to this point Andrew and all the other Andrews out there but there will come a time if you continue as you have your luck will run out. Building an overhead crane like what Andrew has takes engineering not guesswork. The crane must not only take the load one is lifting but the load of it’s own weight as well which looks to be considerable. Rigging angles too great can drastically reduce the load bearing ability of any rigging device to nil if it is too great, a bit off topic but very important to remember. I care a great deal about all of you out there in the world and I am bending over backwards pleading with you to listen up and seek out professional guidance in matters such as this. Looks good so it must be good is a false mantra that can get you killed. Sometimes the old dog needs to bark and this is one of those times. I love you Andrew and all the rest of you out there, yes I do. If there is one thing about me that is true more than any other it is that I do truly love all of you. There is a great deal that people just don’t know not because they are stupid but just because they have never been exposed to it before.
Did I mention I like to type?
And this why when he said he got prices and their all too expensive. He didn't account for the engineered stamp of approval and the proper welding inspecting that takes place when installing such hoist.
Andrew, you are a great rigger. I was a rigger for 5 years for the US Atomic Energy Commission and we ran into a lot of rigging challenges and we had to overcome them, just like you did rigging your overhead hoists tracks/runners. You figured out the problem and solved it by rigging.
Thanks
@@AndrewCamarata
Hey andrew
One Question i was always thinking when you Build your Workshop.
How is it With the dust on your couches?
I ve got a new workshop and thinking about leaving it Open to my living Room
This person is so unique and talented. I haven't seen anyone that can compare to him. Just can't stop watching him at work.
Nothing says self made like “They were asking too much for one, so it’s easier to just make it myself”
And he's right. Reasonable price, go with it. Greed - I'll make my own! Plus it provides content for us! Win - Win!
And it's made in America it'll pick up anything you feel ever probably try to pick up
And he makes money from filming it
@@xdgmail1458 As well he should. His 'voice' should be heard. He never sits still waiting for "a new one" or someone else to fix it. If it broke or can work better, HE MAKES IT HAPPEN. I would pay to see his videos! Sonny (CT)
@@sonnyblazer5504 amen
"I would need a second person to lift those two zylinders and ... I don't have a second person" - Goes ahead and builds a crane by himself. That's a true Andrew Camarata move.
Andrew is practically two normal people anyway!
Making excuses to build a crane. Like he even needed a reason
Ja Nee die Ou mag maar.
I dunno, seems like he’s got more friends than I’ve got projects on my todo list
Yeah he’s a badass
For all the people that you help with projects and pulling them out of ditches and so many other things there should be a lineup of people helping you with such a big project! Great work brother I’m always amazed by the projects to tackle!
Loving this build and the continued growth of the castle property. Between Andrew’s many projects, Buckin Billy Ray and his axe and saw work, and boat builds like Acorn and Tally Ho, I’m not getting any of my own projects done! Love these builders and communities who’ve grown with them, adding their thoughts and positivity. Who needs tv, honestly? Ok, time to use Andrew’s inspiration to get my own projects moving forward. Thanks Andrew!
Andrew is not exactly a safety nut, so when HE puts on a hard hat.....you should definately have one on. 😉 Cool project! That'll be nice. Thanks for sharing.
Never the less he always wears safety glasses
i feel he mainly did that so people wouldn't pick him up on it
@@krashdown102 I agree. You cant hide from the UA-cam safety police.. Lol
Mowed a field for him once, Andrew was very safety conscious, offered me hearing protection, which I had brought, and safety glasses. He’s the real deal! Awesome to meet him!
@@CranialAccess that's cool. Yea he seems like a cool guy.
“Engineers of UA-cam”, that is truly a fearless way to start a sentence.
Eric Kieffer more sarcasm than anything. Unless sarcasm comes from a fearless person
Cleary everybody. Notices he has to come from an industrial background like iron working or pipefitting and Look at his welds. His vocabulary is above standard as well which is another sign of intelligence of a higher degree.he just improvises to the best of his knowledge.
@@susdad 5000lbs
It's only rated to what the last thing could carry there you go you happy
Capacity 13,700lb for beams.
Using max deflection of L/400 which is standard and hoist will always be weakest link unless you have more than one
I continue to be impressed by Andrew and his inginuity !! For a man of your age, I am amazed at what you are capable of accomplishing !! You're not afraid to tackle anything, Andrew !! I salute you and have great respect for your God-given talents !! I look forward to seeing you each day with the projects you tackle !!
You are the most mechanically inclined person I’ve ever seen!! Awesome channel thank you for sharing your knowledge!
I have a difficult time grinding the anchor bolts off in my shop floor. Andrew just installed a bridge crane by himself........
At work we use a small sledge hammer to just break them off. Works pretty good.
Yeah it would be interesting to see the gears grinding in that dude's head. Working through solutions to get the job done.
Doesn't hurt to have enough mechanical stuff to start a equipment rental biz either.
Camaratas' Excavating, Fix-all & Rent-all LLC.
" No Job too Big Too Small"
Mike Degregorio doesn’t hurt but the tools don’t make the man. You could give 99.9% of Americans the same tools and they would not be able to do what he just did solo.
I laughed (not out loud) when he was half way through the job and said, "Now this thing's gotta get up there and I'm still trying to figure out how to do that." "Figuring out how to do that" is why I can never start doing a job I need to do.
I wish I could trust someone as much as this man trusts his clamps
Was just gonna comment that like, you really gonna clamp down an ibeam?? 😂😂
the fork lifter was still there. so if the clamps did not handle it, the fork lift would take the load again.
@@NC700_68 Yeah, but still.
He did put a lot faith n em didn't he.
If yall were there, you could have wrapped your purse strap around it for safety
This much better than anything on TV.
wow, amazing job dude, incredibly well done! the whole building is fantastic. had a few scares for your safety, but you've gotten this far and have a single-handedly built dream fortress to boot. hardhats off to you.
Andrew Camarata: Master troubleshooter! We need a lot more young people like him with this level of skills, energy, enthusiasm, and creativity,
Yes, your comment that's true.
Real answer: Go rent a Crane Dynamometer. Roll the trolleys to the center of the spans, and attach the hoist to something too heavy to pick up. Put load onto the system until one of the spans deflects by 1/250th of its length. That is your maximum safe load for the beams.
Measuring the stationary beams will be pretty simple, but you’ll have to get creative with the moving span, using a taught line or something.
The maximum safe load will be limited to the lowest rated component in the system, and I wouldn’t trust the blue Harbor Freight trolley to hang a dead deer.
Source: am Engineer.
The trolleys are rated at 2 tons. There are 4 on each end. So they share the load, correct? That would be 8 Tons limit? Or is there some other limit going on here?
I suspect the weak spots are the W 12x22 cross pieces. So, in addition to testing the load in the middle of the W 12 x 30, the load should be tested at the end of the W 12x30 and the middle of one of the W 12x22 cross pieces.
@@donaldtrimmer7611 Yes you are right. The weakest point is the middle of the W12x22 beam and then at the beginning or end of the W12x30 beam.
@@I_M_Nonno Yes, as long as the hoist is centered on the beam. If the hoist is all the way at one end of that beam, then the trolleys at that end are bearing almost the full weight being hoisted, and the trolleys at the other end are bearing almost none of the weight. If you hoisted say, 5 tons with the hoist at one end of the beam, you'd exceed the weight rating for those trolleys.
@@andrewalexander9492 your also forgetting the weight of the beam trolleys and chain block so you cant even think to lift 4 ton at each end as your over the limit. but the chain block will start slipping well before that
Make sure you do a string line over the travel beam and check the center height and check it every 3 months, If you find it is bending you could added a third fixed beam. That would make it much stronger.
Andrew, I watch you work, and I just shake my head in total amazement! 👍👍👍 You're so inspiring!
UA-cam Engineers......love it!!!!! Just when we think we've seen every possible metal fabrication DIY from Andrew, we are treated to the impossible one-man project. BRAVO!!!💪👍👊👏
He was right though, they're already in the comments telling him he welded it wrong. They musta missed the 3" of weld picking up the dumptruck.
24:40 LOL classic last forced turn of the wrench always froces out a squat fart
Hahahaha
I thought it was from the 🐕
The dreaded barking spider. Noisy, smelly, but non-venomous.
Andy did an excellent job. And bear in mind this. He did something that the vast majority of folks that need a trolley beam, don’t do. Install it themselves. We didn’t either.
And our set-up is easily, 4 times as big and 4 to 5 times longer. And we installed a trolley beam set-up in all 4 of our shops.
The longest, widest shop we own for our logging operation is, 200 feet wide, by 850 feet long. Our smallest shop is, 125 feet wide, X 550 FEET LONG.
Andrew! Your amazing, I know what it’s like to do everything by yourself. But you take it to a whole new level. Love your videos
me: not a 1-man job...
Andrew: hold my welding rods...
1 man army
And watch the dogs!!!
Whos gonna hold the welding rods if its only one man? Cody maybe..
Andrew- "Getting this hydraulic cylinder off is a 2 man job"
Also Andrew- *Installs bridge crane by himself*
"This is a 2 man job but I don't have 2 people"
Me: I should really get my online school done.
Andrew: Not a chance!
I think this counts as school. 🙂
Builds his own school.
Andrew is simply a “one man army”, can’t argue with that.
I love the layout of your castle and your property . Well done .
That chain movement camera shot was awesome, like the rest of the video.
The mould effect! check it out ua-cam.com/video/_dQJBBklpQQ/v-deo.html
Still amazes me how much you’ve grown since I’ve subscribed years ago. You get one of the best subscriber count to view count ratios on UA-cam. Average is 1 view to every 5-10 subs and you’re usually over 1:1. You’re very easy to watch no matter what the video is about. Keep it up, you’ll be at a million in no time!
To a certain degree this relates to how different demographics use youtube. The enthusiasm is obviously high though.
AC is one of the few people on UA-cam I wish I could subscribe to twice..
I have watched for over 2 years now.
Your detailed information and chill attitude makes me wonder who your dad is. But ultimately you are an amazing individual who i will one day share with my son. Remember you make it happen.
Love how you said 'these overhead cranes here, people are just asking too much, and they're pretty easy to make. -After installing an all solid steel roof 20ft above your crane area with just you and a couple other guys.
Next video " you know what, i want try to pick the buldozer up"
Dejv only a matter of time . . .
Project at hand today is to change the frame on this bulldozer. I removed the engine yesterday, honestly it was made out of cardboard, i don't know why anyone would make it like that. This thing will only last 30 years, what a joke. Anyway, we're going to be moving this 20 ton chunk of metal by myself with cody supervising. I only have 1 pair of hands.
OMG, the beams will break for no reason.
Dejv I don’t understand why my beams broke and collapsed to the floor
Not a engineer but I've worked with these rigs for years. I say your chain block will fail well before anything else. That being said and because I see you work by yourself most of the time, I would not try to test its limits. Anyway then I showed this video to a guy that works with me (an engineer that builds and certifies bridges) and he said 5 tons with no problems, 6-7 tons and you will see a bit of flexing and at about 12 ton it would fail completly. Cheers from Italy
Cool, thanks.
Yeah, I would consider this system having a 2 ton max load, I’m usually using it to lift up machine components, that weight less than that and it’s been working great two years later.
@@AndrewCamarata Isn't it a great feeling when you build something that lasts? Cheers!
@@LividAxis yes
I have a smaller unit that will lift 1 ton with no issues. The main concern I have if I let someone else use it is "shock load". If a 1 ton load for whatever reason falls off a work table or off the trailer bed the load can be multiplied quickly and cause things to fail. Very important to make sure loads are stable.
It must have felt wonderful to have that new capacity and versatility in the shop!
Sweet! :)
Just incredible that he does so many of these projects all on his own 😮
I worked with one of those in a manufacturing plant. Quite literally the day after I got moved out of that job onto another job on the assembly line, the beam fell from the ceiling. After that, they went around the entire factory and installed break away cables to prevent any further incidents. It might be a good idea to add one.
And also, full penetration welds should be used in critical seams. Typical bevels are 23 dec on both sides, or 45 dec on one side. That is how they are done in almost any steel structure no matter what you are building, if there will be stress on that seam.
People tend to think that thick material is strong. It is not, if you have butt welds in it.
Some pro stuff. Measure how much that steel beam bends when it is fully loaded (or ask e engineer to calculate that for you), and then make T-bar on top of that beam which has the counter arc. Then push the middle part of the current beam upwards to meet that arc and weld the T-bar on top of that beam (if you do not want to remove the beam and weld those on the ground).
If you want to prevent transverse bending/vibration of the beam, add lateral triangle stringers from mid point to end points.
Yes was thinking of something like that when he was lifting the beam up. Also was going to say to him When NOT in use to Keep it on the other side of the Building Opposite Side of Work Bench out of way .. And Cables are good so if Beam Falls then the Cables will Catch the Beam !! MOST OF THE TIME he is out there by his self and he don't NEED Anything to Happen!!
@@greensnapper1602 It is fine as is, the beams and welds are not going to fail in that configuration. Now is he goes full Andrew on it and adds a trolley with a stronger hoist there could be issues. Andrew seems to know when he is pushing it though an take precautions. My concern would be the verticals tilting and pulling the building down. I don't think it is likely but you can't see them that well in the video and that would be fairly fast and catastrophic. Especially with all the weight of the steel roof and concrete floor above coming down with it. There is a LOT of weight up there.
The good news is: if it ever fails, it’s not going to hurt him. It’ll just kill him on the spot and suddenly it’s not his problem anymore.
Jonathan Langlois i always feared that at my last job. We had a guy trying to lift a 6 ton part with a 5 ton rated lift, the stupid part was the guy had to be told that we had a 10 ton at the other end of the shop.
Nice Job Andrew, Millwright here, built lots of cranes like that. i would say without a little math, you are good at 4-6 k Straight lifting capacity, be very careful of SHOCK LOADING you could get into trouble. but if you keep the chain-fall sized right the safety factor should control that. Those are some good size spans. i prefer stick welding or inner-shield with gas for those types structural welds(im and old guy)... You are a Force to be reckoned with....
This was a great build you are correct I am no millwright just a shop guy welding stick welding dual shield or inner shield up hill for me as well
I like the idea of adding mid span support. Then also have a rigging certified professional give you his assessment and mark 'MAX SAFE LOAD' . We all want you to be safe. Happy for you and wish you continued success. Watching for 3 years now.
I did the engineering here; the hoist is self is the weak link. Its max is 2 tons.
Outstanding job and another excellent video. I really enjoy watching your fabrication videos a lot. I really hope you get a chance to pick up a nice lathe and milling machine and be able to make these parts you needed for this project yourself. Good show!
Thank you Andrew. Watching makes me wish I was 40 yrs younger. Your Castle is amazing! Cheers
Talk about perfect timing Andrew! I'm getting ready to install one of these in my shop. Thanks!
Cool, good luck. I just used it to remove those cylinders off that fork lift, it worked well.
Andrew Camarata hope you did a video on that also, keep up the good work!
The amount you get done by yourself, is impressive. I have learned a lot watching.
Indeed you're a master craftsman six years is nothing because you really did fine without it,Great video.Thanks
I don't know if you read all the comments but please keep uploading content. I've watched all your videos probably 3-4 times because I always learn something and they're always interesting! Thanks so much.
Tyler M cool
Me too. Best regards from Germany
"The Camarata tapes episode #11101". Keep it Andrew!
Me too. I showed Andrew's stuff to a few people at work and they are all hooked.
@@AndrewCamarata - HEY IM YOUR BIGGEST FAN!!! - ok
"There's zero chance it'll fail." I've heard that before. Stay safe.
That was painted on the side of the Titanic.
I was in the other room and then heard this LOUD bang! I never thought that could happen. Safety is job one. ;-)
@Brexit Monger it said that about all 3 ships the Britannic, Olympic, and Titanic... the Olympic was plagued with problems but lasted many years, iceberg for Titanic, naval mine for the Britannic.
Famous last words Andrew
Right now the chain hoist is intentionally the weak link on the system, but it is more than adequate to do everything I plan on doing with it. If you took the hoist out of the equation and started adding weight to the system until failure, the beams (not the building beams) would bend well before any of those welds would break, I did actually have quite a few engineers get back to me on this, one guy did a nice diagram and showed the deflection with 6 tons loaded in the center of the system, it was less than 10 mm.
I think since I was 15 I have wanted a Gantry crane! This is so awesome! You have inspired me to build one as well!
I have never seen anyone who is more self reliant. I mean that as a compliant. Talented and bright too. He certainly has the equipment that makes it all possible.
Never knew quick grip clamps were that strong
jay west the forklift is holding most of the weight
It says 600lbs clamping force. Beam is 630 lbs
Didn't fall did it ? Lol
I think it’s just keeping the strap from sliding off of the fork.
Me: I was surprised at my quick-qrip when I used them to push in a brake caliper.
AC: Hold my beer!
Love the channel, and the videos. But as a welder, when you're welding that thick of steel, you really need to bevel the steel so you can get better penetration. All those welds are pretty much on the surface and you're not getting the full benefit from a 1" piece of steel.
Well said my friend, well said!!!! Extra work beveling both sides but great piece of mind for the future. 👍
Constructively phrased, kudos.
at what thickness would you say it’s important to bevel the steel? i don’t weld anything much over 1/4” should i be beveling that
@@juicedbaits5720 with proper parameters and equipment, there is no need to bevel at 1/4". It is typically used with 5/8" or thicker plates, where additional strength is needed.
@@juicedbaits5720 it really depends how much weight you plan to put on the welds
Loved your tools! What a great shop! What great skills you have picked up! Great video, thanks 👍🏻
Baker Mayfield: I woke up this morning feeling dangerous.
Andrew Camarata: hold my beer.
I consider myself to be an OK car repairer but the only bit of this video I could have done correctly was moving the couches!
I would have messed that up. Just ask my wife.
The driveway and yard have a gravel base now. No more, well less mud now.
I just noticed that. Shitload more stone.
Probobly they were asking too much for gravel driveway and yard, so it was easier for him to do it himself ;)
Hoping you have a video of graveling your yard Andrew, looks nice!
Noticed the same thing and was wishing for a video of that install.
The Pit probably why his big dump truck is there
That was Off the scale amazing I can’t believe you did it all by yourself without any additional help great job
It is always nice to watch and learn from a craftsman who knows what he is doing.
Only person I've ever seen who has to wear a hardhat in his kitchen because it's also his heavy machinery shop.
Wonder what's in the bathroom.
This video has been up two days and it already is easing up toward a half a million views. WOW. Andrew must be doing something right!
My machine vice is in the kitchen ;)
@@SSingh-nr8qz nuclear powered sub in the tub, mini version of course .
@@wh8085 Damn son! Need me one of those!
15:11 Andrew: I used the crane hoist to install the crane hoist
You spoiled the secret, now everyone knows andrew is thanos
Nice build!
1) At some point I would hit my head on the office end of the beam.
2) The chain twisting when you were running it was hypnotic.
The thing about Andrew is this ...half the fun of life is making and doing it yourself.. the guy has plenty of energy and it never does to waste...life is good.
I’m sitting in my recliner watching this and when I saw him with a Hard hat on, I immediately got up and went and got me a Hard hat too. I came back sit down put my Hard hat on and hit play.
See, this is a very different class of UA-cam commentators. Kudos sir.
Had my hard head in my work bag nearby just in case something went South lol
Considering the risky ass shit going on the bucket was almost comical haha
Top Man 😆
Don't see much use in a hardhat unless it's got your name on it. LOL
Lol “ I don’t have two people”. Andrew has just about everything
The landscape your shop/house is just awesome 👏🏻 some of us dream of such things keep it up sir!!
Hi Andrew you are the only favorite on UA-cam you show a lot of things how to perform yourself you are the best at it, I have time to watch your videos only Saturday and Sunday and from what I bowled it will take me about half a year😉 and i've been watching you for a long time. A lot of health in the implementation of their life plans. You are the best, 💪👍
None of that needy “please like and subscribe” bull. Just great videos by one very calmly motivated man. Period.
No swag either. Although, I'd buy an AC shirt with one of his sayings. Maybe, "It broke for no reason!"
@@zxggwrt He was selling shirts on ebay at one point--- Just google it
WOW Andrew you never cease to amaze me with your initiative. I'm old now and i'm learning stuff from you, i never knew about.
Your Dad must be very proud of you.
You rock, Adrew. The i beam trolley crane is very helpful. Very impressed by your DIY project. 😍
Thanks
Is there ANYTHING that this guy cannot do?!? Amazing watching you turn your hand to anything. I love watching you.
Bridge cranes like this are designed with "Maximum Deflection" as the criteria. One might say that they want the max deflection to be 1/360th of the length of the beam at the worst case which is at the center of the span under load. If one has a 20-foot span, then 1/360th would be .67" of deflection. One can pick from a steel beam table (a book or online) the size and weight per foot of the beam that will give you this deflection for this span under a 2-ton load point load. The breaking load will be much higher. Be sure to look at point load at the center of the span. Don't mistakenly look at uniform loading over the length of the beam as is considered for floor beams in buildings.
In theory, around 6,000lb max would still be safe. I'd de-rate it to around 2,000 to be safe, just because of possible minor imperfections in fitment (not exactly 90 degrees) and welding. I think you're smart to just leave the 1 ton hoist as your failure point.
This whole time, I've been wondering what those bottom flanges can handle, especially since he said he wants to add another Trolley and chain hoist.
@@thatgoddamnpotato3367 Exactly, anything attached or mounted to the beam will subtract from it's load capacity. I am sure he realizes that. While adding a second or third trolley with chainfall or electric hoist sounds good they will reduce the SWL of the crane. An electric hoist plus trolley will probably add 200 to 300 pounds (don't forget the weight of the power cord running to the hoist). Then figure in the weight of any rigging needed to make your pick and you're probably down to a SWL of 1000#. I would get some measurements at mid span unloaded and then adding load in 100# increments until I reached 1/360 of the span to get a ballpark SWL. But you also should do the same for the two fixed beams with the bridge in the middle of their span. I don't know how long that span is but looks to be 30 feet. I would take measurements with the bridge up as close to the door as possible then measure mid-span. Then trolley over to mid-span and meaure again. And that's all before putting additional load on the hook.
Andrew: "I was looking for a decommissioned interplanetary vessel but people are asking way to much for them. It's just going to be easier to make one myself...."
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@@thefattony2011 my buddy Floyd has one ua-cam.com/video/4o2sA0vpA-4/v-deo.html
I only know of one man that can do all of this, Just like Andy right by himself. I’m 64 years old and I’ve known my fair share of hard-working big hearted blue-collar, Oil-Field & -
large farming operation men here in Montana and over in the Dakotas. And in Wyoming.
Remember he has no formal training whatsoever to do any of the things that he does. I grew up in a family that to this day has what is considered a pretty large logging operation.
And my wife’s side of the family, own very large dry-land-farms in North Dakota. Needless to say all of these kind of men grew up in families that do this kind of hard work every day.
And Andy didn’t have the luxury to grow up in a family they can teach him things from what I see. If he wasn’t so rambunctious on equipment,
I WOULD HIRE HIM TO RUN AN OPERATION IN A HEART-BEAT!!!!
Huge respect guy! I'm going to do a much smaller version of this in my shop. What an inspiration!
This is best milwauke ad I have ever see. That just amazing tool..
I own one... not really....it overheats fast and shuts down often. Cuts great but not very long before the motor overheats
Todd Chase hahaha 🔥
It's actually the blade, more than the saw, which is a straight up clone of the Makita one. Cermet blades are unreal. Whilst not able to cut through that kind of thickness of metal, if you chuck one into a wood saw, it can cut through at least 3 mm of metal before it boggs down. Tho wood saws don't have the hot metal chip tray, so beware of superheated sparks.
@@aserta true what you say but this milwaukee saw has a shutdown circuit that will not allow motor to overheat and it will shut it down often if your cutting all day. It's a great tool and it can cut thru 3/4" plate steel if needed.
@@aserta Main problem with trying to use a "wood saw" is their blade speed is far too fast for the metal cutting blades.
Epic build Andrew and marks for ingenuity building it by yourself. I saw this when you first posted and wasn't going to comment but thought maybe I should help out for future builds. The weakest link is the lowest rated part...I know this is obvious. Chain block, bearings (ball in this case are weaker than roller), welding, lifting slings/chain based on how they are slung and rating. The trolleys are de-rated as they are already loaded with the beam and rigging and this rating is halved if lifted in the centre (use the rating of two trolleys. ie:1t+1t/2 =1t) as they are not always sharing the load evenly, then since the load can be further at one end or the other complicates this issue. If each trolley is rated for 1t it doesn't ad up to a 4t crane. At best, 1t, less the beam + rigging. A live load lift test and deflection at multiple points would be a start, but I will say you will never get a certificate of load rating compliance from engineering, based on the design, use of structure and welding parameters alone. The bracket tying the two trolleys together should have been contiguous in design to slide over the beam and be welded in with full penetration welds to the web in the vertical, multi run stringers not weave, fillets on the horizontals are fine. No vertical down welding should be used, vertical up only. The cross over portion of the bracket (between the two trolleys) should have been approx 3x the material thickness. [Engineering-Welding Supervisor-Coded-Boilermaker 30+ years]. All this said, mate looks great and it will definitely work for "light" lifts and make your life easier. Just don't work under a suspended lift. And read a book on rigging practices :) Stay safe.
Structural + pv 40 + yrs.sorry would never trust the welds,at minimum multi pass with dual sheild and ut.
@@stevenbruce5799 Correct. Full pen and design changes to allow for stress cracking as well... But not a bad effort.
I was going to say the same thing ..lol ...seriously I'm glad you took the time to give Andrew your experienced advice ....take care ...everyone 💙
Our beams had another plate welded on the railway and sidewall for extra lifting powah
As a former Union Ironworker welder/fabricator, and having my own welding business as a licensed contractor, the kid did a pretty good job but I have to agree, dual shield and full pen welds vertical up only and the one piece connection plate should have been implemented and used...
Using "hard wire" is good for a lot of welding applications, but not for ANYTHING structural!
The other thing, not that there's anything wrong with it, is using the saw to cut everything. I'm old school and would have brought out the torch to do all the cutting. But hey, we didn't have saws like this when I was in the trades so you had to be damn good with a cutting rig if you wanted to stay on the job!!
I've been under the hood now for over 45 years and counting, held just about every welding certification there is, including underwater...seeing a novice take on a job like this is pretty scary but I have to give the kid props in his design and execution. If he limits his lifts to under a ton, he should be safe, but as mentioned above, DO NOT WORK UNDER SUSPENDED LOADS....E-V-E-R!!!!
Take care kidd....
Razor!
You are a man of great talent Andrew 🏴👍🏻
Andrew, you are one handy guy! I’m not sure OSHA would certify your methods but you certainly know how to get it done 👏🏼👏🏼
The new gravel on the drive way looks nice 👍
Pretty easy to overload a bridge crane, especially with a load toward the middle. Glad you recognized that, be careful, we need you!
Andrew the satisfaction of doing it your bring many rewards as time goes on, especially the dallor you save , keep your money in your pocket, not some one else pocket, good thinking Piezon oh.
Cody, is so cute! Sorry had to say it lol. Andrew, well it’s official lol I love your house!! Love the set up, the design, the location, well, every aspect of it. Beautiful scenery. Thanks so much for the hard work and the UA-cam channel. You inspire!
It is so relaxing watching you work. I’m lying on the couch with a tooth ache and find it so fascinating how you work around issues and get it done. 👍
I probably would have taken the plasma cutter and cut out the "I" shape and slid the brackets over the ends just like the rollers do--- instead of cutting the bit square out and adding in those second pieces-- but it works either way of coarse.. Its always easier to see the better way after its done.. lol.
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I was thinking the same darn thing. Why take strength from something already strong, weakened it to make strong again?. But I envy this guy for A) Having the place and B) for adding this awesome crane/hoist system.
What do you mean
Yeah why rely on a weld when all that was needed was cut to slide over the caps, would have been significantly stronger. Fine for 2 tons I'm sure though.
@@toproudtooadmitmitsake1842 If you read the words, it explains what we mean.
That's exactly what I just commented... he screwed up big time with that one. I wouldn't trust all those MIG welds to hold up that beam above MY HEAD!!
I just cant stop watching his videos. Maybe I should take it off AutoPlay, not. Itʻs a good thing that Iʻm retired and can do what I want when I want. I think that today I shall record the hours a day that I spend watching Andrew Camarata the man. UA-cam university pays off and I am learning so much from this young man! Thanks for all your videos. Professors, Instructors and teachers I had, never had this kind of patients and calmness while teaching. So far today, 3 videos in 3 different locations watching. Soon I will be putting on the BBQ and I will prop up my iPad while I cook.
Thanks
Looks awsome! Always dreamed of having a crane in my garage. Keep up the great work!
I laugh anytime he says “it cost to much to buy one so I’ll just make it myself” 😂 my kind of mentality!👌🏻
Well, when you have the spare beams lying around...
@@halbritt You have to improvise when suspend your concrete deck 4 stories and you have a 3/16 plate roof with 14" I beams instead of shingles! I want to know what the whole structure is categorized as with the county!
@@johnpyle8027 A Nuclear & EOD Shelter
The character Maru from Planes: Fire Rescue I swear was based on Andrew
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the unexpected pressure fart always happens to me too hahaha... :D
I can not breath right now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm used to be a removalist and the amount of times I have farted or coworker has farted when picking something up is hilarious. I've only done it once infront of a customer luckily 🤣
Hi Andrew - this is an AMAZING project (safety aside). In South Africa we have a saying : "'n Boer maak 'n plan!" (translates "A farmer makes a plan") - you are certainly one very ingenious "boer" !!! EXCELLENT content !
He had me at that Milwaukee circular saw that cuts through 1" plate like it's plywood.
I am not trying to be critical because I really like your channel, we are very similar. I am very surprised that you put that much weight on your welds. In my opinion you should have cut the "T" shape out of the plate steel and slid it over the i-beam instead of using shims that you did. The lack of prep and penetration of your weld combined with the overhead weight/downforce with a load could really hurt you or even worse. Also I would suggest v groove prep and multiple 6010/7018s for this structural weld in the future. Please consider remaking those plates as one piece for your own safety. I dont mean to criticize, I just dont want to see you get hurt brother!
Dev Everything a few vids back he had a test showing just how much a small weld would hold. Check it out.
Exactly my thought, or at at a minimum grinding a V in the existing joints and stick welding to be sure that you get some penetration through the entire thickness of the plates. I´m how ever not saying that it will fail ass soon as you put some weight on it, and it might hold up for years but with the high stresses in such a small area that´s maybe already in tension from the welding is in the best case the weakest point in the system and in the worst case the thing that will make the beam fall down one day. And again it can work the way it is done if the hoist is used carefully but to use it safely at its full potential it needs to be welded stronger.
think about that too. less welds means less failiure points. anyway still amazed how he was capable of doing such thing all by himself.
@@zandersmith6960 That was a fresh weld, picking up the front end of a truck 1 time. If the truck falls, no harm done. If this falls 5 years from now it could really hurt someone (ie, game over)
I wondered the same thing.
I hung a picture in the hallway the other day. Pretty proud of myself, until I watched this video
So I'm guessing you didn't use a welding machine to hang it?
As long as it's level. Good job done!
🤣Surely you used an air hammer?!?! 😆Then job well done, “ came out pretty good”. 🤣😂👍😆😇 Great realization of an idea 6 years later, Andrew! 👏🏻👏🏻👍😁
LMAO
so now what do you do with the 2-ton trolley crane you built in the hallway to hold up the picture while you drove in the nail ?
Fantastic addition. And I generous how you figured out how to mount it. As to capacity, not an engineer, but think your weakest link might be the little pin that attaches the hook to the bottom of the hoist chain. All the other stuff is plenty strong, but the system is only as strong as that pin.
Very impressive to do all that by yourself. I realize having the tools is a huge help, but still, very impressive.
Never in a hundred years would I have guessed those Irwin Quick Clamps could hold/shift that much weight!!!
Well their Clamping force is pretty high - Though using to Secure something "safety critical" another issue altogether...
Yeah i saw that and was like, no he didnt
Your videos NEVER let me down, Andrew! I'm so glad you keep putting them out. Keep up the awesome work!
The way this guy fabricates things, is amazing. And it’s big stuff, not little motorcycles or something!
Fantastic! The entire structure is just one giant Man Cave!