[TheForge] sorta OT- "Choppers" motocycle shop tv show

[Fiorini & Skiles]

Has anyone been watching "Choppers", a tv show (Discovery channel?) about a
father son custom motorcycle workshop, called Orange County Choppers?
Bill and I have really been enjoying this show.  The metalwork is great, all
fabricated, so well designed and executed.  I love seeing how the son
visualizes and works out his designs, almost no sketching that I can see.
He has it all in his head, works it out aesthetically and technically with
the way the motorcycle has to run and ride.

This is by no means in my life plan right now- but this show makes me dream
about doing a short term apprenticeship in a custom motorcycle shop.  I
could learn so much about creative sheet metal work, and possibly those
great motorcycle paint jobs too.

I think their welding must be all tig work.  I want to try that out
sometime, in someone else's shop.
-Kirsten
koka@acegroup.cc
http://hosting.acegroup.cc/~koka/
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