Etched in metal: Moses Lake fabricator expands custom design business
Chris Ball holds up a recently completed project for his custom metal fabrication business, CBCustom Creations, in his workshop beside his home in Moses Lake on Tuesday morning.
Casey McCarthy/Columbia Basin Herald
A sheet of metal sits ready to go for a project on Chris Ball's 5x10 foot plasma cutting table inside his workshop beside his home in Moses Lake on Tuesday morning.
This 2x2 foot CNC plasma table given to Chris Ball by a coworker helped spark his custom metal fabrication business about eight years ago.
Chris Ball, owner of CBCustom Creations in Moses Lake, gives a tour of his workshop where he works on his metal fabricating projects beside his home on Tuesday morning.
Chris Ball holds up one of the custom metal signs he crafted in his workshop beside his home in Moses Lake Tuesday morning.
An example of a metal gate door crafted by Chris Ball in Moses Lake, complete with aluminum handle, lock and door stopper cut to resemble the bark of a tree.
For Chris Ball of Moses Lake, it all started when his younger brother wouldn’t let him borrow his welding kit to work on an off-road truck at age 16. Ball said he took it as a challenge to work with metal fabrication.
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