Welding FAIL

     I'm working steadily on the new building. Calculated Custom Metal Works is coming alive! I'll have tons of pics and updates coming soon. For now, enjoy this:

Damn guy, the papers upside-down.

Jon's XS650 Part II

     Jon stopped over Saturday afternoon with some riding buddies. I haven't seen his XS since my swing arm was mocked up in the frame. Now, its a fully functional riding brat bike. There are still some bugs to work out but he's having fun with it. Hopefully well see you at Lowbrow's Get down at Nelson Ledges Park, we'll all be there!

Keeping it simple.

Jon's Hot Wod

All About Dogs of NEOH

     Alright, one more post to round out this dog themed hat trick. All About Dogs has expanded! Their 17,000 square foot, beautiful, one-of-a-kind facility has everything you need for your dog under one "woof"!

     They needed some cabinets made for their employees to write out the day care report cards, they needed something that will last forever, be sturdy as hell and never malfunction. These cabinets are made from 16ga T-304 press broke and TIG welded with T-308L (low carbon). The laminated pine gives a real nice writing surface and the stainless cables were twisted then mounted so they always draw into the cabinets and never get in the way of the door closing. Dzus fasteners aren't usually used in this application but the 1/4 turn makes for quick work to open them.

I thought I would try this stuff. It works, but not as well as Ox-Out 55.

Corner to corner, perfect fit! I used 55 peak amps, 30 background amps with 100 pulses per second.

No warpage! Booyah!

Rose's Rescue Poker Run

     Father's Day weekend; grab your old man and hit the road for a good cause. Sunday, June 17th, the poker run starts at Carlton Harley Davidson in Mantua.  First stop is Middlefield Tavern, then Grand River Manor in Geneva, All American Wheels in Southington and then back to Mantua for dinner at the Patio. Proceeds go to Rose's Rescue. Do it!

Bikers do it Doggystyle

     Wednesday nights we like to roll to the Bike Nite at The Lube in Valley View. I stopped by my parents to meet up with my old man when I met my mom's two new foster dogs, Hombre 1 and Hombre 2 (they're only six weeks old, I named them in 3 seconds, don't judge.). They're up for adoption at Pet Finder.
     Coincidentally, we met a frenchie at the bike nite named Henry that rides with his human pal 30,000 miles a year! What a BA dog! It was a good day to meet some four legged friends.

Puppy Fatch!!

Henry!

On the way home. Safety first, heh.

A Lil' Sunday R&R

     Bret just bought a hell of a CB450 Twin, a condenser and a couple hours tuning it we rolled outta Auburn for the maiden voyage. Sure it needs some elbow grease, but, everything works...I mean everything. We took a trip to the abandoned Geauga Lake Amusement Park and snapped some pics. We tried to get closer but there were some curbs that would no doubt smash my whale dick of an oil filter. Its a perfect setting for a theme park horror movie, it's mega-creepy. Maybe one day we'll grow some and sneak up in there.

Seconds before he almost got ran over.

Rains coming!

I believe that's Raging Wolf Bobs in the background.

Slick Devil's Drive In Car Show

     A Slick Devil's member, Don Moyer, "As a club, you start out as a bunch of friends that have like interests that hang out. Then you start to go to local cruises, swap meets, shows or races. You pick up new members along the way and become bigger and stronger. Well, the Slick Devils have been around now for over half a decade and we have become a little bigger and stronger, it is not easy to be a member, as we just don't let anyone in. We have some very talented and energetic folks in our club and think it is time to give back to the hobby. So we are holding our very first car show. It will be held at the Mayfield Drive In and will be a full day event with several bands, models for the kids to build, Chinese auctions and of course a couple awards and other insanity. Not gonna be one of those 5 trophies per class events, its is at a drive in (dust) so keep your trailer queens at home!"
     "The show is in conjunction with the Thompson Nostalgia Reunion that is the next weekend (6/1-6/3), so we are hopeful that several of the drag cars will show up for a cackle fest!"
      For an inaugural event they did awesome, over sixty cars and one badass Honda (enter Dr. Evil laugh). Nice work guys, they event was well organized and they had something for everybody. I think if they keep it up they'll outgrow the field in a few years.

Thanks Vagabond Kings and Slick Devils!