I MADE A CRANE... KIND OF - Getting Ready to Lift the Beams 💪 🏗

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Hey. I'm going to jump in here before all/any of the following is said.... yes it could damage the Aluminium poles, yes it could tip, no you shouldn't twist straps, yes I should have just hired the proper kit, yes I should have use the 3T scaffold method, no I didn't have correct PPE, yes I am sad my mallet broke 😂..... but apart from that, it's amazing what you can get done with some common sense and working with caution 😉👍

[@gerrym4377]

Love it! Preempting the twattery comments 👍😂

[@raypeerbaccus368]

True, but we have all at some point put on our thinking caps and found an unconventional method to get something done. Then when it works, the feeling of satisfaction and glee is awesome! Keep it up. Cannot wait to see the raising. I am “loving the giddy as a school boy” grin and enthusiasm you have o this build. Just what we need during these times.

[@petemoring67]

YES! Good old 'Common-Sense' EH? ......... Sadly it's been subliminally 'Drummed OUT!' of many Construction workers these days thanks to the EVIL 'Health & Safety Gestapo' imposing £FINES for using it :-(

[@catabaticanabatic3800]

Can you define "common sense" please? If you mean "I think it is ok,therefore it is", you are sadly mistaken. Truth be told, the much vaunted idea of common sense is a very dangerous concept. It has killed countless thousands. Less people die or are horrendously mutilated every day in workplaces now that "common sense" has been debunked. The 70,000,000 people in Britain all have their own very personal, very different version of this mythical "common sense. It keeps A&E professionals very busy. Work safe buddy. Your family depends on it.

[@cmbespoke3699]

@@catabaticanabatic3800 all you do is leave negative comments on youtube videos, what a sad life. I feel sorry for you.

[@woodandwaveskayaks]

Hi, setup looks good and will be bullet proof a small tweak on the counterweight. I would consider having your counter weights pinned so that they can’t slide in the direction of your crane. As soon as there’s tension on the strap the frictional force will disappear and the counterweight will start sliding towards the crane and the whole thing will start tipping. Good luck!

[@dannyfinch6700]

Could lift the whole wall with that man, don’t worry about it, even furze has an odd accident, just make sure you have your safety tie on

[@TheRestorationCouple]

I tried lifting a beam back off the top a little this afternoon and lifted the whole wall by accident! 😬

[@johnhetherington9695]

Totally agree Danny

[@mattcross5134]

Spot on Tim! You just make do with what you have to hand. Ok it’s not always the best way/safest way but you get the job done. I put my steel lintel in for my bifolds with nothing more than a pallet truck and breeze blocks.

[@richardphillips3303]

Year 7 Physics has served you well! Not to mention the advanced joinery skills. Really enjoying your videos thanks 😊

[@Eileen0656]

Jeez Tim Never seen you so excited. Just like a kid at Christmas. Good on ya!!!!!

[@erlwindegans3954]

Absolutely love the thinking outside the box. I’m sure lots of people disagree but it is on your property and it gets the job done. Nice work. Can’t wait to see it in action in the next video

[@TheBeanyi]

Me: I need to move something heavy 🤔 Destin: SNATCH BLOCK !!!

[@PompeyMatt17]

can't see a problem, you're not on a site; you're not under CDM regs; the rig you have is more than strong enough; carry on and let's see this workshop be born!

[@mobilityxstore]

Two fish are sitting in tank, one say's to the other, 'Hey, You know how to drive this thing?' Greeting's from the UK!

[@mrsb5646]

Where there’s a will there’s a way Tim, some of my ‘ways around things’ have been hair raising at best 😂

[@ronaldhussein6463]

STOP panicking Tim your rigging is fine, Put some tension on that back strap,If you have the headroom, put your chain block, on the end of your hoist then your slings onto the hook of the chain hoist, then you can lift it with the hoist to your almost in to position and tweek it with the chain hoist to your final position it will work a treat. I have used this method all of my life on all shapes and sizes it works a treat

[@flashback9966]

Tomorrow's headlines: Planet earth inexplicably shifts on axis, has scientists puzzled . . .

[@kevinsaunby982]

Look at how “bearded carpenter” lifts his log rounds. Quite a machine he had but sure that your set up will deal with what you need

[@gaz740]

Looking good Tim. Can't wait to see the build tomorrow.

[@Leonard_Smith]

Stuff H&S, if we wanted that we could watch paint dry on the normal channels. We want excitement, risk. daring, adventure... Bring it on!

[@jlmfoy365]

Said the bloke watching from his armchair.😀.

[@54mgtf22]

Your setup is easily strong enough for what you lifting. Good job!

[@petemoring67]

I know you have to comply with the old KZbin Boys ..... But your advice "Don't Do This At Home" rather flies in the face of your Mantra ; "If You Can .... Do It Yourself" :-) ............ Great Crane, even though it reminds me of some very dodgey Well-Hole scaffolding I used to put up in some Blocks of flats I did where the ceilings needed plastering ...... Involved Two 'Old' Painters six foot high wooden tressels and 20 Scaffold Planks ;-) .......... Nobody else on site would walk under it - which suited me fine .... and I lived to tell the tale ..........

[@JonGiles]

You probably can't state that it is inherently safe as using components (tower) for a purpose not intended BUT your logic is sound and seems to work. If I had one concern it is the moment acting on the verticals on the tower where the lift clamps on... Guessing this is designed to clamp to 50mm steel scaff tube not an ali-tower... Worth checking this periodically for distortion I would say. I'm not an engineer btw but some experience of lifting ops in the entertainment industry. Also if you can bridle the long beams further you will get better balance, as long as you have the lifting height. Watch out for wind! Looking forward to seeing the results 😊

[@JonGiles]

Just realised you preempted the Ali tube concern... Sorry. Would still check periodically :)

[@RogerBurgess]

I wanted to see Greg Davis pop up with that soundtrack going. Nice lift, very industrious as always.

[@anthonyknight5465]

Ah, you'll be fine! Once, working on my own on a similar project I lifted a heavy oak beam up with a genie lift. Even though I had it perfectly centred it still seesawed once it was off the ground. Unless there's two of you though, what else can you do?

[@b3zzwilliams988]

Amazing stuff really enjoy watching your projects!!

[@karlgledhill1356]

Right, I'm building a crane today because I saw it on KZbin🤣 Congrats, fortune favours the bold

[@thewatermillscotland]

Loving the play with different video styles. Really needed a nice relaxing feeling video after today. You might be able to recover that footage, I used TestDisk (open source tool) on Sunday to recover video files from a 500gb SanDisk Extreme Pro (USB-C NVMe storage). I had the partition table go horribly wrong but was able to recover all the files after a little work. 500gb is only 25 mins footage for me, but it was critical footage!

[@TheBeeryBoater]

What goes up must come down. Remember, if anything does fall, the ground will stop it! ;-)

[@peterridding4874]

We’ve all been there , if it works it works . Good for you

[@09conrado]

Excellent job Tim. It works. Don't worry. I'm sure nothing goes wrong. You tend not to take too many risks and think before you act, so I'm not worried a bit about your system. And I hoist stone every day☻

[@TheRestorationCouple]

09conrado good to hear. 👍

[@jonathanevery6157]

I work with mobile cranes and I've definitely seen worse attempted on site. You are well within the WLL of a 1t sling with a bite round . (800kg , reduce sling capacity by 20% if you donit as you did.) Aa long as you get the centre of gravity a single sling will do. Its how steel erectors do it and it gives you more manoeuvrability of the beam. Glad to see that you did a risk assessment to begin with🤣

[@T8RTU]

What could possibly go wrong ....the man is a genius 👏✅

[@douwearentz1988]

Building my own workshop is a Dream of mine. in the mean time, i"ll just watch you build yours! Love the content mate!

[@digidyda6813]

great effort!!

[@anthonydenbigh3757]

Brilliant rolll on the lifting

[@sygad1]

that crane is awesome. I'd have to experiment to see what the limit was though

[@coffeefortwosolly]

❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I was afraid you were not going to say the famous catch phrase at end..phew you did! With this ever changing world we are all having to adapt and doing soooo much more DIY alone whether ITS actual DIY OR GENERAL CHORES...WE ARE ALL DOING IT OURSELVES🤣🤣 can’t wait the official lifting of beam 💪🏻💪🏻 🏗 🙋🏻‍♀️💕🇬🇧jane

[@Cablesmith]

that was insanely cool 😎 scaff didnt even shake....I’d put money on that thing picking up the entire side wall

[@JS-ct5jn]

I don't know...that looks like a pretty solid setup to me. I would feel comfortable using that if it was just me.

[@KP-vf5cg]

This is insane. I was looking to see where you got the timber kit from, but it looks like you notched all yourself.... 😳. Wow this is great and amount time and cursing it must’ve taken lol. After this is done my wife would say, ‘now tell me why you can’t do this with our house?’

[@lee-ww2lr]

Tim and Colin collaboration is the dream! If we weren't all in this position and you put the call out, I reckon you'd have a couple of thousand of us with you helping out. I'm literally an hour away too 😩 P.s. the rig is awesome!

[@user-od3rl5mc]

I'd imagine sometimes you astound even yourself with your own genius!

[@mattkirk8404]

Great video. 👍

[@vivaldi1236]

Clever and brilliant. 👏🏻

[@kstewart3657]

Fingers crossed!

[@b21playa]

Yes, was just thinking about this 👍

[@lewispewsey6843]

Brilliant idea Tim and brilliant video 👍

[@maggiesue4825]

Physics - not my forte. But if the lift capacity is adequate, and the beam is rising smoothly and on level, I say GO FOR IT!!!

[@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT]

Well done mate 👍

[@chrispayne1029]

Great job Tim 👏👌🏻👍

[@billrimmer5596]

Super job!!

[@mikeprice5755]

I’m excited to watch this!

[@denisoconnell7593]

Nothing at all wrong with that. You assessed the load, braced the tower, added a tether though should probably have been attached to both top corners rather than the centre of the rail. You tested incrementally, and most important stood to one side when lifting. Don’t worry about the h&s crowd, they would all still be living in tents!

[@chriscardwell3495]

Look GREAT - there is enough physics

[@sraidenyer9769]

The funniest video you’ve done. Made me chuckle loads 😀

[@mjw1404mw]

Why does this remind me of the episode of Mr Bean where he puts an armchair on the roof of his car and drives using ropes? 😁

[@TheRestorationCouple]

😬

[@VillainGang.]

Thank you for idea. Going stack gravel boards on each other (42pcs) and this your system is realy better than manpower to lift it

[@mark3995]

Exciting stuff.

[@menonsans]

Funnily enough, I had the same picture of the lift in my mind when I made my comment on video previous to last one. (huh..🤔 DIYers (+"engineers") tend to think the same way, do they?🤔🤔)

[@syl764]

Bad luck with the mallet. You looked just like I must have done when a similar thing happened to my (rather ancient) cricket bat as a child almost 40 years ago.

[@ikhb1802]

Brilliant mate

[@Dannyp8038]

At this time without @Tim knowing @Jo was inside checking the life insurance policy to ensure she is covered for her husband bad ideas 🤫

[@jamowallace]

Could we see a collab with Colin Furze in the future?! Haha

[@manchia34]

Even Thor has a bad day!

[@TheRestorationCouple]

😣 He did so well, but clearly pallet wood handle was not the answer!

[@karlkerkhof7966]

Dragging it out

[@malcolmbale9566]

Colin furze would of definitely come up with an invention for doing that!!

[@jamesring5908]

Well done

[@Back2Brick-Ben]

Get the next ep up now. Come on!!!

[@danieldaggett-hall2639]

Should of drilled a hole in the base and put a Giant hook in it and used a ratchet strap for the counter balance. The hole will soon get filled with sawdust😂

[@b1g1lz]

Without as much as a safety tie!! Impressive Tim.

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Necessity is the mother of invention. Can’t see anything wrong with that tbh. Andy UK

[@davetomlinson8944]

When the mallet broke The face says it all..

[@rorymakesstuff]

I could feel the sadness when the mallet broke.

[@brynnhowell9916]

You live up to your motto - if you can........diy

[@JL-hn6hi]

MacGyver

[@gmdeboer]

Perhaps you should remove the swivel wheels?

[@TheRestorationCouple]

They actually turned out great as I could even move the tower around a little to help position over the posts. I wouldn't want to swing it about too much but the odd couple of inches was helpful.

[@gunzowillis545]

Where did you get the chisel shown on 1:13 what a beaut 😍

[@david1976aful]

Out of interest, how close is the scaffolding to the overhead electricity cable feeding your house?

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Over double the height I would guess.

[@frankiepitt9135]

HaHa

[@david1976aful]

@@TheRestorationCouple thanks for taking the time to reply and well done in coming up with your own solution. 👍

[@petersanter2839]

You be careful tim ok ps nice job

[@AdamKyleAnderson]

Try using Recuva on your MAc / PC. It is really good at recovering files including " corrupt " files.

[@js8039]

I see nothing wrong at all. Beams get lifted...check. Shop gets built...check. The girls have an awesome monkey bar set afterward...and check.

[@Brusselsproutsk8]

That scaffold set-up looks risky to me. Something like a genie hoist sl-10 would be the lifting item you'd require for this. There is various attachments available too like extensions and block hook.👍

[@lbh002]

Pully

[@alexinnes402]

Definitely over engineering this. Even the lift ahhaha

[@stationhouse5866]

👍😊

[@stefansvard1413]

Not a bad job fella. I would have just hired a material, like you’d use for an RSJ on a building project. I don’t know if that means I’m overly safety conscious or I just don’t have the imagination to think around the box 📦

[@trevoradams3148]

I see nothing wrong with this at all. But then that's coming from someone who throws a rope over his roof and ties one end to a fence post then the other end around his waist before doing work on his roof.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

I’ll accept your seal of approval! 😂

[@ThisOldManOfTheSea]

Crikey, I thought I was the only person to have done that, although I tied off to a pergola post. Threw a tennis ball over with fishing line attached and then used that to pull the rope over. 🤣

[@jlmfoy365]

@@ThisOldManOfTheSea I just put a pair of trainers on ,back in the day. Stupidity of youth.

[@peterwooldridge7285]

Sorted..mm

[@bobw9297]

You would fit in Canada just fine LOL eh...

[@b3zzwilliams988]

Oh No 🤦🏻‍♂️ the legendary Thor hammer has broken 😞

[@paulsims7161]

The has to be said, your attention to detail would put many so called tradesmen to shame. That’s by no means aimed at all. I know a lot of great trades would agree with me.. this channel keeps me occupied for hours and if it we aren’t for your interest thrown out there I’d certainly loose the will to watch. Keep them coming.

[@gerardfarrell3135]

I agree fully. Id prefer a tradesperson with out the qualifications and instead an intrest and love of their work. All too often youngsters are thrown into a trade because their not academically well enough graded. The exam system in Ireland & UK (im irish and have also studied in UK to masters level) are archaic and unrepresentative of the persons ability. I spent many years training as an engineer in both countries and indeed working as an engineer in both countries and world wide, and ive left it all to work with wood full time. Anyway, you rock on an keep doing what your doing. Your work is brilliant 👍🏻

[@dansmith2604]

Won't rent a gennie for a day but has a rented 3lift tower makes loads of sense 😂😂😂😂 made out like his lifting big steels in... 4 timbers saved my money geez 😂😂😂😂😂

[@superseven220]

He owns the tower

[@TheRestorationCouple]

As I said in the video, I'm just using things I already own.... 🤔

[@isar3707]

Wrong in so many ways mate, but worst of all is you know it and then proceed anyway. H&S is not there to stop the job, just to stop the cowboys. Don't see you cutting corners elsewhere, on building regs, tools, materials etc so its a real shame you are encouraging others to take risks likes this - just see the comments here.....Big fan of your channel and style, but this is dangerous. BTW you shouldn't be using any tightening fixings or clamps on the tower - the manufacturer has designed it with clips and or thumbnails only so you cant crush the tubes. I'm sur plenty will pile in telling me to back off, but your safety is at stake and what you are showing and therefore advocating is just wrong. Please reconsider - you are so much better than this.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

I’d have to disagree. Only danger was damaging my scaffolding, which having tested and then used as planned was clearly not going to happen. The risk of a beam falling off a genie lift or any other of the suggested methods would still have the exact same outcome to whatever was below it. Safety comes first I agree, but lifting a 80kg wooden beam in a controlled way is not really pushing the limits.

[@r.johnson3832]

13 mins of nothing really in this video...