Ironworks in Bakersfield needs fabricators

Sounds Good. My email is iskhotrods@yahoo.com. Let me know when you want to come down.

 

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I wish I lived closer...

 

If I wasn't pretty much stuck here permanently I would be interested but my wife and family are here, too old to move again. I love fabricating stuff. This thread may inspire me to take that welding class at the technical school, I know I can learn to do it, I just haven't taken the time.

 

None of this stuff is hard, it just takes some guys longer then other. Anybody can do a nice job if they try hard enough, it may take them way to long to make money at it, and you may have to start over a few times, but if you want it bad enough you can do it. Natural talent just speeds up that process.

You can't expect to do any better if you don't do anything to improve. Watching Orange county choppers on TV will not make you a better fabricator. It may show you want not to do, which can be half the battle.

 

yea that show is always a laugh, until the drama gets old, I've been working in a small aircraft factory for ten years with some great fabricators, that's how you learn stuff. I'm friends with a welder who has been there since 1971, welding aircraft frames, tig, mig, gas, pretty much everything. so he's going to teach me the welding basics, I should have had him teach me ten years ago. If I can teach myself all this other stuff, I'm sure I can learn to weld

 

I can Tig weld steel, stainless, and aluminum. Still learning the fabricating part.( But then again even the best are still learning.)

 

Sounds like a dream job. Unfortunately I do my best welding with a screwdriver in the wrong place in an electrical panel.

 

Hi Rodger, it's good to hear business is rolling along for you. You probably don't remember, but a few years ago me and my bud were in town for the March Meet that got rained out. You took us over to check out a super sweet psychedelic gasser that some friend of yours has.
Good luck with the hiring. All my family members that I liked in Bakersfield died, so I don't make it down there too much anymore.

 

Sorry to hear about your... losses? But you should get to the March Meet this year. It'd give you an opportunity to get out of crusty old Nor Cal!

 

so is that early iron your working with in the pictures or you stripping and fitting new parts .................................just asking

 

Everything is original sheetmetal. Except the Goodguys Giveaway Car body, That was brand new metal.

 

Some bitchin work you guys do there.

 

So did you guys ever find a fabricator? Are you still looking for one?

Justin

 

I'm always looking for talent. I have talked to a few guys from out of town but that stuff does not happen over night. Believe it or not it is easy to find guys who can hack, finding guys that can really throw down is a whole other deal.

 

what kind of sheetmetal jobs do you have in your shop?

 

We do lots of custom modifications, Chop tops, sectioning, fender flares, etc. We also do alot of from scratch fabrication. We have not done any car bodies from scratch, Marcel kinda stuff. But I could see somethings going that way in the next couple years.

We have quite a few tools, Eckold, Proline Hammer, Pullmax, English wheel, and the usual shears and brakes.

 

Still looking. Willing to pay for talent.

 

bttt

 

Still looking.

My email is iskhotrods@yahoo.com

 

As Always, Continually looking for talented individuals with a good attitude.

 

Still Looking. No Hacks. No Bad Attitudes

 

Good luck in the never ending quest of a shop.

 

You can always contact WyoTech for interns. A friend of mine just got one shipped to his shop in Seattle last night.

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Kustom Falcon Build Thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=734282

 

Union Iron Worker, Bridgen ....... Coming on 40 years ........

 

Still looking for more guys to keep up with the work load.

Iskhotrods@yahoo.com

 

Nice little wedge sectioned 55.