Jbird MetalworksFabrication & welding
← Back to home

Recent builds

Case studies from the shop: what the customer wanted, how it was built, and how it came out. Custom fabrication and welding for cars, trucks and homes across Long Island, NY.

Featured build

C5 Corvette Hi-Ram intake

A custom intake built to feed a Holley Hi-Ram manifold, routed to clear everything under the hood and polished to match the engine bay. The owner wanted the intake to look like it belonged in the car, so every weld on the visible side was laid to be seen.

Car
C5 Corvette
Part
Custom intake
Built for
Holley Hi-Ram manifold
Finish
Polished
Start a build like this
Close-up of the TIG-welded intake pipe
Work truck

7.3 Excursion 5-inch stainless

A full 5-inch stainless exhaust for a 7.3 Excursion. Big-bore pipe is unforgiving: every joint has to line up before it is welded, or the whole system fights the chassis. Heat tint left raw underneath where only the fabricator sees it.

Truck
Ford Excursion 7.3
Size
5-inch stainless
Joints
V-band connections
Detail
Hand-laid TIG welds
Start a build like this
Heat-tinted stainless exhaust welds
One-off project

Custom stair railing

A railing made to fit a space where prefabricated, store-bought material wouldn't. Fixtured and welded on the table so the posts and rails stayed true, then finished in black and installed on site in an afternoon.

Project
Stair railing
Why custom
Store-bought wouldn't fit
Built on
Fixture table
Finish
Black
Start a build like this
Finished railing installed
Fit-up

Table to install

Everything is fixtured and test-fit in the shop before it goes in. Drag the handle to see the railing go from the fixture table to the top of the stairs.

Railing tacked up on the fixture table Finished railing installed at the top of the stairs In the shop Installed

Have a build in mind?

Send photos, measurements or just the problem you're trying to solve. You'll get a price, materials and a timeline before any metal gets cut.