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.