Montana based Metal Fabrication Shop located in the Bitterroot Valley.
Montana based Metal Fabrication Shop located in the Bitterroot Valley.
Here is a partial list of some of the customers I've done business with in the past 19 years. I also will put a list of the tools, vendors and equipment that I use in my shop. At the bottom are videos of things I've built in the shop over the years.
Farm Show magazine did an article on Rapid Creek Cutters: https://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?submit_search=1&page=10&aid=27830&aid_previous=27830&aid_next=27832&page_num=1&nav_previous=1&nav_next=1
The Fabricator Magazine article: https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/article/shopmanagement/rapid-creek-cutters-the-second-time-around
Montana State University-Athletic Dept. ( www.gogriz.com )
EXIT-Realty in Montana ( www.exitmt.com )
Stevensville Hardware ( www.stevensvillehardware.com )
Bitterroot Blades-Florence, MT ( www.bitterrootblades.com )
Arcmaster Welding-Stevensville, MT
High Country Club-Stevensville, MT https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Pub/High-Country-Club-499731910074664/
Scott Williams Welding-Stevensville, MT
Hinson Excavation-Stevensville, MT
Montana Fabrication Works-Stevensville, MT ( www.mtfabworks.com )
Valley Drug & Variety-Stevensville, MT ( www.familypharmacist.com )
Montana Quality Structures (MQS) ( www.mqsbarn.com )
Fister Electric-Missoula, MT ( www.fisterelectric.com )
G.M.W. Knives-Missoula, MT
Brock's Barber Shop-Stevensville, MT
AQWA Drilling-Hamilton, MT ( https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aqwa-Drilling/155083941193938 )
Ron Panko Knives-Florence, MT
Stone Tower Estate Wedding Venue-Peggy Steffes-Stevensville, MT
Fence Builders (Mike Vieyra) Stevensville, MT
Heraws LLC Equipment Repair-Hamilton, MT ( https://www.facebook.com/Herawsllc/ )
Rusty Rose Forge-Stevensville, MT
Western Montana Excavation-Victor, MT
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks- Lolo, MT ( www.stateparks.mt.gov )
Berkshire Hathaway (Bruce Stiegler) Missoula, MT ( www.bhhsmt.com )
LJ Products/Skull-Eze-Stevensville, MT ( https://www.facebook.com/Skullclip/ )
Jackson Contractor Group (Todd Okken) Missoula, MT ( www.jacksoncontractorgroup.com )
Town Pump INC. (Teresa Panko) Montana
Aircraft Structural Repair INC, Stevensville, MT ( www.acsr.net )
Trapper Peak Forge-Florence, MT ( www.trapperpeakforge.com )
McNulty Chiropractic-Stevensville, MT ( https://www.facebook.com/pages/McNulty-Chiropractic/141803569199770 )
JK Horseshoeing-Victor, MT
Intermountain Industrial-Victor, MT ( www.intindustrial.com )
Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory-Missoula, MT
https://www.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/research-labs/missoula-fire-sciences-laboratory
Big Sky Breakout-Missoula, MT ( https://destinationmissoula.org/todo/big-sky-breakout-room )
Montana Firewood/Townsend Trucking-Victor, MT (Todd Townsend)
Most of my Idaho customers were from 2001-2012, but still have some I do business with after moving to Montana. Photos of projects with these customers are shown on the Industrial Page and some of the Metals 1-5 pages. Thank you for your business!
Vintage Jag Works-Blackfoot, ID ( www.vintagejag.com )
Union Pacific Railroad-Pocatello, ID ( www.up.com )
Partner Steel-Pocatello, ID ( www.partnersteel.com )
GPMS Machine Shop-Pocatello, ID ( www.gpms.net )
City of Inkom-Inkom, ID ( https://inkomcity.org )
Premier Technologies-Blackfoot, ID ( www.ptius.net )
JR Simplot Co. - Pocatello, ID ( www.simplot.com )
Monsanto Corp.-Soda Springs, ID ( www.monsanto.com )
Agrium Phosphate Mine-Soda Springs, ID
Vollmer Well Drilling-Idaho Falls, ID ( www.vollmerwell.com )
Idaho National Engineering Labs (INEL) ( www.inl.gov )
Idaho Naval Reactors Facility ( https://navalnuclearlab.energy.gov )
Pebble Creek Ski Area-Inkom, ID ( www.pebblecreekskiarea.com )
H & H X-Ray-Pocatello, ID ( www.hhxray.com )
Key Bank of Idaho-Pocatello, ID ( www.key.com )
Pacific Steel-Pocatello, ID ( www.pacific-steel.com )
Phil Meador Ford-Pocatello, ID ( www.philmeador.com )
Solomons Service-Inkom, ID
Idaho Accelerator Center-Pocatello, ID ( https://www.isu.edu/iac )
Eaton Metal Products-Pocatello, ID ( www.eatonmetal.com )
Island Park Polaris-I.P., ID ( www.islandparkpolaris.com )
Bully Dog Technologies-Aberdeen, ID ( www.bullydog.com )
Frazier Industrial-Id. Falls, ID ( www.frazier.com )
AMS, Inc.-American Falls, ID ( www.ams-samplers.com )
Snake River Ace Hardware-Pocatello, ID https://www.facebook.com/pages/ace-hardware-snake-river-outdoor-sports/182186885144812
I have shipped machine parts and/or custom signs to all 50 states, Canada, France, Antartica & the U.S. Virgin Islands. Businesses, Ranches, Farms, Churches as well as private individuals. Here is a partial list of customers I'd like to thank: If we've done business already, and you would like to be added to this list, contact me for a link!
MGM Hotel-Las Vegas, NV ( https://mgmgrand.mgmresorts.com/ )
CBS Sports-NYC, NY ( www.cbssports.com )
Ward + Blake Architects-Jackson, WY ( www.wardblakearchitects.com )
Robbins Media (Shawn Robbins) NYC, NY ( www.robbinsmedia.com )
UniteHERE Local 100-New York ( www.unitehere100.org )
The Arete -Boulder, CO https://www.bouldercondomania.com/condos/ARETE.php
Walker Construction-Opal, WY ( Steve Walker )
Carlsbad Energy Center-Carlsbad, CA ( https://www.nrg.com/case-studies/carlsbad.html )
Cambridge Investments-Jackson, WY
VOX Podcast (Mike Erre) ( https://www.voxpodcast.com/ )
Rowan Rock & Timber-Concord, NC ( https://www.rowanrock.com )
Allan-Myers- Worcester, PA ( www.allanmyers.com )
LJ Waibel Services-Export, PA
Cornerstone Deli & Cafe-Columbus, OH ( www.cornerstonedelicafe.com )
Holland Car Care-San Fran, CA ( www.hollandcarcare.com )
William Home-Mt. Vernon, IL ( www.williamsonhome.com )
Titan Restoration-Mesa, AZ ( www.titan911.com )
Fedex Ground, Chandler, AZ ( www.fedex.com )
Yosemite Lakes Park-Yosemite, CA ( www.yosemitelakespark.org )
Besides past customers , I've included links to the manufacturers of the shop tools I use if you want more information. Or feel free to contact me directly with any questions! I won't use any equipment or tools that I wouldn't recommend to others.
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My main equipment would have to be the cutting tables. I own an OMAX 2652 Waterjet table ( www.omax.com ) Kent, WA
My Plasma table is a 4' x 4' PlasmaCAM with digital height control http://www.plasmacam.com/index.php Colorado City, CO
My CNC Router table is a Laguna Swift 4' x 4' ( www.lagunatools.com )
Welders are 120 Amp Miller and 140 Amp Hobart wire-feeders. ( www.millerwelds.com ) and ( www.hobartwelders.com ) respectively.
My Ironworker is a 55 ton Cleveland Steel Tools machine. ( www.clevelandsteeltool.com )
The Lathe/Mill is built by Grizzly Industrial ( www.grizzly.com )
My 100 ton press brake and 1/4" shear are both 48" wide capacity and built in house by me.
The shop forklift is a 3500 lb capacity lift built by Hyster. ( www.hyster.com ) Built in 1965.
I use Milwaukee power tools exclusively (angle grinders, sanders, circular saws, magnetic drills, and cordless tools. ( www.milwaukeetool.com )
Most of my supplies (welding wire, all thread, specialty tools, router bits, sanding discs, grinding wheels, etc. come from McMaster-CARR ( www.mcmaster.com )
All signs get shipped in custom made boxes to fit the sign. These boxes, shipping supplies (shrink wrap, tape, bubble-wrap, packing peanuts, etc) all come from ULINE.
( www.uline.com )
I've tried to make some educational YouTube videos of some of my shop projects and work projects. The channel link (Paddy B) is : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIEdBn0OhTAA1aWwMS8Y9sA
The entire list of videos can be seen at the above link. Below shows a short sample of them: Check back often or subscribe to my channel to keep up with the new ones as they get uploaded to www.youtube.com
YOUTUBE VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd92aUBB4Ls
YOUTUBE VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2rXiZpaEV4
YOUTUBE VIDEOS Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx5rRZNi6do
YOUTUBE VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R8bAykiESQ
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