Master Coach Builder Trains the Next Generation of Metalworkers with Baileigh Machines
Renowned in the world of custom vehicles for over 35 years, Mark Gerisch has built cars for Jay Leno and ZZ Top. Now he’s keeping the art and trade of metal shaping alive by leading intensive classes. In 2014, Gerish founded the Academy for the Art of Metal Shaping in Green Bay, Wisconsin. For the…
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Tony Raley from Hi-Speed Customs Shines on Tucson TV
Tony Raley from Hi-Speed Rods & Customs recently rocked an interview on KGUN 9’s The Morning Blend.
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Jimmy Shine’s Top 5 Metalworking Machines from Baileigh
When hot rod legend Jimmy Shine recently joined us at Baileigh HQ to shoot some product demo videos, we took the opportunity to ask him about the machines in his own shop. “I love all of them and I use them every day. I rely on them and they’ve never let me down,” he says.…
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Baileigh Metal Shaping Classes Create a Global Network of Fabricators
Not too long ago, serious metal shaping classes were hard to find in the U.S. That began to change in 2012 when Baileigh first offered trainings led by top-notch metal shapers. We set a trend that rippled through the industry. As Baileigh Social Media Coordinator Shane Henderson says, “We kind of started a metal shaping…
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The Metal Shaping Elite: Meet the Baileigh Power Hammer Club
The metal shaping team here at Baileigh Industrial stays in close contact with our metal shaping customers, even years after the sale. Many of them send pictures of their projects: cars, trucks, airplanes and all sorts of metal art. They are treated like family as they share the love of metal shaping as much as…
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Mike and His Power Hammer: A Love Story
Mike Smith popped up on a Metal Shaping Forum named “All Metal Shaping” www.metalmeet.com asking for information on our MH-19 Power Hammer. I contacted Mike and this is where the story begins. Mike is a true metal artist who has been making giant metal flowers for years. Mike and I started swapping metal shaping stories, I…
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Metalmeet 2010
Baileigh Industrial recently attended “International Metalmeet 2010” in Oblong, IL, on October 13 thru October 16. This get together is organized by the directors of www.metalmeet.com, an online community of metal shapers, fabricators, auto restoration experts and true artists who convene once a year to trade tips and tricks on challenging projects in the metal forming…
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