I’m a Machinist, Welder, Millwright & been going at it for 32 years. Back in 2002 I was going through a rough patch personally, I started to question my career choice among other things personal. A great friend turned me on to Jesse and it changed my life. Watching him work made me proud of my skill and ability. Been watching him ever since and have learned so much that in retirement I will still work in my own home shop just as he does. I had to comment because I am seeing him mentor the next gen of metal crafters and I believe it is detrimental to the survival of a trade that has been generous to me both financially and mentally. Thanks Jesse
Dude you made an awesome choice me I'm a teacher I teach High school in Houston and wish every day I new a trade, plumbing, HVAC, millright, or cnc machining, hell I even started taking auto tech classes at Houston CC to learn something but covid fucked it all up
I love this show. No drama. Great skills. I appreciate Jesse's expertise, hard work, artistic vision, and commitment to quality results. Most guys would rivet it and call it done. Jesse kept fiddling and iterating and adjusting until it was right.
I’m at the very beginning of starting my own fabrication business in New Jersey. I’ve been welding now for 18 years but the art of metal fabrication about 12 years. I love it. It’s still my passion, hobby and my career
What a LEGEND... U.S.M.C. veteran with 2 combat tours. Watching you do you work is amazing as well as motivating to just go for it. I hope that one day I can afford one of your hand made firearms. Your art form is above and beyond.
Years ago Jesse said "Learn by doing", those words rattle around in my head and have helped me so many times to overcome situations. Thanks, Jesse James.
It's great that Jesse still goes to apprentice with other metal workers given is skill level. He always is trying to improve which is why he is so great.
In my early 20s back in 2000 I would come home every day from work like a kid getting home from school and watch monster garage and west coast choppers because welding and fabrication was and still is my life!!!!
Yes!!!! I was roofing then, but went back to school to certified. I was top in my class because of Jesse James, and am one of the best. " it's better to fail at something hard than to do something easy " Jesse James my man
Jesse ur truly inspiring. I'm 52 and every time I watch one of your videos I learn something new. Thanks brother for sharing the knowledge. Keep teaching them kids. You and Larry are my mentors your styles are the best. Keep on keepin on brother
Sometimes I am amazed at the art that comes from common sense.Thanks Jesse for another lesson in working steel been at it for over 30 year but just getting into forge welding and I'm building my own everything to work with even my tongs,just about to turn 60 and thinking about hanging up the portable wanted to say thank you for the inspiration
I remember my van breaking down in front and nobody willing to lend me tools to put a belt back on the engine. I missed my court date resulting in a failure to appear and I had to tow my van back home. Guess we all have different memories.
@Wakanakapisi Hello I couldn't agree more. My grandfather was a Smith. Now I am aswel I still use his forge and anvil but recently was lucky to get a bigger nicer anvil and built a propane forge for the quicker smaller work
@Wakanakapisi Hello I havent heard of starlight. But I will check it out, thanks! My propane forge is a 2 burner and is aprox 6x8x24 inch long. It is all made of the light fire brick. I built mine for mainly making knives and small Smith work. For me it's not about being portable but more so saving fuel. I would love to have a larger forge someday to get more into Smelting brass and copper but for now this size forge is easy to build and cheap and it gets well over 2000k F
@Wakanakapisi Hello very interesting! I have purchased coke from some guy in Chicago off Ebay. And I can relate to what your saying from my ceramic smoker I use to smoke meats. I soak cherry wood in water then wrap in foil to use as smoke flavor. The next time I go to use the grill all of the cherry wood is now converted to charcoal. Atleast it looks, burns, and acts like charcoal. Are you in Australia?
Jessie is a true craftsman! It's so cool watching him, and seeing how he just keeps working on whatever he's doing! It's called perfection, say what you want, to all the haters, he nor me gives a rats ass what you think or say! If it's true enough for you, And it's within you! Do everything in life to the trueness in you!! PERFECTION!
I've been a fan of your work since west coast choppers was wondering where you was these days I find your still building bad ass toys in 2020 keep up the good work in bringing young people to the art and trade .
I've been watching jesse james since around 1998 he is a true craftsman at anything attempts and love his attitude !!!! Truly one of the best!!! He just doesn't give 2 fucks what anybody thinks
The creativity and knowledge we thus hand down to the next generations to come, that is if the machines have not taken the planet! You will infact use your skills and passions, over on the other shore, once your journey on earth is fullfilled.
@@goldstarcwi you're an idiot!! 🤦♂️. Is really the best thing you can come up with? You wish you could do half of the things he's accomplished!! Must suck being a RUclips losing Troll!! And oh yeah get a Job and a hobby!!
This man is a metal god a true legend and sadly a Dying Breed in today's age. I've been watching him in amazement for 20years now and these new videos still blow me away. I Still rock my ole monster garage and west coast chopper tee shirts every now and again since like 2004 lol. Oh What ide do for just a tenth of his skills and knowledge. Don't get started on one of his old bikes or the new guns ide Probably give up one of my nuts and I've grown pretty attached to it hahaha lol.
Yes sir I agree, in the biker build of Jesse vs, Paul Sr, and Paul Jr, I see what you talking about, he did everything by scratch thing's the nobody did, some little details
Ya he doesn't buy all his stuff and then modify it and weld on ornate decorative pieces that are cut out by a waterjet and say hey I'm a bike master builder
I bake my cake and decorate them too. I build my frames and everything else but I have no tools like Jesse I don’t even have a welder right now but one day soon I’m going to have my shit to gather and standing in a empty garage and my last blank frame I built and it’s happening again. My last bike put me on local celebrity status and then boom did nothing but no more.
Jesse's most memorable quote ever " I've spent most of my life making chicken soup out of chicken shit" He's a self taught master of all he seeks to achieve.
He's been down a long road but seems to have found who he is and what world he needs to be in. Much removed from celeb world. I especially like he's mentoring others.
My Father used to say " any day you don't learn something new is a day you wasted" Nobody knows everything and we all have a lot to offer and contribute.
Always have been a fan of Jessie's work. He actually lives close , wanted to stop by so many times , but I know better. I would love to hang out and learn new tricks. Maybe one day I will catch him out in public , just popping up at his house is a No - No. Got to respect a man private space.
I grew up right down the street from West Coast Choppers in long beach would see him riding his creations all the time on PCH would just say to my self duds bad ass
Jesse James is the Bruce Lee of today's metal fab work. Bruce Lee went and found the old masters ( as i heard it) and learned from them and made his own martial arts. Jesse James did the same by finding old craftsmen like Yuri Hoffi and others and made his own style of bike building, metal fabrication. I give him great respect for showing the young kids of today what he has learned so the art forms of metal working are not lost.
I was lucky enough to always fix and rebuild my own engines growing up, then landed an apprenticeship at an Aerospace machine shop here in San Diego before all the aerospace moved out...I'm 50 now and thinking about buying some tools and getting into manufacturing, hand crafting, iron smithing etc...Don't know to what end to be honest but the criteria is 1: have fun 2: make some money
I would build my Vehicles from scratch if a had all those tools 😆 I hate buying junk and making it work thx Jesse for showin everyone how its done subscribbed
I would love to make everything...Just need a ton of bread to buy all those tools and someone to go to work for me so I can hang out in my shop all day fabricating. LoL
It's insane to watch Jesse all these years, admire his skill set and then hear him say "I traveled 2 yrs ago to do an apprenticeship". We can continue to learn, it's only limited by our hunger for more knowledge.
He is a true metal artist. He has a God given talent and if you don't have that ability already in you then no matter how much you practice, going to school, having someone show you how to do things like that you will never be truly good at something like that. You may can get by doing some things but will never be at the level of Jesse James
I’m a Machinist, Welder, Millwright & been going at it for 32 years. Back in 2002 I was going through a rough patch personally, I started to question my career choice among other things personal. A great friend turned me on to Jesse and it changed my life. Watching him work made me proud of my skill and ability. Been watching him ever since and have learned so much that in retirement I will still work in my own home shop just as he does. I had to comment because I am seeing him mentor the next gen of metal crafters and I believe it is detrimental to the survival of a trade that has been generous to me both financially and mentally. Thanks Jesse
Hope you are passing your craft on.
Larry Williams absolutely
Where do you watch more of him. I remember him back in the days when he was on Discovery
The media sets the actors in place .Every form of craftsmanship has them
Dude you made an awesome choice me I'm a teacher I teach High school in Houston and wish every day I new a trade, plumbing, HVAC, millright, or cnc machining, hell I even started taking auto tech classes at Houston CC to learn something but covid fucked it all up
I love this show. No drama. Great skills. I appreciate Jesse's expertise, hard work, artistic vision, and commitment to quality results. Most guys would rivet it and call it done. Jesse kept fiddling and iterating and adjusting until it was right.
Thanks for your support!
Ever notice how he is still working even after everyone else is gone?? Love his attitude!! Even starting over he still keeps going!!
thats the best time to work, no one around to bother you!
I’m at the very beginning of starting my own fabrication business in New Jersey. I’ve been welding now for 18 years but the art of metal fabrication about 12 years. I love it. It’s still my passion, hobby and my career
JESSE MASTER BUILDER wish you all the best. We build bikes for ever.🤗
What a LEGEND... U.S.M.C. veteran with 2 combat tours. Watching you do you work is amazing as well as motivating to just go for it. I hope that one day I can afford one of your hand made firearms. Your art form is above and beyond.
Years ago Jesse said "Learn by doing", those words rattle around in my head and have helped me so many times to overcome situations. Thanks, Jesse James.
Jesse learned about divorce by doing ladies who were not his wife, lol.
@@goldstarcwi like you never f***ed up in your own life?? 😂😂😂😂😂
@@goldstarcwi No.... he just don't take no bullshit from self entitled woman.... and he knows cheating on em gets rid of them in a hurry
@@ironhead2447 Not like Jesse, lol. He cheated on his wife and got a nasty STD along with the divorce.
@@goldstarcwi no, he didn't
It's great that Jesse still goes to apprentice with other metal workers given is skill level. He always is trying to improve which is why he is so great.
Jesse James my man, opened my eyes and made me believe i could build anything. Always great to see him hard at it
In my early 20s back in 2000 I would come home every day from work like a kid getting home from school and watch monster garage and west coast choppers because welding and fabrication was and still is my life!!!!
Yes!!!! I was roofing then, but went back to school to certified. I was top in my class because of Jesse James, and am one of the best. " it's better to fail at something hard than to do something easy " Jesse James my man
" If it was easy than everyone would do it" Jesse James
West Coast Shoppers tend to spend a lot of money.
Good catch dang phone (shoppers) lol
@@babayaga3866 quality comes with money, you get what you pay for!
You did it, I remember when you talked about learning Blacksmithing in Israel, right after West Coast Choppers, awesome 👍🤙
I like this Jesse seems humble and appreciative of life.
Agree, I was watching him on youtube last night and thought the same thing. Would kill to have his skills
AMike315 having money probably helps... a lot but also drive and passion
Jesse ur truly inspiring. I'm 52 and every time I watch one of your videos I learn something new. Thanks brother for sharing the knowledge. Keep teaching them kids. You and Larry are my mentors your styles are the best. Keep on keepin on brother
I could watch this stuff all day.
A true craftsman JESSE JAMES always loved your work and unique style
Sometimes I am amazed at the art that comes from common sense.Thanks Jesse for another lesson in working steel been at it for over 30 year but just getting into forge welding and I'm building my own everything to work with even my tongs,just about to turn 60 and thinking about hanging up the portable wanted to say thank you for the inspiration
Fun times in my life... watching the early videos with my sons and then working in the shop With them the next day.
Some men get up every day and never go to "work". When your this passionate about something it never feels like work.
I remember visiting west cost customs and being blown away...a living legend.
I remember my van breaking down in front and nobody willing to lend me tools to put a belt back on the engine. I missed my court date resulting in a failure to appear and I had to tow my van back home. Guess we all have different memories.
This man's craft is a dying breed. It's a damn shame I tell ya.
I’m still here
I have his .44 mag rims on my car. still the best wheels in town, wish he still made them
@Wakanakapisi Hello I couldn't agree more. My grandfather was a Smith. Now I am aswel I still use his forge and anvil but recently was lucky to get a bigger nicer anvil and built a propane forge for the quicker smaller work
@Wakanakapisi Hello I havent heard of starlight. But I will check it out, thanks! My propane forge is a 2 burner and is aprox 6x8x24 inch long. It is all made of the light fire brick. I built mine for mainly making knives and small Smith work. For me it's not about being portable but more so saving fuel. I would love to have a larger forge someday to get more into Smelting brass and copper but for now this size forge is easy to build and cheap and it gets well over 2000k F
@Wakanakapisi Hello very interesting! I have purchased coke from some guy in Chicago off Ebay.
And I can relate to what your saying from my ceramic smoker I use to smoke meats. I soak cherry wood in water then wrap in foil to use as smoke flavor. The next time I go to use the grill all of the cherry wood is now converted to charcoal. Atleast it looks, burns, and acts like charcoal.
Are you in Australia?
Jessie is a true craftsman! It's so cool watching him, and seeing how he just keeps working on whatever he's doing! It's called perfection, say what you want, to all the haters, he nor me gives a rats ass what you think or say!
If it's true enough for you,
And it's within you! Do everything in life to the trueness in you!! PERFECTION!
Perfection is unattainable. Greatness is mastered.
I happy see you again Jesse you are the best welcome back
I've been a fan of your work since west coast choppers was wondering where you was these days I find your still building bad ass toys in 2020 keep up the good work in bringing young people to the art and trade .
Jesse has calmed down a lot!!
It's not a dying breed,he has young guys learning in his shop and they will carry it on,and so on and so on.
Its always cool to watch and see something being made from nothing to something nice.
I've been watching jesse james since around 1998 he is a true craftsman at anything attempts and love his attitude !!!! Truly one of the best!!! He just doesn't give 2 fucks what anybody thinks
Love to spend some time with Jessie in his shop!
man Jessy is a gift..👊💪
Legit blacksmithing. Last twice as long as the shit being made now days in a week. Man is legit. Awesome insight
Firing up the forge tonight got to do some welding see what comes of it. Thanks for the video its what i needed
Thank you! Glad to see the young ones seeing how and doing it. Cheers!
Pure art! These signed pieces will be worth tens of millions of dollars 100 years from now.
Even now, he sells his bikes for millions!! Shaq's bike I believe was two million
No they won't. There are hundreds of guys who do work as good or better. You just never heard of them because they weren't married to Sandra Bullock.
This man is a legend
The creativity and knowledge we thus hand down to the next generations to come, that is if the machines have not taken the planet! You will infact use your skills and passions, over on the other shore, once your journey on earth is fullfilled.
Love it as always
This is the best thing EVER!!! Please keep making these!!!!
Man that's so awesome my wish to go back in time to learn anything close to this
Good to see Jesse James dudes bad ass
I love how he went across seas to do an apprenticeship with a master craftsman.
Gotta respect a man who works with his hands....
Dude, your the best around, you have always inspired me.
To cheat on your wife?
@@goldstarcwi you're an idiot!! 🤦♂️. Is really the best thing you can come up with? You wish you could do half of the things he's accomplished!! Must suck being a RUclips losing Troll!! And oh yeah get a Job and a hobby!!
1:06 smart young man. He appreciates the history behind his craft.
Man I glad to see that your doing videos about Jesse James best fabricator ever
This video is ten+ years old
@@jameslea8159 Well then
I would love to see Jesse James on Forged in Fire, I think he’s have a lot of fun and would totally be all giggly, lol
So nice to see,and ....boom... there is another idea for my own sissybar.
Thanx Jesse
Jesse u have mastered the Blacksmith Work to the Greatest Art,
Say what you want about him but he is true artist. As a fellow tradesman I admire him , he’s achieved success doing it his way .
The man is a true Craftsman.
Mad skills and a true metal fabricating God.
always nice to see you working the metal
This man is the last of his kind my idol he does it all does it all
They did a good job watching him. 😁
Great video
Thanks for the video, enjoy watching everything you do.
Love his bench anvil, never seen one like that before it's killer
Man.. missed seeing your mug man 🤘 good stuff
Love learning about welding from the guy who welds without sleeves.
This man is a metal god a true legend and sadly a Dying Breed in today's age. I've been watching him in amazement for 20years now and these new videos still blow me away. I Still rock my ole monster garage and west coast chopper tee shirts every now and again since like 2004 lol. Oh What ide do for just a tenth of his skills and knowledge. Don't get started on one of his old bikes or the new guns ide Probably give up one of my nuts and I've grown pretty attached to it hahaha lol.
Jesse James is the OG on custom motorcycles and he built his from scratch you don’t see that the rest are cake decorators
Yes sir I agree, in the biker build of Jesse vs, Paul Sr, and Paul Jr, I see what you talking about, he did everything by scratch thing's the nobody did, some little details
Indian Larry did the same.
Ya he doesn't buy all his stuff and then modify it and weld on ornate decorative pieces that are cut out by a waterjet and say hey I'm a bike master builder
I bake my cake and decorate them too. I build my frames and everything else but I have no tools like Jesse I don’t even have a welder right now but one day soon I’m going to have my shit to gather and standing in a empty garage and my last blank frame I built and it’s happening again. My last bike put me on local celebrity status and then boom did nothing but no more.
@Tony Gutierrez haha 😂🤣
THATS NICE WORK.
Jesse's most memorable quote ever " I've spent most of my life making chicken soup out of chicken shit" He's a self taught master of all he seeks to achieve.
Rick , self taught master of bullshit and self promotion.
He's been down a long road but seems to have found who he is and what world he needs to be in. Much removed from celeb world. I especially like he's mentoring others.
Yup that's why watch you so glad to see it keep going
Jesse is a genius and passionate as hell , this is incredible what an og . Insane SALUTE THE GOAT SO SICK!!!!!!
I can watch you make stuff all day...and sometimes I do, but I got to go now and make something. From; Motivated "Joe"
Those are the tools of a real craftsman.
I'm Jesse James master fabricator and my hair is perfect😁 That sissy bar isn't crooked and it doesn't look like a fireplace poker. 🤔
You want to be master? Never stop being student.
Truest of words
My Father used to say " any day you don't learn something new is a day you wasted" Nobody knows everything and we all have a lot to offer and contribute.
@Randy Bingham Jesse cheated on his wife and then cried during his divorce, lol.
Best comments I’ve read on YT in a while
@James Claytor Run, Jesse! This guy wants to chase you, lol.
Whats the name of the song that was playing low and slow?
Always have been a fan of Jessie's work. He actually lives close , wanted to stop by so many times , but I know better. I would love to hang out and learn new tricks. Maybe one day I will catch him out in public , just popping up at his house is a No - No. Got to respect a man private space.
There is not one thing I do not like about Jesse James. He's all about learning and teaching. A humble human he is.
He was so humble that he cheated on his wife, got an STD and then cried during his divorce. 👏
@@goldstarcwi so he made a mistake or three, it happens.
I grew up right down the street from West Coast Choppers in long beach would see him riding his creations all the time on PCH would just say to my self duds bad ass
Jesse James is my type of guy not many guys like him no more hardworking But cool at the same time cool guy
The man's got skills that's for sure
So impressive.. I agree with you on making things versus buying. I try but something's are way out of my skill level. Lol
I remember my teachers laughing at people who thought Jessie was something special. Especially when they seen him trying to forge stainless steel 😆
Would love to spend a week end in his shop
Jesse is one bad ass dude he knows his shit
Jesse James is the Bruce Lee of today's metal fab work. Bruce Lee went and found the old masters ( as i heard it) and learned from them and made his own martial arts. Jesse James did the same by finding old craftsmen like Yuri Hoffi and others and made his own style of bike building, metal fabrication. I give him great respect for showing the young kids of today what he has learned so the art forms of metal working are not lost.
I’m thinking this guys best friend is that torch...🔨👽
Thanks i feel better about my skill level after watching that 😅
I was lucky enough to always fix and rebuild my own engines growing up, then landed an apprenticeship at an Aerospace machine shop here in San Diego before all the aerospace moved out...I'm 50 now and thinking about buying some tools and getting into manufacturing, hand crafting, iron smithing etc...Don't know to what end to be honest but the criteria is 1: have fun 2: make some money
I may not agree with Mr. James on some politics, but I am 100% a fan of his skills and craftsmanship.
That 20 year old makita drill though I think tells it all. It ain't the tools it's the artist behind it.
I would love to just spend 1 week with Jesse James learning how to weld and whatever else he wanted to teach me.
He could teach you how to cheat on your wife like a pro.
I would build my Vehicles from scratch if a had all those tools 😆 I hate buying junk and making it work thx Jesse for showin everyone how its done subscribbed
Reminds me of 1970's metal shop in high school. The most hardcore dude was the best at. Everything he made got an A. And it made his ol' man happy....
Love to work w this guy
Anyone know the song in the second half the video? Very nice!
Badass shop
I would love to make everything...Just need a ton of bread to buy all those tools and someone to go to work for me so I can hang out in my shop all day fabricating. LoL
Very cool Jesse I wish I lived near you I would work for you for free on my days off to learn your techniques !
Lol not that he would let me !
Move to Austin, Texas
Not sure Where to go anymore with this crazy stuff going on maybe start a new country on mars ? Lol
It's insane to watch Jesse all these years, admire his skill set and then hear him say "I traveled 2 yrs ago to do an apprenticeship". We can continue to learn, it's only limited by our hunger for more knowledge.
What song was that at 5:30
Ever find it?
@@TylerHennebury no not able to find it
Anything???
Still have no clue what the name of the song is
Need more shows
what is the song?
Anybody know the name of the song at 4:50
I NEED TO KNOW UGHHHHH
He is a true metal artist. He has a God given talent and if you don't have that ability already in you then no matter how much you practice, going to school, having someone show you how to do things like that you will never be truly good at something like that. You may can get by doing some things but will never be at the level of Jesse James
Monster Monster Garage!!