Three or so weeks ago I was contacted by a lady who’d inherited her grandfather’s entire set of sheet metal tools and has had them in her garage since he passed away 30 years ago. She’s not only wondering what’s what, but would also like to determine how much, if anything, they’re worth. She could [...]
Continue readingSculpture Classes Anyone?
Here’s an email I received asking for a bit of help and have been given permission to replicate it on here to see if anybody has any idea. I have always been interested in metal sculpture and I am having a really tough time finding any education in this area. I would appreciate any advice [...]
Continue readingAsk a Basher #4 – What is a true 45 degree elbow?
Once in a while, the transatlantic language drift grates along its respective fault lines and induces a bit of a cross-cultural brain fart. For example, this weekend somebody suggested a game of Clue, which I assumed was the same as Cluedo. It is. Not only that, but for the sake of bragging rights, we invented [...]
Continue readingAsk The (Extended) Family
Do you remember Ask The Family? I mean the 70′s version with Robert Robertson sporting a Donald Trumpian comb-over/weave but without the necessary product. Robert Robertson Do you remember the picture round where an ordinary everyday object would be photographed in extremely tight close-up and they’d zoom out until somebody realised it was a potato [...]
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