Talons Garage

This is the setup that holds a skid plate together.

I started learning to weld in a one-car apartment garage while finishing my doctorate. I spent way too long chasing perfect TIG beads. Now it’s a Miller 350P push-pull — Built for aluminum production, not pretty welds. Consistency and strength over aesthetics, every time.

Figured I’d give a quick look at how the shop is laid out.

It’s a mix of organized and mid-project most days. When we’re running parts it doesn’t stay clean for long, especially once material starts moving through.

We try to keep the workflow pretty simple and linear so parts don’t bounce all over the place.

Raw sheet comes in and goes straight to the CNC laser.

From there parts move over to deburring and edge finishing on the Loewer 4TD and Apex EZ, then over to the Mitsubishi press brake for forming. After that some products go to welding, and finally into the powder coating booth and oven.

Most of the efficiency really comes from that flow — once parts start moving, each step feeds the next one.

We’re running Miller welders for assembly, and having powder coating in-house helps keep everything moving without waiting on outside vendors.

Still making small changes here and there, but the overall flow is working pretty well right now.