We all know that first week back after Christmas and New Year can be a lonely and desperate time. Just ask Jasper. Many’s the time he can be seen skulking in the steel racks for hours on end when it’s quiet with nary a peep out of him. I sincerely hope he’s not up to [...]
Continue readingFiremen Use Angle Grinder to Free Man’s Pipe from Steel Pipe
Posted on 22, Jan
Large Hadron Collider Held Together By (644,328 mtrs) of Duct Tape?
Posted on 3, Mar
Large Hadron Collider We all know this is some feat of engineering. However, it’s extremely difficult to get a scale of the project. Not only is it impossible to imagine the sizes of particles whizzing around at beyond breakneck speeds, but it’s even more difficult to get an idea of how bloody big the thing [...]
Continue readingPress Brake Wanted this 4th of July Weekend
Posted on 4, Jul
Supersized press brake Oh what a joy it is to be given the 4th of July off as a holiday. But, like this fella, I’d much rather be working than have to traipse three hours up the highway to attend some thoroughly cheesy family function, which this year involves some really spurious talent show. Oh, [...]
Continue readingSpring Steel Available in Small Quantities
Posted on 2, Apr
I always get mightily confuddled by various steel grades and types. Oh, I have the basics from 304 to 316 down pat, but when our Steve at Steel Strip mentioned to me that he’d started selling small quantities of spring steel I had to scurry off to Wikipedia to find out what spring steel actually [...]
Continue readingDIY Metal Smelting Furnace: How to Prepare Yourself for Doomsday
Posted on 9, Mar
I’m awfully fond of the idea of a Doomsday Ark: IF civilisation is wiped out on Earth, salvation may come from space. Plans are being drawn up for a “Doomsday ark” on the moon containing the essentials of life and civilisation, to be activated in the event of earth being devastated by a giant asteroid [...]
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The Tinbasher is the award-winning company blog of Butler Sheetmetal Ltd UK, a small fabrication shop in the darkest recesses of North West England.
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