The Tinbasher | Company Blog of Butler Sheetmetal

Steel Milestones.

Posted on 12, Oct

According to the Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau, 2004 should see the following milestones reached for the steel industry. World crude steel production set to exceed one billion tonnes for first time ever. World trade in steel products* set to reach 250 million tonnes in 2004 – an all-time record. Chinese crude steel production set [...]

The Stainless Steel Information Centre

Posted on 12, Oct

I like The Stainless Steel Information Centre site because it’s informative and well designed. It goes into enough depth to be useful for those who work with stainless steel but isn’t so technical as to be completely inpenetrable to the casual user. It has a host of tips, FAQs and all manner of information relating [...]

Get The Baby Oil Out!

Posted on 11, Oct

The idea of stainless steel being completely stainless is a bit of a misnomer. There are a million and one ways to clean stainless steel ranging from warm soapy water to specialist stainless steel cleaning products. The problem with some of the stainless steel cleaners is that they sometimes leave a streaky residue and require [...]

Steel Planters Direct

Posted on 11, Oct

The Tinpot Alley site came about by accident really. Matt designed a hexagonal stainless steel planter that could be bolted together by the customer and could therefore be shipped fairly easily. I set the site up just to do a spot of market research in the form of a questionnaire. Within three days it was [...]

Sheetmetalworld.com

Posted on 8, Oct

When I first went scouring the internet for sheet metal related sites and such for linking purposes, I was hardly overwhelmed by a UK presence for sheet metal workers. In general it’s our American cousins who rule the roost. (Nothing new there then). The Tinbasher website was just meant to be a directory for anyone [...]

All You Want For Christmas…..

Posted on 8, Oct

I quite like the look of these. I’m not one for stealing other ideas, even if it is rife amongst sheet metal firms. However, we could raid our scrap bins and make some with our logos on for corporate Christmas presents. How very Blue Peter of us.

Welcome to the Club

Posted on 7, Oct

I’ve been admitted to the Round Table of business blogging. The CEO Blogger’s Club The beauty of it being – I didn’t even need to know a dodgy handshake.