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

Sun Apr 27 08:58:01 2003

YES!!! Although the dysfunctional family dynamics seems to provide as 
much entertainment at the
incredible metalwork!!

Ray
Cincinnati
On Saturday, April 26, 2003, at 11:10 AM, Fiorini & Skiles wrote:

> 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
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