DiResta - Vintage Shop Crane Restoration! 

When you lifted the anvil at the end I assumed you did all this because you were having a coyote problem.

I love seeing an old piece of history brought back to life. Great job as always.

Eric from Hand Tool Rescue is probably jealous he didn't get to do this restore with you guys. Great job Jimmy this crane will be working for the next 100 years thanks to you guys! 👍

Beautiful restoration. Never ceases to amaze me how you take old tools/equipment and make them "new" again. Now you have a mobile shop crane for most all your needs. AWESOME!!

I absolutely love that thing. My mind is spinning with modern versions for small maker shops.

One of the things I enjoy about your presentations is that they are always interesting and engaging, enven for things I'd never consider doing. Bravo on this one!

That was awesome.. Great to see an old rig like that cleaned up and working again.. Really enjoyed that !

Another great restoration of a peice of history that will serve your needs for years to come! Thanks Jimmy!

What a beauty. Puts all the fun into moving a thing from here to there.

Love these restoration videos, Jimmy. Thanks for sharing your work!

Now that was an incredible restoration Jimmy & Rob! 👍👍👏👏

Love these tool restoration videos. It’s awesome to see the craftsmanship and engineering that went into it all, thanks for sharing! Love the custom logo to by the way! From one upstate New Yorker to another, thanks for inspiring Jimmy!

I could watch this video all day!

What a beautiful piece of history right there! Great job cleaning it up, 👍🏼👍🏼 from this guy! Thanks for taking us along, it was fun watching… ✌🏼

Love seeing a restoration of an old tool that will actually be put back to work. Awesome job, and hope it will be used for another 100 or so years.👍

What a gorgeous piece of history!

I really loved this one. Lots of fun to watch! Thanks for sharing.

Always good to see him breathing life back into old...old school equipment. When you cranked the handle, it sounded like a rollercoaster climbing!

What a wonderful video Jimmy! Love to see old machinery come back to life! You really are a determined chap, and great to see pure passion 💪 Cheers Rob

Fabulous job! Must have been such a blessing & back saver for the folk who made cars & trucks with its swan neck lines & easy lifting: Robot if it’s day! Thanks for sharing!

Alway great to see old equipment restored.

Another great DiRestoration video!!!

That's a beautiful piece of machinery. Wow very informative and nicely restoration Jimmy. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep making. God bless.

Great job. Thanks for posting.

Beautiful work!

Nice to see a restoration with upgrades. Good choice on the modern bearings and bushings.

I love heavy metal! Nicely done Jimmy.

Very nice. So cool to see that around your shop!

This was a very cool restoration! Thanks for posting - thumbs up.

Fantastic work, Jimmy! 😃 And I bet it's going to be really useful for the shop!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Nice work, beautiful crane!

Raising this workhorse from the prison of Rustville is so great to watch . If anybody didn't learn something from this video then they're dead in the head. As always it was Educational and Entertaining all in one easy to follow format. Stay well to Forest , Willie and you my brother

Looks great Jimmy, nice restoration! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

It’s ready for another 100 plus years.Thanks for sharing

Awesome to see this back in its full glory!

7/17/22.. Shop Crane restoration..👍👍👏😊💪⚙🛠 yea Jimmy! You did it & made it look easy! Another Great job!🙂

Nice workshop crane. Top job. 👍🇦🇺

So many details! Those old bearings, the shotgun(?!) above the wire wheel and those square nuts ❤️❤️

awesome on so many levels

Dude that is an awesome crane, great job on the restoration!

Super cool! That thing is badass

Congratulations!👏👏👏

It's always nice to see a DiRestaration

Nice Resto. Fun to use. Thanks for sharing.

Nice work as always!

Excellent transformation. I remember seeing it when you first got it! So cool to see it be put back to work.

Excelente proyecto maestro, muy bien desarrollado y mejor ejecutado, buena restauración, tiene una magnífica herramienta, que durara otros tantos años como tiene, las cosas antes se hacían a conciencia y pará durar, gracias por compartir sus conocimientos y experiencias, un saludo cordial y por supuesto un gran like desde Narón (Galicia) 🔝🛠️ 🤓

Very nice work J.D.. Ready for another hundred years of service...

Nice restoration mate . 👍👌

Es un gran placer ver todos tus trabajos y la pasión que pones en ellos.

Классно когда старым механизмам, которые ещё могут послужить верой и правдой дают вторую жизнь :))) Диресте респект :))))

That is a freaking cool crane 👍👍

Those bearings were gnarly. Nice restore 🍻

You done made Andrew proud and happy. Nice work, boys! Got a little sneak peek at the coffee cup for next week's video... it's a bigg'n.

Nice gift!

Heavy "beautyfull" !!!!! Thanks for the show Guys 😘

I love this video and I’ve never seen a lift like this. I can’t imagine how handy it is.

Pretty slick looking chain hoist you have there now. Great job

I’d love to see a Tips video on clamping. I know it’s unrelated to this amazing restoration but I only hours ago launched my wood project from the drill press across the shop so it’s top-of-mind for me. I love this channel.

That’s super cool Jimmy

The chosen one.

I can see how that tool Could be priceless in a shop..excellent work

I sure do enjoy watching your videos. Regardless of the project at hand

If machinery could talk, it would speak proudly about how it had been restored to its original glory after so many years of work and unloved wear. Great video 👍

This was a fun restoration. Onto the next rescue!

Beautiful piece of machinery! I’d love to do some huge castings like this someday, and make something for moving equipment

I love the use of those Perfect Handle wrenches!

I'm hoping someday I'll hear something on Jimmy's radio that I'll recognize but it hasn't happened yet. Always love seeing another Direstoration!

Mmm what a great breakfast video. Better than an espresso to start the day thanks mr diresta!

I've been looking for one for year nice work looks awesome

That thing is fantastic

I have never seen bearings like the ones in the wheels. Really interesting design.

Would love to see @Handtoolrescue drop that in his magical evaporust barrel! 😃 this is amazing history. Love the vid as always. Love ❤️ from Texas.

I can't wait to see you hook this one up to a crane game machine Jimmy! 😜

Amazing!

Glad to see you’re still uploading! I’ve been a fan since I was 11 years old I’m 21 now! Love your videos ! Even watched u on Discovery channel

I love these old tools, my Canton Crane is a little different but it's cool

Nice work my man

I swear there isn’t one older thing you couldn’t work on. Great job!

Looks freaking cool

Great video. That crane is way more complex than it looks. Nice restore. Rob is better than Google. His name should be a verb in like, "...just Rob it." Mahalo for sharing! : )

You do some nice work. I'm a new subscriber and all ready know I'll be watching all your videos

Very nice!!!

beautiful

Awesome job Jimmy, and thank you for doing a cotter pin right, the first go looked a little jankity 😁😁😁

Nice, and still very useful 👍👍

Woo hoo! Love it man. Heading to Livingstonville Creekside flea Market tomorrow(Sunday) hoping to find some treasure

Good job 💪🏼

" Diresta unlimited " Almost an understatement!

Wow, square nuts are old school stuff! I've never thought they kept making them into the 1920s

This is by far the coolest cherry picker I’ve ever seen. I don’t really get jealous over builds but I’m kinda jealous of this one and wish it was in my garage instead.

Fitting that you used an old school monkey wrench during the restro and did you see those roller bearings in the wheel,can take them apart to service them,thanks Jimmy and your team for taking me back,and the bronze bushing update,thanks for the video🤗😎🤗😎

Awesome

😳😨😱 me seeing you grab the roll just after you put turbo flames on it😂🤣😂 . Again What a job ! Congrats!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 you also save inheritance and i like it !

Great video

du boulot pour cette restauration, vous êtes courageux

25:40 love that ratchiting sound, reminds me of a draw bridge or something like that.

God bless you Jimmy

I actually used my adjustable wrench today. I needed a 15/16” in a very tight spot and that old wrench that I don’t use worked great.

"If it ain't glowing, it ain't going" 🔥🔨