Metal Machinery

After 30 years in the motor sports industry, Tim Swenson changed gears a bit and decided to help disabled people have the freedom of hunting, fishing, hiking, going to the beach and other activities. Having a son in a wheel chair, Tim and wife Donna knew many others that could benefit from these freedoms. In 2008, Tim and his crew started developing an all terrain wheelchair. After months of research and development the Action Track Chair was born. You can see it here: www.actiontrackchair.com.

Demand for the Action Track chair took off. Tim and his crew found themselves with more orders to fill than they could handle. Manual benders, hand grinders, and the old broken down bandsaw in the corner was not going to handle this type of production. This is when Tim gave Baileigh Industrial a call and shouted “HELP!”

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May 2, 2012

(MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN)  Jimmy Mars racked up his third feature win of the 2012 racing season on Friday night, April 27 at his hometown Red Cedar Speedway in Menomonie, Wisconsin!  Jimmy won his heat race in preliminary action and later rolled off fourth on the grid in the 15-lap main event.  The popular driver known as the “Iceman” raced out to an early lead and drove his familiar #28 to victory lane by defeating Chad Mahder, AJ Diemel, Jake Redetzke, and Scott Gilberts.  You can read more about Jimmy’s $1,000 triumph by clicking on www.redcedarracing.com.

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Rusty’s Off-Road is a leading manufacturer of suspension lift kits, steering components, undercarriage protection, body armor, and performance products for Jeep vehicles. For over 30 years Rusty’s shop has prided  itself on our in-house manufacturing capability, which enables us to achieve a level of quality control that could never be reached by outsourcing production. Our product line covers the full spectrum of Jeep vehicles, old or new, and a wide range of uses. From a mild daily driver to a custom rockcrawler to a full-blown JeepSpeed or Ultra 4 race vehicle, Rusty’s product line covers it all. In a time when nearly all of our competitors are outsourcing at least portions of their production overseas, we are proud to say that all of Rusty’s Off-Road products are manufactured in the USA and Trail Tested Tough.

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Train Works is a very unique company that produces unbelievable works of art and fabrication masterpieces. Fabricating 1.6 scale, 7.5 gauge rid-able trains from scratch. These units are featured in theme parks, pumpkin patches and even in the backyards of train enthusiasts all around the world. Check out their website: www.thetrainworks.com.

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Jan Wagelaar is the head of fabrication at Los Gatos Iron Works serving the Bay Area in Northern California. Jan is a well rounded welder that does everything from custom off road fabrication to ornamental iron and automatic gates.

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