The year’s around 1980-ish and I’m ten; and Prince Charles was visiting Burnley General for some reason or other. I remember a teacher walking into our classroom and saying we’d been chosen or offered a number of invites (read: kiddies to pad out the throngs) to gleefully cheer our next trophy-eared King. Being the fair-minded [...]
Continue readingFiremen Use Angle Grinder to Free Man’s Pipe from Steel Pipe
Posted on 22, Jan
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 readingHave Yourselves a Lovely Christmas
Posted on 24, Dec
Never in a partial month of Sundays did I expect to turn up in the UK for Butler Sheetmetal’s Christmas do and find the weather almost as cold and snowy as Cleveland – you note I say almost. Something else I expected even less was Jasper ‘looking well’. I swear he looked three years younger [...]
Continue readingNEC Exhibition Stand for Axess 2 Limited
Posted on 2, Dec
Here’s an exhibition stand we recently fabricated components of for Axess 2, who specialise in platform lifts for most purposes you can think of. The following pictures (which I think Axess took) show their entire stand from various angles while they where down at the NEC in Birmingham. I’ve been told the Butler Sheetmetal guys [...]
Continue readingBSSA Stainless Steel Fabrication Workshop: Best Practice
Posted on 9, Nov
Wednesday 11th November 2009 at the National Metalforming Centre, West Bromwich. We found your company details on the internet and thought that you may be interested in this event. At the one-day event, all the essentials about working with stainless steel will be addressed. The workshop will concentrate on practical help, including advice concerning grade [...]
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