Some Recent Photo's of Projects from 2006-2008

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Drain cover cut from 316L Stainless for JR Simplot Co., Pocatello, Idaho.

A custom ordered dagger cut from 1/4" mild steel, sharpened, and painted.

A custom sign for a military organization/training center in Washington.

Closer look at the Hexmate sign.

A steel ball-peen hammer I made in a college night class at Idaho State University from a piece of rebar.

A short run of custom built parts that were waterjet cut and formed on the press brake, Courtesy of Flometrics, Inc.

A sign made for a customer's boat house.

Custom designed sign for log cabin.

In 1980, there was a fire at the MGM casino in Las Vegas.  I was contracted by the Culinary Workers Union to scan, trace and cut a Memorial Sign for the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.  I scanned this off some photo's and pictures, cut it out of 1/4" stainless, and hand buffed it.  It is hanging at the  Local 226 Union Hall, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A closer look at the Casino on Fire, I etched the building, the windows, and the billowing smoke with the OMAX waterjet.  It's hard to see in this picture, but if you get to Vegas, please look at it in person. 

A sign for a Boy Scout in the nearby town of McCammon, Idaho.

A Custom sign for a customer in New York.  The letters were waterjet cut, welded on small studs to give it an elevated 3D look, and then welded to the back plate.  It was very hard to get all the letters to be level and even.

I was asked to donate something to a snowmobile club for a Poker run.  I made a 2' x 4' table with elk and trees in it, painted it with stove-black paint, and put a pine top on it for a coffee table.  I then added two candle holders to the bottom.

The candles, when lit, turn the table into an indoor fire-pit of sorts.  Kind of neat, kind of romantic. 

A customer asked me to design and weld up a wood stove for his shop.  This one was built from 3/8 plate, and was 24" dia, and 4 ft. long. 

A local telephone company had me waterjet cut their logo and install it on a manhole cover for some great advertising.

I built a custom 2 place snowmobile trailer.  The trailer slides back approx. 26", then dumps.  It also has a lazy susan style top that spins around 180 degrees for easy unloading.

The trailer is easy to pull and loads/unloads easily.

A custom diamond plated fold-down bench seat for an enclosed trailer.  I fab'd and welded the aluminum up in the shop.

A customer in Utah had me cut 2 1" thick stainless steel branding irons.

I designed and built a large pig smoker in the summer of 2008. 

Welding the charcoal box on the smoker.

Cutting the vent holes on the smoker.

Mounting the 5' wide smoker on the trailer.

I had to name it, so I came up with the saying "Blowin Smoke"

Test firing the smoker to get the soot and scale burned off.

The trailer after painting with a rack of trout and steelhead smoking away.  It worked out very well. 

A neighbor had me waterjet cut and install some after-market running boards on his snowmobile.

A 4' x 8' steel sign for McCammon, Idaho's entrance to the city. 

A custom sign for a local man running for State Senate.

I welded and fab'd up a new blade for a mini excavator. It had curved sides and a new grader blade.

Another view of the blade.

A sign for a local archery organization in Pocatello, Idaho.

A 2' x 4' sign for a local pub to invite the many motorcycle riders to town.

My first attempt at heating mild steel and coloring it with the torch.  It's harder than it looks.

A large project of building a split level deck.  The old deck was torn down and the yard was cleaned.

I then dug holes, set steel posts, and welded the framework together. 

Handrail and steps were installed from the deck down to the street.  All fab work was done on site with nothing sent back to the shop.

The completed deck.  The lower portion is about 14' x 10' and the upper end is about 12' x 20. 

A set of 3/16" Brass church door brackets cut for Blackrock Forge, Pocatello Idaho.

Some metal art silhouettes cut from 12 ga. mild steel with the PlasmaCAM.

A local customer had me cut 6 plates of deer, elk, moose from 3/8" steel.  He then added 6 more plates inbetween these to make a 12 sided fire pit that also doubles as a pig roasting pit.

A wood clock cut in the shape of the state of Idaho.

Idaho Material Handling, Pocatello Id, the local service contractor for Nissan Forklifts, had me cut and fab up a belt buckle for one of their mechanics after getting copyright permission from Nissan.

Custom alum design for personal memorial

Metal sign approx. 48" wide of the Grand Tetons mounted on wood backing.

Moose horn with waterjet silhouette cut-out. The customer had a circle cut into the horn to hold a picture of the hunt.

Metal trees scanned, traced, and cut from a customer in Jackson Hole Wyoming's business card.  Courtesy of Grand Homes of Wyoming, Jackson Wyoming.