Warning: You Won't Believe What's Holding That

[@jerrellbevers6071]

I've built houses for 30 years and 20 years in festival production and this is the first time I've seen that sidewinder forklift carriage on an American machine and I want one!!!!

[@BARB33RIAN]

As a fellow beam wrench enjoyer I salute you. I make mine out of a 2x4 stud and offcut, and a scrap piece of 2x10/LVL/Rimboard.

[@nieldcreek2098]

A River Runs Through It … filmed on my own beautiful Idaho!

[@MRGF78]

Is the other one Top Gun???

[@patrickday4206]

While you're working wondering where all the battery powered palm nailers are 😂😂

[@cbinder46]

SDS, SDWS, and SD screws are made of an alloy that increases their ductility, allowing them to be used in more instances. SD screws were literally developed to be a nail replacement, and that includes in shear as well, where the back and forth ductility of nails is really key

[@AwesomeFramers]

In talking to a Strong-Tie rep, its the heat treament that allows their ductility. I would imagine its some comobination of both

[@djbraski]

"A Nail Runs Through It"

[@buttmankun]

Clever

[@twwtb]

and "Nail Gun" (1985)

[@carlbrown939]

Nice on getting rid of that column. That beam weighes 16129 penny weights

[@bwillan]

Because every AwesomeFramer needs more steps in a day, you could always walk around to the far side of the beam and hammer the hanger in from the 'easy side'.

[@jeffreycastillo32]

I don’t think I caught it, you may have said it, maybe consider mentioning how installing a GLB right is essential. I had one contractor call me (for a 24F-V4), that they installed it upside down and asked me if it’s ok where I responded (you need to call the manufacturer and determine that since they manufactured it and can give you a better answer; I called for them instead to be easier and unfortunately, they had to remove and re-install it. That contractor asked us to always specify 24F-V8 now so they don’t mess up because it delayed their schedule heavily and just a lot of “heat”). Just a thought, love the videos!

[@JohnComeOnMan]

Palm nailers are your friends.

[@bwillan]

The Simpson engineers made the nail holes too close to the bend to make a palm nailer ineffective. Besides, Tim likes to show off his polished Martinez M1 titanium hammer as much as possible. 🤣

[@JohnComeOnMan]

@@bwillan I own a mini palm nailer too, works great in tight spaces, such as those inside corners. Still, swinging a hammer always feels good.

[@agr18181]

"Palm nailers are your friends"... That's what Jesus thought and things turned pretty weird.

[@JohnComeOnMan]

@@agr18181 *badum tss*🥁

[@stiiizyking9732]

Not when the magnet that holds the nail in the palm nailer falls out 😭😭😭😭😭

[@contento66]

A 3 car garage with no columns? That's livin!

[@geneinman4488]

In the old days ?? I nailed a 2x4 on the side of the Beam , that was my lever

[@OperationDarkside]

Thanks for the metric conversion

[@taylordenomme6273]

Your witty one liners in this video are fantastic LMAO. STar Trek reference got me so good

[@pdcro1247]

Great video!!!!

[@michaelford4894]

A river runs through it and Top Gun

[@lloydwolfe3175]

I don’t care how many KZbin guys Truework has wearing those pajama tops I’m not falling for them. Lemmings!

[@AwesomeFramers]

come to the dark side! Its awesome over here.

[@Tom-sd5ru]

When u gonna come out with the adjustable beam wrench lol. I should patent it before i sad somethin lol

[@rogerdale6341]

Star Wars reference! Geez! Love the video. 🤨

[@AwesomeFramers]

exactly. The Force was strong with Kirk

[@ronmelcher4723]

Best framers on KZbin!

[@yahmus]

Fine work ya’ll!

[@hyvemynd605]

9:02 instead of hours of frustratingly learning to hammer left handed, you could take 2 seconds to duck under the beam and hammer from the other side ;)

[@kennethharman2779]

My Grandfather, used to yell at me for using my shoulder, to drive nails, he’d sneak up and hold a board behind your elbow if he caught you swinging with your shoulder 😂

[@Tashal]

Okay Archimedes. Cool it with the lever love. Almost indecent here. 🤣

[@zephyr1408]

Officer: Tell me how you were assaulted sir ? Victim: I went to go ask this man about custom homes? While there out of nowhere this man dressed in a shirt brightly colored shirt with flowers and a hood on it starting beating me with a huge “ wrench” ! Officer : WAIT ? Are you trying to tell me that a man wearing a brightly flowered shirt and carrying a huge ; like 4’ long by 24” Wrench jumped outta no where and beat you with the Wrench ? Victim : Oh it was made a light ply product , yellow in color! He was also wearing a tool belt that said “ BADGER” & he was yelling these Nicks on my feet you can’t beat! Then he hit me again! Officer : Then what happened ? Victim: He disappeared into thick air , not thin! Officer: See this little bottle with your name on it ? Take it over to that Porta- Jon & pee in it cover the top and place it in this plastic bag along with the 5 other witnesses ? Detective: There has been an up tic in the “ Wrench Man” cases at 1 st I thought it was the guy on the Perkins Crew? But he was ruled out when he was followed into an Auto Care Store & was overheard asking the clerk for tires that can fit a “ Speed Square”? TO BE CONTINUED

[@OperationDarkside]

Isn't a Gluelamb a young sheep that's addicted to adhesive?

[@AwesomeFramers]

yep, makes for very strong joints......

[@TheoneandonlyRAH]

Can move around to the other side of the beam to get more space with the right handed hammer

[@Ransetsu]

Dude, i know exactly what gym that is!

[@julietphillips1991]

I wish I understood the physics behind the beam wrench...that thing is amazing!

[@bwillan]

Look up Archimedes and leverage. It's been around since Ancient Egypt.

[@OperationDarkside]

11:30 Nice Mark you have there. I don't need a Mark. I have a dink. Name the movie!

[@hellonoko]

A.B.C. Always Be Cleaning.

[@garnetfunk1562]

Sensible happy framing

[@fishtailfistscale8362]

Or just step under the beam to the opposite side and nail the left side of the support. 9:00

[@rosswunderlich5299]

Shouldn’t you “choke” the beam with the lifting slings?

[@jram1256]

Put a link to buy those shirts. Might as well, I’d buy one too.

[@AwesomeFramers]

They are out of stock but will be back next spring truwerk.com

[@JeanClaudVanDabb]

Ain’t strong enough unless awesome framers do it facts

[@steveharkins279]

The only way to prove the “simson” strong tie math, would be to use the lull to rip the beam out of the hanger. That would be very interesting to see, (and it would not cost much) to prove./ replace. I would place bets that the 6 SKF screws in the former hanger would hold strong, as the 16 6 penny nails would rip out of the degregated beam. Only physically doing it would prove it, no matter what the engineer says. And I don’t mean to throw the engineer under the bus.

[@AwesomeFramers]

They perform testing then publish the data. I have it on good authority that they are working on updating the tables to show the screws.

[@alvinsterk2918]

You could of walked around to the other side of the beam and you would be hammering with your right hand

[@AwesomeFramers]

but then I'd have to move the cameras 😁

[@dustinkrebs8229]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@steveharkins279]

After taking time mulling this over today, not a fan of this many nails going into the laminated beam. Had a PSL 3 1/2 x 14 beam sag after the 10 nail over 24 feet in a hanger. I much prefer the former bracket with just 4 screws on each side. You put that much steel 16 penny into the beam, they act like wood splitter wedges prying the beam apart. Would much prefer 6 pre-drilled holes into the beam, then use SDK fastners 4 inch to finish the day, and not steal any spec from the beam integrity. What I’m seeing. But that would also mean “Simson” doubling the size of the hole on the hanger to accommodate a fastener they yet do not make.

[@AwesomeFramers]

No beam integrity was sacrificed here

[@ronrossi7784]

I’ve been looking to get a new RV. I felt that American coaches pretty good value for the dollar compared to the rest that are in this category but the middle ceiling just Makes the coach look so cheap. I just can’t bring myself to buy one because of that ceiling in the middle.

[@LoveGrowsAdam]

I saw this video a week or two ago. Weird it just came out. Did i see the future or what?

[@AwesomeFramers]

@@LoveGrowsAdam yeah you probably saw it in the playlist

[@rosswunderlich5299]

A River Runs Thru It

[@geneinman4488]

Start all the nails , then dive them home , old carpenter

[@thomasgrosche1308]

One to set and two to drive.

[@gearoidcu]

When holding the chain up until the weight comes on it, hold the clasp, a pinch from the links in the chain is nasty

[@steveharkins279]

We pull the beam out of the “simson” hanger to prove a point, the hanger is rated, “but” Simson fastners are not rated - vs SKF fastners. The holes in the hanger are too small.

[@maxwellgriffith]

Top Gun was 1986

[@Don-pq5gg]

Can you estimates the added material cost for elinating that column? I know the labor may be just as much or more - unless they already were using a high lift like you do. Thanks

[@AwesomeFramers]

Hmm, that's a good question. Ultimately is probably a little more $$ for this due to the concrete work at the foundation.

[@chrisclausen6587]

How about using a palm nailer on the bracket? Would that work?

[@AwesomeFramers]

yep

[@pricepaid]

Nails were on an angle to your right, probably most of the reason the left side was more difficult

[@JesseFaught]

Wouldn't a palm nailer speed up installing that "high capacity beam hanger"?

[@AwesomeFramers]

yep

[@JBLewis]

Is it a matter of load rating, or does Simpson really just flat out say, "you have to use nails on this hanger, not SDS screws."?

[@AwesomeFramers]

Yes, take a look at the load tables. They will show when we can use the Strong Drive Connector screws. Usually they won't even fit through the same size hole as the 16d

[@JBLewis]

@@AwesomeFramers I remember looking at the tables for *certain* connectors a few years ago when I built my deck, but nothing as big as that one. I suck at swinging a hammer, and decided to avoid nails wherever possible in the construction, so everything was around using the Simpson connectors and SDS screws.

[@scotttalkowski691]

I thought I was watching AwsomeFramers not The Perkins Builder Brothers. Can't tell you all apart now, you all look the same. LOL

[@AwesomeFramers]

🤣🤣🤣 it's true. To be fair, I got mine first

[@rickyborden3287]

That was clearly not a Star Trek reference! How could anyone be so dense. That was from Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom.

[@AwesomeFramers]

doh!

[@millennialcarpenter1784]

go to the other side of the beam to nail the left side

[@MillennialCarpenter]

The other Millennial Carpenter thinks he did fine.

[@PhillipMaster]

Whaat hoodies are you guys wearing and where can I get one?

[@AwesomeFramers]

TRUWERK.com and they'll be back in stock next spring

[@MRGF78]

4:04 now, you don't hand to go to the gym...😅😅😅

[@andrewdempster5170]

I love my Martinez m1. However… I do end up having to replace the grip about 3 times a year… have you had a better experience?

[@AwesomeFramers]

I get a lot longer. You're over gripping. Old Kyle did that and wore out the grips on the M1 and the Stiletto faster.

[@howardsmith5474]

A river runs through it of course

[@benduea2713]

Star Trek?

[@jenniferchura5281]

Is there a link for the blue/floral shirts?

[@AwesomeFramers]

www.truewerk.com they will be back in stock next spring.

[@jefff6167]

A River Runs Through It was 1992.

[@sloth6765]

do any of those hangers allow using screws instead?

[@AwesomeFramers]

Not this specific hanger

[@patrickday4206]

And then you get it in place and realize that the bracket is facing the wrong direction 😂😂😂

[@MichaelJ674]

Sven and Oly were sheathing a house and Oly kept throwing away half the nails. Finally, Sven asked him why. Oly said, “Because those nails have the point on the wrong end.” Sven rejoined, “You idiot; those nails are for the other side of the house!”

[@MichaelJ674]

Sorry, spelled it wrong. Should have been Sven and Ole. Uff da!

[@patrickday4206]

@@MichaelJ674 sounds like my father in law claiming he bought a keg of nails really good deal but everytime he went to drive one in it bent over. He looked at the nails and there was a P impression on them causing them to be weak so he looked at the box and it said make in Poland 🇵🇱. He swears it's true haha 😄

[@timjs1018]

Star WHAT reference?

[@AwesomeFramers]

TRACK

[@gregpaterson330]

A river runs through it

[@jacobb7639]

Palm nailer, dude.

[@oliviermorris1320]

Star Wars

[@ccwnyc5671]

Star Wars reference, not Star Trek. 😅

[@AwesomeFramers]

exactly. The Force runs strongly with Spock

[@DarrellCatt]

STAR WARS,,,not STAR TREK......LOL..

[@AwesomeFramers]

exactly, the Enterprise destroyed the Death Star

[@hmtrimworks7148]

At 18:03 you should teach your guys proper telehandler hand signals (there’s usually a sticker on the machine), you asked him to convey a "boom down" signal to the operator, and he gave him the "tilt carriage/truss boom down" signal.

[@AwesomeFramers]

As Ive stated in other videos, we've modified signals for one hand signalling.

[@creylacoste4981]

When you nail the left side just walk your fat self around the beam and make it a right side……duh

[@johnnelson8956]

STAR TREK? Come on man! Obi-Wan will haunt you in your dreams for that one! You just lost a ton of credibility. You must repent by binge watching the first 6 episodes of STAR WARS!

[@LeonFarver]

Yes the only ones that matter lol

[@georgejohnson1912]

Pretty sure he was making a joke