Last year, because of COVID, Potential Electrical Design Services decided to cancel one of the Tesla Super Charger stations in the Vacaville Factory Stores. They had to cut some of the mounting tabs off in order to install them and couldn’t return the modules with them missing. So I made them like new again.
IN BUSINESS SINCE 2005
Croz Custom Metal Fabrication, Inc. has 33 years of experience in the fabrication and metal repair industry. If you have onsite metal crafting or repairs that need immediate assistance. Credit cards accepted.
One of my clients secured a larger shop and is in the process of moving his equipment to the new location. This doesn’t stop the need to stay on track on current projects.
This job is over 4,000 ft. of various sizes of Schedule 10 304 stainless steel piping and fittings. Here I am doing 'Fusion Welding' where the joints are welded (fused) together without the use of adding filler rod. This requires carefully controlled conditions where the heat (amps) and speed (travel) must be in perfect balance to allow the arc to penetrate the two seams to form an internal bead without blowing a hole or causing the joint to suck back and become concave. A positioner helps to control the rotation speed. These are 2 ½” and 3” Tee fittings that get a 1 ½” threaded fitting attached to them.
As you can see, there is much to do here and a lot of focused, careful, and precise welding.
Recently, I got called to see what I could do to improve the appearance of this back door of the Dixon Fire Station after another welder was finished.
IN BUSINESS SINCE 2005
Croz Custom Metal Fabrication, Inc. has 33 years of experience in the fabrication and metal repair industry. If you have onsite metal crafting or repairs that need immediate assistance. Credit cards accepted.
Some jobs are large and complicated. Some are small and straightforward. Here's a small job from several years ago at the S & L Thai Restaurant on N. Texas St. in Fairfield CA. They called me out to convert their Rolling gate to a swing gate. Looks so much better too, don't you think? Have truck, will travel! How can I be of service to you today?
IN BUSINESS SINCE 2005
Croz Custom Metal Fabrication, Inc. has 33 years of experience in the fabrication and metal repair industry. If you have onsite metal crafting or repairs that need immediate assistance. Credit cards accepted.
Croz Custom Metal Fabrication, Inc. has 33 years of experience in the fabrication and metal repair industry. If you have onsite metal crafting or repairs that need immediate assistance. Credit cards accepted.
Welder Don Crossley needed a heavier duty truck to transfer his highly personalized welder body to. The body weighs over 8,000 lbs., so he bought a Ford F450 Super Cab chassis fully loaded. He loves the truck, but hated the way it rode, thinking it was so rough riding. So he contacted Kelderman, the air suspension people, discussed their product, and had the complete system installed on his new F450. Now, he's a happy camper, or rather, a happy welder. Good ride, all the toys, and rides so smooth in comparison. The truck is owned by Croz Custom Metal Fabrication, Inc., home-based in Fairfield CA working much of Northern California from this great truck.
I was called out to Concord Ducati to install a container lock. I always recommend using a Master Puck Lock assembly and I add a section of 6" channel iron to prevent would be vandals from being able to drill out the key cylinder.
I was called out to North Bay Truck Center to remove the broken and worn-out Leaf spring hanger brackets and weld on new ones. I Carbon Arced off the old ones, prepped the frame, fit the new brackets and welded them on.
The 1,000 foot view of the most common welding processes.
All of the different welding processes and acronyms can be really confusing. In this video, I go over the following:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Stick Welding (Shielded Metal Arc Welding - SMAW)
4:00 Flux Core Arc Welding - FCAW
5:58 MIG Welding (Gas Metal Arc Welding - GMAW)
7:45 TIG Welding (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding - GTAW)