Dave Kindig admits, “Problem for me is I have a very active imagination.” That’s what we’d call a good problem to have, and one that keeps the team busy at Kindig-it Design.  “I really like to have more than 10 cars to build at any given time. There’s at least 25, 30 cars in here that we’re working on at all times,” Kindig reports. “I really wanted it this way. To be honest with you, I would actually double the size again if I had the ability, because I’m a glutton for punishment,” he laughs. Kindig’s imagination has fueled his success and set him apart over the years. “I’ve always had ..read more

Image from Van Sant Performance As Trick-Tools’s motorcycle zooms along the racetracks at the NHRA U.S. Nationals, Baileigh Industrial is riding along in spirit. You can see the Baileigh logo under the seat of the White Alligator Racing Pro Stock Motorcycle. The relationship between Trick-Tools owner Bruce Van Sant and Baileigh goes back a long way. “We’ve been selling Baileigh equipment since Chase was a toddler,” Bruce recalls. Now Chase Van Sant is riding the Trick-Tools Suzuki in competition.  Image from Van Sant Performance With their No-Junk Guarantee, Trick-Tools sells quality prod ..read more

Passing from Gas Monkey Garage’s corporate offices into car territory, you might notice a white line painted on the floor. This line tells Richard Rawlings that it’s showtime. The shop owner explains: “when we were running and gunning and making Fast N’ Loud, [with] all a sundry of things going on, I’m trying to keep up with the money, I’m trying to keep everything moving, and the line to me means TV time. So no matter what pissed off I am, when I cross the line, it’s time to be fast and loud. And it helped me mentally.” Our Baileigh Biography on Gas Monkey Garage, filmed in 2022, offers a f ..read more

When an old building is destroyed, what happens to the parts, the physical remnants of all the labor and craftsmanship that went into the structure? All too often, those components are simply discarded. As historic buildings in Wisconsin’s Manitowoc County fell, Brandan Gauthier decided to do something with the unique bits and pieces left behind. “To see these buildings go down—that were built the way nothing else today is built—really got me thinking that… these components need to be saved,” Gauthier reflects. So he began to collect and store parts of the past, from bricks to windows to unus ..read more

A common thread runs through Metal Art of Wisconsin’s production: patriotism. Step inside Shane and Justis Henderson’s shop to see beautifully meticulous metal art proudly displaying symbols of Americana. Shane started Metal Art of Wisconsin in 2013 with his son, Justis, after bringing home a Baileigh Industrial plasma table. The father-son duo saw a quick and unexpected rise to success and has since maintained one of the largest metal art pages on Instagram. “We brought the table home, learned the software and started cutting metal art,” Shane said. “We cut a couple of flags and put them on a ..read more

When Daniel Twigden got the call to create his own class at the Manteca Adult School in Manteca, California, he organized one of the few chopper building classes in the country to his knowledge. “We teach you how to build rigid frame choppers, like a 1948 Panhead, and other traditional style motorcycle frames,” Twigden said. A passionate metalworker himself, Daniel said passing along his knowledge gives him true fulfillment in his industry. And the skills he shares provides his students a chance learn a metalworking craft that brings both joy and potentially income down the road. “A lot of p ..read more

Camburg Engineering formed from a simple passion for truck races nearly 25 years ago. “We started with a passion for going out to the truck races out in Barstow and watching people race going, ‘We want to do that,’” said owner, Jerry Zaiden. Jerry and his friend, Jason Campbell have operated their Huntington Beach-based manufacturing shop together ever since. Today, their expertise spans a wide array of crafting automotive parts to construct high-end off-road suspension and high-end off-road race vehicles. “We have all kinds of products that we make here using Baileigh equipment,” he said ..read more

A broke kid with ambition and desire to build customs. That is how Jeff Davy, owner of Devious Customs, says he found his passion in fabricating and restoring custom cars. “I stayed out of trouble by modifying stuff on my car or my truck. And I didn’t have the money to pay someone to do it, so I had to figure out how to do it,” Davy said. Davy’s Riverside, California shop started primarily focused on trucks. Over time, though, he leaned into Lincolns and Cadillacs seeing a need in the customs market. “To be honest with you, Lincolns weren’t built very well from the factory, and had a lot of pr ..read more

Respect tradition. This is the motto Troy Ladd’s Los Angeles-based Hollywood Hot Rods proudly lives. “That’s my biggest dream is that would be my legacy. For people to respect what we have done,” Troy said. Ladd’s Burbank, California shop has produced stunning hot rods and custom cars since it opened in 2002, including the notable Mulholland Speedster, a 1936 Packard dubbed America’s Most Beautiful Roadster in 2017. “I talk about the evolution of the process and my evolution of tools and experience and skills and things like that. The Mulholland Speedster is a perfect example of the culminatio ..read more

Step inside Cornfield Customs, a Baileigh metalworking haven. Specializing in 1926 to 1934 Ford hot rods, street cars, and sheet metal shaping, Mike Wagner’s shop sits just outside of Cincinnati and is filled with Baileigh metalworking machines.   This year marks 15 years in business for Mike and Cornfield Customs. Their current location even carries local history, previously serving as an archery range and a grand piano restoration shop. Earlier this year, Mike welcomed us into his shop to see all his Baileigh machines at work. Notably, Mike’s shop includes the Baileigh EW-37HD wheeling ..read more