Shop Work: Making a Gantry & Arm

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Some areas of my shop are poorly lit and when I'm working there I find myself having to either relocate or jury rig up some sort of lighting solution so that I can see what I'm doing. Well enough is enough! I designed a gantry and articulating arm system that allows me to position a work light in just about any position to completely do away with any dimly lit areas of my shop. Furthermore, I designed it in a way where it can be hoisted up and out of the way when not in use. Another nice feature is that it can also hold my cameras to get me more interesting angles that my ordinary tripod just can't do. So what are you waiting for? Check out the video and then pick up the plans to build one for your own workshop!

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@torinhalsey6313 4 года назад

Outstanding. That's gotta be one of your brightest ideas yet...

@AtticusDraco 4 года назад

ding, ding,, we have a winner! lol

@rrbee 4 года назад

Oh well done good sir... well done indeed.

@mj-lp5eb 4 года назад

Its the lighter side of woodworking

@rrbee 4 года назад

@@mj-lp5eb Your puns really *brighten* my day.

@JoshuaParnell 4 года назад

*Ba-dum, tss*

@jameshalleron7484 3 года назад

Drew, You have a wonderful self deprecating sense of humor. My wife and I love these RU-vid videos, especially your outtakes. I have always been curious about your garage. I think to myself how nice and informative it would be for you to build a vertical plywood type saw like they have at the big box stores. You could place it in the garage, cut lumber stock down making it easier to get into you basement shop. I'm sure your neighbor ( love that reference) has all the lumber you'd need. Just a thought. Thank you for your skills and humor. Your one of the few channels that inform, entertain and challenge us to be better Carpenters and don't add alot of useless chatter and music god only who likes. Thanks Drew.

@RideAlongside 4 года назад

Such a great video. I can only imagine how must time you invest in designing, building, filming, and editing these high quality productions for us. I really appreciate all the time you take Drew. -Nick 😃👍

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks Nick! It's comments like this that keep me going!

@rh5971 3 года назад

The outtakes remind me a lot of when I’m working in my woodshop except that I don’t have the nice tools or the good lighting or the hair. On second thought it’s nothing like me working in my shop.

@xmanuu 3 года назад

Dude this is the smartest thing i‘ve ever seen in a shop... 😂😂🤩

@richardransom7391 3 года назад

Your humour is spot on just as your projects 👍 🤣

@phicklep 4 года назад

“Flight of the Navigator” anyone? Nice work! Now just but the gantry on two parallel gantries and you’ll be UNSTOPPABLE!

@Handyman247llc 4 года назад

I like the lighting idea and your sense of humor, Great video of step by step assembly.

@Devin82m 4 года назад

Lol! The wrenches at the end, we've all been there brother.

@AnonOmis1000 2 года назад

This is why I'm partial to crescent wrenches.

@tomhendrick5254 3 года назад

"... to hopefully minimize the damage when I inevitably walk into it later." I felt this in my soul.

@pyrephoenix 3 года назад

I felt every second of that wrenches outtake right in my soul.

@chiplutz1670 3 года назад

This is a great idea. Using it with the camera was a great idea as well.

@stevegronsky8904 4 года назад

Another winner, Drew. Thanks for the laughs. Even though you tied it up BEWARE things have a way of "attacking" when you least expect it.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Steve!

@design8studio 2 года назад

The camera dolly function is a major plus.

@matthewbuza87 4 года назад

How are you not starring on every woodshop tv show as a host ? You have the skills and especially the voice !

@benrudman3917 4 года назад

Very cool build drew. Your way smarter than you look. I especially like the way you supported the beam without the help of your three legged coffee table possessing neighbor.

@joshanderson6279 3 года назад

I haven't commented on a video in the 10 years I've been on RU-vid, but this deserves an applause 👏 👏 👏 . What an absolutely genius idea! I'm planning this as my project of the day, thanks for the idea! Keep up the great work!

@FishersShop 3 года назад

Wow, thank you! Glad you liked it!

@jscook54 2 года назад

That was one of the coolest shop upgrades I have seen!

@FishersShop 2 года назад

Thanks! :)

@lostinadream1866 3 года назад

I wanna make one for over my fabrication table, something to hold, drill, screws, glue bottle and stuff like that during assembly time!! Good stuff Drew!!

@FishersShop 3 года назад

Thanks. Glad it was helpful

@dorald1 3 года назад

Great addition to your shop . . . Mine too! Love the humor mixed in with actual information pertinent to what you’re doing. Just noticed that you are a LEFTY! Keep producing these top quality videos and I’ll do my part by watching them. Sounds like a Win / Win situation to me. Now I must head over to your website and make a few purchases. Dorald

@samstirling4279 4 года назад

Oh you do bring some light in to my life Drew. Thank you 😊

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Any time!

@samsdad638 4 года назад

Outstanding video. Love the bloopers. Really appreciate your talent and humor. Kudos!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks so much!

@williamellis8993 4 года назад

Great build, Drew. You struck a nerve with me when you mentioned looking for the tool you just had in your hand.

@Grantski2007 3 года назад

Just gotta say I came across your Channel and I absolutely love your humour were cut from the same cloth. Hilarious comments in all these videos I’m watching useful information also.

@FishersShop 3 года назад

Welcome aboard!

@juantransportador 4 года назад

Hello, from Chihuahua Mexico, is the first time I have the opportunity to see your videos and you are funny and amazing, keep up with the good work and you have one more subscriber, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Muchas gracias!

@juantransportador 4 года назад

Gracias.

@JoshuaParnell 4 года назад

I made a similar thing without the trolley, but out of steel. I love the idea of using stationary casters for your trolley, brilliant!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Josh!

@janicepullen8578 4 года назад

Congratulations, not only refreshingly honest and funny, very informative

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Janice!

@felixfromnebraska8648 4 года назад

Great video again Drew! I must say though, the commentary is the best. Thanks for injecting the great humor in all of your videos, and thanks for sharing. Felix

@FishersShop 4 года назад

You're very welcome, Felix! Thanks for watching

@hocuspocus4871 4 года назад

You have earned a new subscriber. I have watched every video. I appreciate your projects, videos, commentary. Instructions, and sense of humor. Thank you and keep up the great work.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks! And welcome

@curtgregory9437 3 года назад

Cool idea, keep up the good work. Love the humor and the outtakes at the end.

@FishersShop 3 года назад

Thanks!

@ronmack1767 4 года назад

Enjoyed the video. Great work light. Enjoyed the bloopers too. Thanks for taking the time to produce the video. Y'all take care and God bless.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Ron. You too!

@Nuno.Soares.GeoTagXplorer 3 года назад

This a great ideia. Love how you bring everything together and how you're sharing your plans with the community. And the cherry on the cake are the outages at the end. I love those. Gonna put one of these together to set up my camera. Thanks a million!

@bytesizedengineering 4 года назад

Love your little princess hands! This is really cool Drew!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Haha, thanks Zach!

@GraspHisLove 4 года назад

High quality, clean and entertaining. Appreciate your videos

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Robert!

@normjacques6853 4 года назад

Brilliant!! I've got a lower shop ceiling (in a 140-year-old house!) which makes stationary lighting a bit tougher, but a minor mod or two, and that gets fixed with one or two of these little gems!! Thanks for a great idea...and design! :-)

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Yup! Easily changeable for lower ceilings.

@rrbee 4 года назад

Side benefit: Artificial sunshine to help in the middle of depressing grey Michigan winters.

@reginalawson8008 4 года назад

Fabulous video Drew as always! Same problem here, the wrench you need is always on vacation while you stay home and work! Thanks for sharing :)

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Haha, thanks Regina!

@ezaboleme 4 года назад

One of the best DIY woodworkers on the YT. It`s a shame he has only 184k subs. Greetings from Serbia.

@kevindavis1219 4 года назад

“Small princess hands” HILARIOUS!

@burntsider8457 4 года назад

Good project Well presented. I appreciate the brisk pace you achieved via editing. Bravo.

@BMad-we6qf 4 года назад

Fantastic. And you are hysterical!

@mikevyvyan7060 4 года назад

What a great idea that appears to have many potential uses. I think I might try an adaption of the arm to hold a crown guard over the table saw. Thanks for posting.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Good idea

@carlrichardson1636 4 года назад

Excellent idea and I love the outtakes hahaha

@basmedia5885 4 года назад

"200lb bucket of lard test" LOL Love watching your videos - easy to follow and always entertaining!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@diyhome8667 4 года назад

Very cool. Great Idea. Well implemented. And ... thanks for the out-takes! :)

@richparker7778 4 года назад

Love your videos. I bought your plans for the flip cart , it works perfectly and it gave me back some real estate in my shop. Thank you.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks Rich! Glad it turned out good for ya

@jaytea1985 4 года назад

This is simply awsome! I am planing in building my own shop in my garage. And this is going in there for sure! Love it!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Awesome! Glad you liked it!

@Able_Cylon 4 года назад

The last outtake pretty much sums up my experience with every open-end wrench I’ve held...

@charadremur333 4 года назад

I have to make a 30 to 4p second treck each time. Sucks.

@ShapingSilver 4 года назад

What a fine idea and make a nice camera arm as well... off to the workshop!

@prmdc1 4 года назад

You should seriously have your own show on TV Sunday mornings.

@bysonderby 4 года назад

Hi Drew, Thanks for the laughs and the inspiration! You sure earned the thumbs up! /Lars

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks Lars

@timothywalters7237 4 года назад

Love the bloopers. Very nice work. First time I have ever seen anyone do that for a light.

@spenzo144 3 года назад

i love your videos man. you are a genius. and the outtakes at the end....makes me feel so much better

@FishersShop 3 года назад

Glad you like them!

@TheMuzShop 4 года назад

What a great Idea Drew!! You'll get a lot of use out of it I'm sure..... 👍👍

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Mike! Yeah this oughta help quite a bit. Now I just gotta upgrade my lights with LEDs.

@wjpier00 4 года назад

Love your presentation in your videos. You are very funny and entertaining. Content is great. Keep up the good work, I look forward to more. Thx for sharing,

@ahvavee 4 года назад

I wanna come up with something clever to say but I haven’t been watching long enough. Binge watching doesn’t always help but I’ll be here whenever you need me. Always watching. 👍

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks for watching! :)

@ahvavee 4 года назад

COOL. A NEW VIDE... oh...

@adamdearing918 4 года назад

Nice job fella! Love the out-takes 😆😆😆

@islandcharlie7132 4 года назад

I was just thinking about something like that for extra light. Thanks for doing all the work!!!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

You're welcome. :)

@jasonwyliie8022 4 года назад

You are a genius. I have to steal this idea. Thank you for sharing.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

You got it!

@70mujtaba 4 года назад

I have watched many of your videos and you are my new radio

@hsjawanda 3 года назад

Dude!!! You forgot to add a cupholder!!! Great build!

@robsandstrom9854 4 года назад

Looks like an awesome edition to the shop.

@mattperryman1948 4 года назад

Very nice! That would be VERY handy in my shop! Thanks for the idea!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

You're very welcome

@TachiOhyo56 4 года назад

very beautiful!

@larsrasmussen877 4 года назад

My wife always know when your new video is out... All the laughing sounds that suddenly appears is a sure sign. The last scene with the wrench keys almost made my underwear involentary wet..... Thanks for your positive attitude - you're a great gain for RU-vid

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Lars!

@woodworksbygrampies1284 Год назад

Hola! 🖐Bravo! 👏This is absolutely awesome, the video is on par with the project too. I can see how this will assist you in your One Man Shop. Take care and have a good one, Adios! 👊

@FishersShop Год назад

Yup! I just used it the other day!

@timmills2259 4 года назад

Another awesome video! Great job! That is a super functional addition to the shop for sure!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Yeah it's been great! Thanks, Tim!

@giantsfan1925 4 года назад

congrats on 200K subs! You have come a long way, Drew. You should do a 200K special.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks!!

@tamwolf20 4 года назад

Can I just say you are freaking hilarious? Oh and I learn stuff too. Thanks for doing these.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks! :)

@danielmitchell1228 4 года назад

I have been wanting to build something similar to this but with an extension cord in it as well. Love the idea!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

That wouldn't be all that hard to add to this design.

@JoranGroothengel 4 года назад

My dad replaced the plug on the electric cord from an old vacuum with a three-way covered outlet and mounted the self-winding roller in a box in the ceiling of his shed. Very convenient, and rolls itself back up into the ceiling with just a tug on a rope. You'll want a broken vacuum with a dedicated cord-roll button, the ones that you have to pull the cord all the way out to rewind would be very inconvenient.

@Folktopia 4 года назад

Cool and fun. Thanks for sharing your work!

@Geeksmithing 4 года назад

Awesome job man! I have been meaning to do this for AGES.......

@Mistrals60 4 года назад

I can't decide which I like more; your creativity or your sense of humor! Keep up the great work. I absolutely love your videos!!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Paul! :)

@samueljenkins9864 2 года назад

Great project and fun to build. One addition is to attach a cord to the gantry and using two pulleys will make it much easier to move.

@jameswturley 4 года назад

Love your videos man. Keep them coming! Especially the outtakes, hilarious!

@Wordsnwood 4 года назад

Drew, you should come visit. You'd feel right at home here. Carrying wood into your basement looks like it is just as hard as it is for my shop. I had to move the fridge once when trying to bring in something particularly large. Nice gantry, and I'm jealous of how high your basement ceilings are.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Art! Can't believe I only dinged the wall once when bringing down those 12-footers. :)

@Wordsnwood 4 года назад

@@FishersShop Can only imagine what it's like when you try to bring in some plywood sheets...

@insolvant 3 года назад

Great video! the 20 seconds of stop motion you added in probably took just as long to create as the gantry itself lol

@TREBORANDERSON 4 года назад

Brilliant! Kind regards from Scotland.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@danwix4728 4 года назад

I'm know wood craftsman like you a small corner of the garage some hand down tools from my dad and pap and I just here recently got into wood crafts got started because I saw on you tube the wooden flags and thought they were awesome so been playing around with other ideas and I liked your video on them but any who enough on me but would like to say thanks you bring a bright side to the craft and I enjoy your work and videos always great work on what ever project your doing and diffently a good laugh at the end you could do standup 🤣. Keep the project video's coming.awesome to watch

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Dan!

@dolfinmagikpro 4 года назад

You are just like a farmer! Always outstanding in your field! Great job! Have a better day!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

That's a quality Dad joke right there. :)

@kevinbetts6254 4 года назад

Another great video Drew. They get better every time!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Kevin!

@IveysFamilyFactotum 4 года назад

Great video and I just love the great commentary...lol. Blooper reel is always a plus...lol.

@kinkjarfold3816 4 года назад

Fascinating. Well done.

@beaconofwierd1883 4 года назад

Oh! Buy some stepper motors and make it automated! Then set up some motion capture cameras in your shop so the arm always knows where you are and you could have the thing follow you around and always shine a light in your face! :D Pretty sure most of the software for this is out there for free, though you would need some coding to get it all to work together. But it would be awesome! Then you could hook it up to an Alexa and name it Jarvis and say "Jarvis, pack it up for today" and the arm would automatically fold up into the ceiling. Then you just need to build a bulletproof magic flying suit! Out of wood of course!

@barrettbryan8905 4 года назад

Great Work!! I really enjoy watching your videos for many reasons really. You seem to have a great grip on the editing process and making them short but extremely informative. You have a fun and entertaining sense of humor. and you come up with some very interesting and off the wall ideas that could also be very useful! I think I am going to add this to my looong list of projects I would like to do. Just wanted to let you know that I think you're doing an excellent job and to keep up the good work! Thanks for sharing your talents.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Well thanks!

@barrettbryan8905 4 года назад

@@FishersShop Not a problem! I do a lot of projects and end up with a lot of fun creations but don't ever record any of my work and would like to start getting into it a bit. Are there any cameras or anything that you would recommend on the filming/editing side of things?

@FishersShop 4 года назад

@@barrettbryan8905 I'm afraid not because I'm actually behind the curve on that front as well. I'm now using a DSLR camera to record and Sony Vegas to edit. However, I can see myself upgrading my camera to one that has more options and also switching to Adobe Premier. But if it helps, you don't need much to start out. I actually started using my phone to record and Windows Movie Maker to edit.

@barrettbryan8905 4 года назад

@@FishersShop Well thank you for letting me know. I'm thinking I'll attempt to look into some different options just for getting started a bit and see how it goes. I have recorded a few projects on my Iphone and to the point of where my "memory is full" lol. Which is part of the reason why I am interested in looking for something a bit more capable. I guess I just want to make sure something I am going to put on here will be decent enough for someone to want to watch lol.

@enderwiggin2856 4 года назад

I really enjoy your style of videos. The narration is lively and your honesty and transparency is refreshing. Well done you!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks!

@dennisfudge 4 года назад

Not gonna lie, I knew going into this video this project has a zero percent chance of me doing in my shop, I typically come here just for the entertainment. Keep up the videos.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

You and about 75% of my audience. :)

@timmeyer9275 4 года назад

Thanks for adding the outtakes. It made me feel better.

@edwinleach7401 4 года назад

Nice indeed. Thanks for great videos.

@chriszen4128 4 года назад

Great idea. Your videos are always so entertaining and funny!!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Chris

@SawdustmakerLori 4 года назад

INGENIOUS invention and I always get such a good laugh out of your sense of humor!!!

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Lori

@timbones3730 4 года назад

Loved this video, very cool and satisfying to watch!

@howler5000 4 года назад

You make great videos! Creative, educational, and really funny.

@FishersShop 4 года назад

Thanks, Chris!

@YouCanMakeThisToo 4 года назад

I love it, truly a bright idea.

@danbarrett6113 4 года назад

super cool, and hey man you crack me up. Princess hands......

@bg73 4 года назад

Dude, I PMSL at your humour, it's brilliant... Your woodworking is good too

@rafezetter8003 4 года назад

For a while (ok ok at least 2 years) I've had 2 LED light fittings designed to be mounted to a wall that I bought to use as overhead lights in my small work area - but I wanted them to be repositionable somehow, and I've not not thought of a way to get maximum flexibility fror them, but this idea of mounting on a movable track rail is perfect, and I've got almost everything I need already. Mine are wired, but that's no biggie to sort out.