New PELS IRONWORKER
I just bought a PELS IRONWORKER (One of those toys I just couldn't pass up, you know) and am looking for some additional information on it. I haven't found a model or serial number on it yet. I'm planning to take it to the high pressure carwash and clean off the many years of grease and grime so I can savor what I have.
It is a flywheel type that is about 7 feet tall up to the motor mount above the top of those 16" I-beams. The flywheel is about 2-1/2 feet in diameter, driven with a leather belt.The machine will cut 1 inch bars or rods, flats and angle iron up to about 6 inches. I got a boxful of punches/dies of various sizes and shapes in addition to several other accessories, including a jig to punch holes in 2" trailer hitch tubing. Included is a set of brake dies to do 90* bends.
I got the main drive motor and another 10 HP 3 phase motor to generate the 3 phase to drive it (not that I really needed it, I already had built a rotary converter for my Bridgeport mill. Call me the ultimate hobbyist).
The seller told me it weighs in at 6500 pounds. We used come-alongs to manually winch it up onto my trailer from the gravel floor in his shop building. That took about 4 hours. I chained it down and my rig rode like a Cadillac on the way home !
I've seen many specs on iron workers rated in tons. I'd like to know what the general specs are on this one, as PELS is no longer building this type of machine and I can't find anything on it.
The throat on the machine is 14 inches high and about 18 inches deep. He said he cut a piece of 1 inch steel bar and it didn't even shudder - said it was like there was nothing in it.
These pics are all on my trailer. I've not offloaded it yet since I don't know where I'm going to place it. I'd like to have it inside my garage (I do have room for it) but for the time being....
I'm wondering if anybody knows what I have and has any suggestions for me on it.
I would like to find some kind of operating instructions so I can set depth of cut/die closure. At this point, it looks like there are no broken parts on the machine and I'd say that on a machine like this, there shouldn't be any. They don't build anything this good any more.