Chinaclipper
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 Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:31 am Post subject: Metal Fabrication and the Ruptured Duck |
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I was very fortunate to be able to go to Pella, Iowa this weekend to visit my niece and nephew in law. My nephew in law, Brysen Smith, is a master fabricator who works on, designs and builds custom cars and motorcycles for a living. He works at Trick Tools, and one of his projects is called the "Ruptured Duck", a car designed and built around the lines of the WWII airplane/bomber B-24.
https://www.prddesign.com/
Trick Tools design and sell tools for the professional fabricator, not little guys like me, and their plant in Pella is incredible. I got to tour the plant, and see all the tools and projects on which Brycen was working.
Just wow!
Look at the pictures that show his welds and joints. I was blow away.
https://www.prddesign.com/gallery?lightbox=dataItem-irvfvmbw4
https://www.prddesign.com/gallery?lightbox=dataItem-irvfvmcs5
And recently, his build of a old Ford pickup will be featured prominently in a Por-15 brochure/catalog for 2022.
Pretty cool!
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