The Tinbasher | Company Blog of Butler Sheetmetal

Drill Bit Cityscape by Chu Enoki

Posted on 15, Jan

Stainless Steel Design

This is fabulous. Just take a close look and you’ll notice an entire Bladerunner cityscape made out of drill bits and other associated things you may have lying about the old workshop. Well, not our workshop – all the drill bits and hole saws I’ve ever seen aren’t quite as shiny. Chu Enoki, the sculptor [...]

Powder Coated Planters Getting Planted

Posted on 9, Jan

If only we knew we were moving in more illustrious circles then we could bang on incessantly about them. Apparently we did some stainless steel tree rings that were to be inspected by Her Majesty not so long back, but nobody deemed it newsworthy enough to tell us what they were for until way after [...]

Where’s Ya Bin? No, Where’s Ya Wiilly Bin?

Posted on 4, Jan

Butler Sheetmetal Ltd

Well it was all a bit too short and a bit too whistle-stop. Also remind me never to be so cheap as to fly in every direction of the compass when you’ve only got a week off. I’m not set out to be a jet setter. I’m not so much still in a different time [...]

Let the Festivities Commence!

Posted on 24, Dec

Butler Sheetmetal Ltd

I won’t stop long seeming it’s Christmas Eve and we’ve all got more exciting and pressing things to do. I’m wondering if I’m the only person floating around excited by being in Nelson for Christmas. Unless, of course, you’re after buying one of the cheapest houses in the coutry, according to a new housing study. [...]

Salt N’ Pepa Bolted Together

Posted on 19, Dec

Desperate to find out what should be coming to ITV 2 at some low-point in your not-too-distant future? I bet you are: On “The Salt ‘N Pepa Show,” VH1 will follow the ladies as they attempt to reunite on and off the stage in this funny, often touching reality series. They soon discover however, that [...]

SMART Choice for Hillary Clinton

Posted on 18, Dec

Sheetmetal News

Hillary and Bill Clinton – looks like neither made a real smart choice. The Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA) today added their voices to those of their union brothers and sisters in the United Transportation Union (UTU) in making a SMART choice by announcing their joint support for Hillary Rodham Clinton as the next [...]

I Demand Some Booze

Posted on 13, Dec

The Tinbasher

[I Demand Some Booze. Drink responsibly, kids.] Right, I’ve got me flights and I shall be arriving courtesy of some second-tier septic carrier next weekend and returning the weekend after (23rd -29th). Then I shall be doing my best to test my liver’s patience for the week I’m there. So, who’s available?