Is there a metalworker alive that hasn’t cut their tinbashing teeth on Meccano when they were a pup? Or, a tinbasher that hasn’t lived vicariously through their pups by slipping a Meccano set into a stocking one Christmas? In true tinbashing style you’ve got the drawings, pre-cut and pre-drilled holes, nuts, bolts and other miscellaneous [...]
Continue readingWhy is the cost of stainless steel going up?
Posted on 25, Apr
At the beginning of the month I got a price from Mark at Southern Steel for some planters and he mentioned that his suppliers had informed him that stainless steel had shot up in price by 64% due to a nickel surcharge. This month would see another 5-15% increase due to similar reasons. By any [...]
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Sheet Metal Cigarette Stolen
Posted on 3, Apr
For the past month and a bit Steph has regaled me by recalling her dreams about Pensacola every single bloody morning. I’ve no real choice but to move back down if I’m ever going to get her to shut up about the place. If you’ve ever had nervous colic or a bout of acid reflux [...]
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Multimachine – an open-source machine tool.
Posted on 2, Apr
I found the following Multimachine over at Boing Boing: “The multimachine is a milling machine, drill press, and lathe all in one machine that is made from old truck engines and other scrap parts. The very making of it imparts the skills needed to use it. It’s of the ‘teach a man to fish’ school [...]
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Hammering out a tune on your own steel drum
Posted on 26, Mar
With the Cricket World Cup in full swing, The Tinbasher is happy to help you capture the mood of cricket in the Caribbean. No, I’m not suggesting a game of Cluedo but instructions on how to make your own steel drum. Or, to be more precise, a Dudup. This site explains how to make a [...]
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