A Day in the Life...

[DK Custom Products]

You might consider getting a new pair now before the prices go up even more. I've never seen the price go down.:Shrug:

Good point! I'm going to do that.

Kevin

 

[ultrafxr]

Good point! I'm going to do that.

Kevin

Here are some listed on eBay from the House of Harley dealer in Milwaukee. Several sizes and great price but only good for 12 more hours. Of course they may re-list any that are not sold. 10% off list price, free shipping and no tax. What a deal!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-Dav...292314728104?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10

 

[DK Custom Products]

Devin, the "D" in DK Custom, left for Mud Nationals in Texas yesterday....along with a bunch of riding friends!

Trailer one full of toys...Devin's is the orange & black one up front-

Trailer two-

Staged at the shop, getting ready to head out for some fun in the mud!

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Here are some listed on eBay from the House of Harley dealer in Milwaukee. Several sizes and great price but only good for 12 more hours. Of course they may re-list any that are not sold. 10% off list price, free shipping and no tax. What a deal!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-Dav...292314728104?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10

Very Cool! Thank you Jerry! Just pulled my boot off, checked the size, and then ordered a pair.

Kevin

 

[hogcowboy]

Devin, the "D" in DK Custom, left for Mud Nationals in Texas yesterday....along with a bunch of riding friends!

Trailer one full of toys...Devin's is the orange & black one up front-

Trailer two-

Staged at the shop, getting ready to head out for some fun in the mud!

Kevin

Was this national meet at Saint Jo Texas? I was out riding a couple of days ago and a bunch of mudders were coming out of the place they do Rednecks With Paychecks here.

 

[DK Custom Products]

Was this national meet at Saint Jo Texas? I was out riding a couple of days ago and a bunch of mudders were coming out of the place they do Rednecks With Paychecks here.

March 21-25 at Mud Creek Off Road Park, Jacksonville, TX

http://www.mudnatevents.com/home-3-multiple-v3-2-2/hlatvmudnationals

I've never been...but there are usually over 15,000 that attend. Devin seems to have a blast there each year.



Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Something we've been working on for over a year...

...it has been a long road to get the training, funds and space for our own CNC Mill.

It finally arrived the other day. Watching the forklift...

...move it off the truck...

...and into the back of the shop, was a 'red-letter' day!

Once in the shop, there is not enough room to use the forklift, you can see the machine skates under the pallet, enabling us to roll it.

It was no small task to get the 5200 lb. mill off the pallet and onto the skates for final placement. Each of the 4 skates are rated for 3300 lbs. Note the strength of our Comfort Lift brackets we used between the feet and the skates.

Finally got it in place, off the skates, and ready for the HAAS tech to come in and level it and set it up for use.

Kevin

 

[frostbite51]

A new toy to play with!

That's always fun...

 

[ultrafxr]

Very nice. I want to come down and see once you get it up and running. These machines are so cool.

 

[LadyonaMission]

It is very exciting to watch your company grow.

Thanks for sharing the pictures.:Congrats:

 

[Zammy]

That's going to be a great addition to your company Kevin, congrats.

 

[Dave59]

Congrats Kevin, I'd love to come down and visit the shop some day.

 

[DK Custom Products]

A new toy to play with!

That's always fun...

It opens doors to all kinds of parts that we previously could not really consider.

Very nice. I want to come down and see once you get it up and running. These machines are so cool.

You're welcome any time. Devin is out of town til next week...he's already been cutting a few things. But it may be another 1-2 weeks before it is in production mode.

It is very exciting to watch your company grow.

Thanks for sharing the pictures.:Congrats:

Cool. Thank you.

That's going to be a great addition to your company Kevin, congrats.

I think so too. Thank you!

Congrats Kevin, I'd love to come down and visit the shop some day.

Thank you!

You're welcome to stop by anytime!

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

The HAAS tech got it leveled, and then went about calibrating everything.

It wasn't long til Devin started. This is a photo of the First Cut made-

First piece cut on it...some soft jaws.

After that he used the soft jaws he'd just cut to hold some round stock...

...and cut some LED light units.

Kevin

 

[desertclassic]

I have a friend that builds large farm equipment using lazar technology to cut all the metal. You talking about impressive. This is a great investment for DK Customs. Jim

 

[rhino 2]

The HAAS tech got it leveled, and then went about calibrating everything.

Kevin

Impressive, How many cases of beer can it hold...:laugh:......

All i can say is ''WOW''....ThumbUpThumbUp

 

[Jack Klarich]

Way cool machine

Now y'all can really turn out products in house

 

[hogcowboy]

That's an impressive machine.

I bet there were some major worry moments getting it into position. How many cases of beer did that take?:Shrug::Shrug::Shrug:

 

[DK Custom Products]

I have a friend that builds large farm equipment using lazar technology to cut all the metal. You talking about impressive. This is a great investment for DK Customs. Jim

Yeah, laser cutting tables are the bomb!

Impressive, How many cases of beer can it hold...:laugh:......

All i can say is ''WOW''....ThumbUpThumbUp

hahaha, a lot.

Way cool machine

Now y'all can really turn out products in house

Yeah, there's a lot of stuff we've been farming out that we no longer will have to...plus we'll be able to do some products that just were not cost effective to farm out.

That's an impressive machine.

I bet there were some major worry moments getting it into position. How many cases of beer did that take?:Shrug::Shrug::Shrug:

Thank you.

Yes, it was about 7 hours (split up between two days) to get it off the pallet, back on to the wheels, then rolled into place, then off the wheels. Over half that time was talking about HOW To do it and not break anything or drop anything on our body parts. lol

It was some pretty serious time...even if we had been drinking, we would have been stone cold sober.

But we saved $2700.00...that is how much a rigging company wanted to charge for putting it in place.

When the HAAS tech got there, he spent about 1.5 hours, with his $400 level, getting it level within 1/1000 of an inch (over a 40" span). Turns out if it is not dead-on level, there will be vibration that will cause eventual self-destruction.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Tested a LED RBT light...

Pretty bright for not much bigger in diameter than a quarter. This is on "running light"

Higher intensity for "Brake" or "Turn"...

Next up was to...

...submerse it in water, to see if it really is waterproof.

Three hours later, still working well.

No, I didn't watch it the whole time...lol...left it and went and worked on a little Gun Control.

Tore up center mass on a bunch of targets.

Also, played around with this "self-healing" target for the first time. (Mary got it for me for Christmas).

Does not appear to be healing too well. Will look at it tomorrow.

Kevin