Scrap Metal

Duct Tape, Darts and Balloons

Posted on 23, Jun

Yes, wrap your motor in Duck tape. How could I not venture to the Avon Duct Tape Festival this past weekend? Avon happens to be one of the two (there may be more) duct tape capitals of the world – the other being Sarah Palin’s home village of Wasilla. And yes, it’s kind of what [...]

Laser Cutter Plays Super Mario Bros. Theme

Posted on 21, Apr

Considering quite a few sheet metal shops are experiencing a bit of downtime at the moment, we could all do one of two things: 1. Work our nuts off trying to find extra work in order to keep the wolves from the door. or, 2. See what tunes we can get out of our workshops’ [...]

Large Hadron Collider Held Together By (644,328 mtrs) of Duct Tape?

Posted on 3, Mar

Large Hadron Collider We all know this is some feat of engineering. However, it’s extremely difficult to get a scale of the project. Not only is it impossible to imagine the sizes of particles whizzing around at beyond breakneck speeds, but it’s even more difficult to get an idea of how bloody big the thing [...]

Scrap Metal Buyers vs Other Dodgy Scrap Dealers

Posted on 15, Jul

Scrap Metal

Do you remember the time scrap metal buyers and dealers used to charge you to take away your crap scrap? (I’m thinking more along the lines of scrap car dealers to be fair, but one did tell me a few years ago (’95) when prices weren’t quite as keen as they are today that it [...]

Flickr Founder Resigns From Yahoo! by Pretending to be a Tinbasher

Posted on 24, Jun

Scrap Metal

There seems to be an awful amount of second guessing as to what Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield meant in his Yahoo! resignation letter. Although I think it’s quite apparent he’s being overtly metalphorical: And if you’re wanting to drink The Tinbasher milkshake, Stewie, just give me a bell.

Copper Anti-Fettling Device

Posted on 1, Feb

Scrap Metal

EXTREMELY RARE ANTI MASTURBATION DEVICE DATING FROM c1880. THE COPPER SHAPED DEVICE WAS ATTACHED TO A BELT AND WORN BY BOYS AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS. VERY MUCH AN INDICATION OF SOCIETIES VIEWS ON ONANISM IN THE 19TH CENTURY. THIS IS THE FIRST EXAMPLE WE HAVE OFFERED FOR SALE IN 24 YEARS. THE [...]

Somewhere to flick your fag ash…

Posted on 27, Sep

When I were a lad student protest had slightly more knackers to it than spouting a few conspiracy theories at a failed Presidential candidate and squealing like a girl when the filth got a bit heavy handed. I doubt if you’re going to have to quell too many uprisings with a rallying cry of “Don’t [...]