Need A Faster Way to Shape Metal?
Ace Clearwater and the Baileigh Shrinker Stretcher MSS-14H Ace Clearwater www.aceclearwater.com has been building complex formed and welded assemblies for the aerospace industry since 1949. With 350,000 square feet of manufacturing space, they have a full fabrication shop with just about every type of machine you can imagine. Chris McKee (production Manager) contacted Baileigh Industrial a…
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Tube Notcher TN-400 Notching Solution
Can you imagine having an entire product line that required you to hand grind your notches? Every single notch by hand….hundreds of them….for 10 years! Having a backlog a mile long with no solution other than grind faster, grind faster, grind faster. Matt Legare from www.lakeheaders.com called Baileigh a couple months back begging us for a…
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Tube Bender To Next Level?
UTV Inc (aka UTV Crap) is a leader in the UTV accessory industry. Their shop is full of Baileigh equipment that cranks out full blown production on a daily basis. Johnny Angal, the owner purchased our RDB-175 Pipe Bender several years back. Johnny has always been impressed with the speed of the tube bender and…
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Different Kind of Tube Notcher
I have been with Baileigh Industrial for over 3 years now and I can still remember the first time I saw the TN-800 tube notcher. I thought… “how does this machine work and how does it come up with the eccentric path and a perfect cut every time it notches?” Well, after looking into it…
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Drill Presses
Starting out my career at a fairly young age as a machinist in a local converting equipment manufacturer, I quickly learned to appreciate quality tools such as metal turning lathes, milling machines, band saws, press brakes, drill presses and much more. One of the summer jobs I had was drilling and tapping holes using a…
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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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