Industrial Applications

This S.D.V.O.B business is run solely by me, Pat Burrington,  and I invite you to contact me concerning short runs, government contracts, prototypes, or personal projects.  I can take .dxf, .dwg, pdf's, bitmaps, jpegs, faxes, sketches, scans, etc., and turn them into a finished product.
 

Shop Picture, Inkom Idaho.

Shop and shop office photo.

The shop floor after repainting Dec. 2005

Another view of the shop area.

Bull gear off of a 45 year old bull dozer.  The two halves were riveted together with 3 inch rivets.  I waterjetted out the old rivets and separated the components. 

Cutting out the 3 inch long rivets.

Bull gear with the rivets cut out.

Simplot's Stainless Steel Flanges being cut out by the Waterjet and being held up by the forklift because of it's size.

Motor Mounts that were cut and welded together for a customer in Gorgia.

Stainless Steel grate approx. 4' X 4' Waterjet cut. Courtesy Industrial Metal Enterprises-Blackfoot, Idaho.

Simplots of Pocatello, ID. had us waterjet etch and cut some ASME boiler plates when they had their tanks re-inspected and re-certified. 

Waterjet cut 1/4 inch brass for a customer in Ohio. 

National Board "R" Stamp plaques for JR Simplot Company.

18 ga. stainless name plate waterjet cut.  The customer then brazed this to a custom built bicycle. 

This metal stencil was waterjet cut to put ID number on a bass boat. 

Boat after ID number was stenciled on it.

Navy anchors waterjet cut and etched from 1/4" stainless.  These were to be used on a custom bike build.

These custom "fish gigs" were waterjet cut from 3/8" AR-400 for a customer in Missouri.  He welded handles on them and customized his project himself.

Steel fold down table for stone cutting-Classic Marble & Granite, Pocatello, ID

A 3" bevel was Waterjet cut on these ball mill inserts for the Ash Grove Cement Company, Inkom, Idaho.

24 of these inserts were beveled with the OMAX 2652.

A company from Boise, Id. orders custom designed luggage racks made from 1/4 inch aluminum that are sold world wide for BMW motorcycles. Courtesy of Sucher Holdings, LLC.

A custom weld inspection gauge was waterjet cut and etched for a local fab shop.  They needed a gauge that was 3 times the regular size. Courtesy Eaton Metal Products, Pocatello, ID.

A customer in Kentucky needed some custom built Step Railing made from 1/8" SST.

Some mild steel signs made for off-road vehicles.

This is two plates match drilled and cut for a racecar that is going to the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2010 or 2011.

The flywheel hole, starter hole, and the perimeter were all cut to fit the custom built race engine.

A set of Quik-Couplers were waterjet cut from 1 1/2" thick steel for a forklift attachment.  Courtesy-Thunderbolt Stone, LLC

The initial pattern was drawn up on the OMAX software, and then a test piece was cut from 16 ga. mild steel to check fit-up, and then the 1 1/2" plate and reinforcing rings were cut afterwards. 

This is a boiler built around a woodstove for a residence near Pebble Creek Ski Area.

The firebox is a 24" pipe with a 30 gallon reservoir offset around the stove.  The cold water is pumped in from below, heated, and then circulated out the top and into the radiant flow water jackets in the home.

These pipe saddle brackets are made from 3/8" steel sq. stock.  The top and bottom dies for bending these were made with the waterjet.

Some brackets for a motorcycle vendor's display were cut, welded, and powdercoated here.  Courtesy- Ridn' Rock, LLC  Pocatello, ID.

A set of custom cut air return grilles for a residence near Jackson, WY.  They were cut on the OMAX from 3/16" steel plate.  Courtesy-Ward + Blake Architects, Jackson, WY.

A close-up of one of the air flow grilles.

 A short run of woodstoves I built in 2009.  Built from 24" pipe.  3/8" wall.  

Knives cut out for Scar Blades located in Idaho Falls.

Simplot's ordered for this 3" thick piece of plastic to be cut into 16" X 16" blocks.

Simplot's plastic being cut with the saw so the pieces will fit in the Waterjet to be cut in the size of blocks needed.

A far away picture of the slab of plastic in the Waterjet being cut into the blocks.

Closer picture of the picture at left allowing you to see the Waterjet cut line in the plastic.

Aluminum assembly for fuel dumper.

Waterjet cut brackets to hold additional fuel tank on 4 wheelers.

I fab'd this elevator to backfill a retaining wall that is behind the company shop.

Ten sets of square tubing benders for a customer that sells these on E-bay auctions.

I built myself an aluminum tilt snowmobile trailer.  Fall of 2006.  The entire trailer was designed on the OMAX waterjet software.  A lot of the parts were cut on the waterjet and assembly went very well.

Assembling the cross rails.  Since the pattern was designed on the computer, all the trial and error was done ahead of time so that there wasn't any material wasted.

Putting the sub-frame on the axles.

Welding the frame together with the pulsed MIG.

Sammy trying out the tilt part of the trailer.

The trailer with the deck on it prior to getting the ramps and front put on.  It ended up being 8' wide and 21' long.  

The hydraulic jack pivots the trailer down so you don't need any ramps in back.

Welding the drop down ramps on the front.

The triangular pieces fold down and make the drive-off portion of the ramps.  This saves about 5'0" of length by not having a V-nosed trailer.

Welding up the ramps.

Me standing on the trailer.

Area behind the company shop where retaining wall was started.

I fab'd these steel panels for the retaining wall.

The posts were driven into the ground and welded to the panels one at a time.  

After the second level was complete, the elevator I built was used to backfill the wall, prior to the 3rd level being erected.

Aluminum paint mixers custom built for Frazier Industrial-Pocatello, Idaho.  The plates were all cut on the PlasmaCAM.  

Cutting table converted from Plasma to Oxy Fuel Cutting of 1" Plate.

Plasma table fitted with welding screens and optional roller table.  See more on www.plasmacam.com 

New Mill/Lathe purchased in Feb. 2005.  I am attending Machine Tool night classes at Idaho State University to sharpen my skills. 

I had metalworking training in the Army as a welder/machinist and think this will be a good asset to the company. 

Oxy Fuel Cutting of A-36 Plate for compaction wheel.

Custom waterjet cut replacement grill for 1980 GMC Truck. 1/4" Aluminum

Pat doing some flux-cored arc welding on a Sheepsfoot compaction wheel.

Compaction Wheel fully assembled.  All parts designed & fabricated by Rapid Creek Cutters.

Side view of wheel.  This weighed approx. 3800 lbs.

I am building a 50" wide, 96 ton hydraulic press brake for myself.  All parts were designed and cut with OMAX's waterjet software. www.omax.com 

Assembly of the brake in Jan of 2005.

I designed an adapter for my MaxJET 5 cutting head that allowed me to bevel several 2" thick stainless plates at a 45 degree angle.  Much faster than milling, no warpage, no plasma or laser induced heating to alter the metal's properties.  

Just about to the end of one of the bevel cuts.  Can you imagine doing this 6 ft. long, 2" thick on a mill?  (twice!)

22 ga. galvanized stencil for local concrete company. 

Waterjet cut complex rubber gasket for prototype engineering project.

Samples of copper medallion, a piece of mirror with a 5/8" tall 5 pt. star, wood template, & steel horse bit.  

I got my first bending job from the Inkom Fire Dept., 20 minutes after it got wired in.  

Custom request to make some brass spinners for a fishing lure project.

1 1/2" thick custom wrenches-Vollmer Well Drilling, Aberdeen, ID

Ooh....I'm grinding my life away...

Aluminum Fabrication on tanks.

Filter Wrench for Union Pacific reefer car compressor unit.

These knives then get sharpened, polished and handles added by the customer.

Waterjet cut 1095 steel survival knifes.  There were 160 cut for  the order.  Courtesy of Micro-Tool, Inc. Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Short run of cut and welded Detroit Diesel exhaust adapters for Golden Valley Sales, Pocatello, ID

Custom Disks for Allison Transmission

MISC. STEEL FAB.

This piece of CrMo 3/8" plate has 630 individual slots of .030" wide cut in it.  Courtesy, AMET-Rexburg, Idaho.

Need more POWER?  How about some waterjet cut reed spacers for your snowmobile.  A customer gave me the gasket, it was traced, converted, and these were cut from 1/4" aluminum.  

CARBIDE PIPE CUT-OFF TOOL

1 1/2" Thick Custom Drill Rig Wrench.  This wrench was over 6 ft. across and weighed almost 400 lbs.

Custom VW Exhaust Flanges.

Custom Man Hole Cover

Waterjet Etched O-Ring Groove in 3/4" Thick Mild Steel Flanges.

2" Thick Alum Spacers for  Hi-Performance Engine

Waterjet Cut Wood Used in Prototypes Prior to Final Machining in High Dollar Material

Finish quality - 5 grades - best on the left