Jay,

What in the world are you using to twist such large solid steel stock? Please do explain, or better yet, show some pictures of this machine.

Mr vega, I am honered to chat with you. Your teachings on your websight have inspired me for years! AS for your request for pics of "Big Mama" I have to decline because I think this might be one of a kind although quite simple. All I can say is what i have experamented with so far. 3"sq. cold twist, went even to nice candy cane, then started to tear at edges, 7 foot long. I think maybe got enough power for 4" cold? Caculations tell me I got enough poop to do 7" sq. with red heat. You have seen the 10" stainless pipe,"EBB and FLOW" That was tough allthough I didnt have proper heat at that time. four 1 1/4" sch. 40 black iron pipes were cake for "Mama" Getting ready to twist 8 of latter for tree trunk. "Big Mama" got her name cuz, well, she is a big girl. She stands about 27 feet and weighs in at a girlish 23,000lbs. Would love to come over to your shop to build another. chow for now, jay

My mind is reeling trying to imagine a 12 ton machine that can twist 7" solid square hot. Even though I don't have a shop that could house such a machine, I'm jealous. I might call on your services in the future though. The wheels are turning. LOL.

Jake Balcom
Mettle Design
Lincoln, NE

Hey Jake, mama and I do custom twistings for ornamental folks quite often. Going to branch out a little by sending a sample of the four 1 1/4" sch.40 pipes in a hot twist to the tuttles at OCC. It came out really cool and would make a bob b bitchin backbone for a chopper. Hey, I would load a picture of it but dont see any tags in this area. Tell me how. jay the bird

How cool would that be! It'd be great to see some of your work on a OCC custom chopper. If you can post a pict of it, I'd love to see it. On this response window i have the "Add Picture" icon right below it to the left. Not sure if that's what you meant by "tags" or not.

Jake Balcom
Mettle Design
Lincoln, NE

Dad used to say," I teach ya everything I know, and ya still dont know nothing" Just spotted that little add a image button. DUH DUH DUH. Here is the sample. Jaysamplesample for OCC