High lights of a low life

People ask me what I do for a living. I tell them that my father and I run a custom metal fabrication business together. When the blank looks on their faces don't disappear I ask them if they have seen "American Chopper". This is the show about the family that fabricate custom motorcycles. Usually in every episode the father and son end up in a shouting match and something gets broken. Well, that is me and my dad, but we make much less interesting stuff. Here are a few of the more interesting projects we have produced over the years together.


The Heard museum added a new 12000 sq. ft. wing to the museum and we made all the display stands inside the cases.

This is a weapons systems test fixture for the Apache helicopter.

Here we are welding a stress crack at the inlet of a A-4 skyhawk. This plane was purchased from the Israeli Air Force and the repair manuals were in Hebrew. fun.

A local artist was commissioned to build a sculpture by a medical supply company. He would place each piece and we would weld it in place.

Fully armored F-350 w/ Gatling gun we installed.
We also have welding certifications that allow us to weld on aircraft parts. This is an aft section from a large passenger jet.

We also make exhausts for King Air Aircraft.

Lastly a little personal boasting. This is a piece .010" ( about twice the thickness of a human hair) I welded.

Remember we have been in business for over 20 years. I won't post pictures of the real boring crap.

We need to laugh!

I know I could use a laugh, so maybe so do you. Here are a few funny pics I have saved off the interweb.

Oh, Debra. I hope you used a fake name.

This reminds me of the time I taught primary.

This just goes to prove that shooting sports and full length camel hair coats don't mix.

The terrorists just pissed their pants, but out of laughter.

Some things could really drive a guy to drink.

Christmas Past

Christmas may be over, but I'm trying to hang on to a little Christmas spirit before we have to box up all of the decorations this weekend. Here are a handful of pics from a not-so-distant Christmas past...





























So, here is a slice of Christmas 2004. Some of the fun pics, and one that is tender to my heart. My very last picture of Grandpa. Missing him and missing all of you so much!

Love....
Julie