Heavy Metal Machine

05/04/2026

If you have a machining need, let’s talk. I have machine time available to make your widgets.

02/27/2026

More of what I do

03/19/2020

Made a Heavy Metal bunny for kicks today....damn virus any....

03/07/2020

03/07/2020

07/13/2019

....in the beginning my shop started out in the basement of my home. One thing led to another and in time it moved into the garage.
I stumbled across some old photos while going through a few things. In the photos my son is 7 years old. He spent a lot of time with me in the garage so he took a lot of interest in what I was doing. So I started showing him what was going on and how a part was made. He figured the sequence of lever operation on his own.
I could crank out about 6 - 7 parts a minute. In a short time he could make 2 parts a minute.

I look back on that moment in time and laugh because when I needed part time help, the folks I asked would always doubted whether they could do operate the lathe. My reply was always “If a 7 year old can make 2 parts a minute you should surely be able to do 4. Until you try how will you ever know?”

07/08/2019

Heavy duty resizing fixture

06/14/2019

I am still looking for a few more people that would be interested in learning how to properly access a machine tool and then hand scrape its ways to its origami specs. Richard King would be the instructor. Richard has over 40 years experience in this trade and is known worldwide for his talent. The 3 day class is tentatively planned for beginning to mid September. The cost is $1250. If there is enough interest Richard is willing to do a advanced class which is 5 days for a cost of $1850.