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I have been TIG welding aluminum for many years. It is one of my favorite things to weld. We hire people all the time who want to learn more about it. I own two different businesses and often find myself just managing the chaos each day. I wish I had more time to sit with people and work...

We cut some new tables on our Amada laser a few days ago. They will go in our production welding booths. We have a few guys who assemble parts all day everyday. We needed a faster way to fixture and a way to consolidate the fixtures when not in use. So... here we go. I will update more when...

Hey everyone, I've been here on the board a while. I thought I would share what we have been doing with Lincoln Electric and the New Torchmate 4800. I was impressed with the machine as soon as it arrived. It was not something that required a lot of assembly to fire it off because it was...

We have been running the new Torchmate 4800 CNC plasma table for months now. It has been a great machine and we are glad to see Lincoln finally release this machine to the public. If I can ever help with questions be sure to let me know. Over the weekend a good friend wanted me to cut a...

A few weeks ago we were contacted in regard to custom fabricating parts for 4 Dodge Rams to be used in the upcoming Wolverine 3 movie currently being filmed. The time line was very short but heck we don't need sleep anyway. The builds have been coming along pretty good. Unfortunately we can...

Whats up everyone? I have not been able to spend much time on the forums lately. We have been super busy in the shop. By the way if you know anyone with a proven background in cage fabrication, 4 link suspensions, and general metal fabrication looking for a job have them contact me at...

A while back a customer dropped off a Jimmy Smith chassis at Motobilt. The chassis was not complete but needed some major changes to suit the customer's need. It's my understanding the chassis was build for someone specifically. Anyway, the customer required larger seats and more head room to...

My son Hudson is 14 years old. He learned to weld a few years ago. I am working with him teaching him Solidworks now and how to operate a CNC plasma table. Pretty cool driving him to school each morning and often discussing Solidworks and such. I am have not really pushed him to draw...

Last week a man and his daughter came in the shop and asked if we could make a simple push bar for her trike. Of course we said bring it we would be happy to help. A short time later they came back. The issue is she was having a hard time controlling the bike. She actually crashed a few days...

I have not been on the board much lately. Mostly just lurking in the background. We have been very busy at the shop. We recently built this simple cage for a customer / friend. I thought I would share a few things we have been working in with you guys. I will make some more posts soon...

We have been working on putting together a Torchmate X heavy duty plasma table for a while. We fabricated a water table with the ability to drop the water level. It's nice to finally get it cutting parts. Years ago I purchased a 4x8 Torchmate before they became popular. I will say the...

Yesterday was a day packed with action. Up early and to the shop. It felt good getting a lot done. I had to finish out some bumpers and a few other parts before lunch. After lunch a customer came in from out of town and Wade and I installed a 4 link mounting system on their Jeep YJ frame...

I have people ask me all the time about my design process. Depending on what the end goal is I may or may not turn to Solidworks first. It it is a one off part I will more than likely hand build the part. If it is something I intent to build over and over (production parts) I will create...

I have been working on a daily driver Jeep project for myself over the past month. I have started building bumpers, sliders, and some other parts for the new 2014 Jeep JK Unlimited Rubicon. So far the project has been fun and it has been adding to the list of parts for sale on the website. I...

I was recently asked to design and fabricate a fuel cell mount for the RCI 2171 aluminum fuel cell. The design is simple. It sits on a flat base laser cut and formed from 11 ga P&O steel. The cage is 16 ga P&O. I made the vertical parts bolt on to make it nest better when cutting on the...

Over dinner Friday night my wife and I were talking about what all I needed to get done at the shop and I would be headed back to the shop. My daughter asked to go to the shop and work. Heck yeah I said yes. LOL I had to install a number of 1/4-20 Rivnuts in the floor board of a Jeepster...

This is one of the latest projects I have been working on. It is a Stubby front winch bumper for the Jeep JK and JKU. The bumper was designed for use with a winch. The bumper was designed in Solidworks. Each part of the assembly was cut as a flat part on a CNC laser and then formed on a...

I thought I would share a little of what I am working on the shop. I started cutting up a Jeep YJ a few days ago. I will be fabricating many new parts for this build. Some will be designed in Solidworks and some will be hand made. For those interested I will be building custom 4 link...

I though I would make a post since a few people were PM'ing asking questions. The table is 3 feet x 5 feet. The work surface is roughly 39 inches from the floor. The top is 1/2" thick. The top was CNC Laser cut. The slots are 5/8" wide to accept standard toe clamps used on milling machines...

I designed this bumper in Solidworks based on a few parameters the client provided. I added on some design features to help the part perform like it should since the front frame rails and factory cross member were removed. The bumper parts were CNC Laser Cut and then formed on a hydraulic...