Well The Fabricator now has a blog and it seems to tick all the right boxes. It has several contributors ranging from various members of the editorial team to the web content manager and it should be an informative little read for those who already use The Fabricator. It also has a nice mixture of [...]
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I love the simplicity of the Sensational Stainless site. [It's] funded by the U.S. stainless steel industry, [and] aims to promote stainless steel products by educating consumers about the benefits, beauty and durability of this great looking material. I can just see certain lobbyists constantly pestering the producers of Sesame Street to have Oscar the [...]
Continue reading‘Cause We Are Living in a Material World
Were you at a bit of a loss over the Christmas season as to what to do with your sugar addled children? Well there’s no need to make the same mistake over Easter considering you can take them to the Strange Matter Exhibition somewhere in the States. It relates to all manner of weird and [...]
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Build Yourself a DIY Press Brake
Are you interested in building yourself a small DIY press brake for use around the home? I’m quite sure some of you are. Anyway, here are some plans from 1958 in the form of a pdf which shows you how to go about it. And here are the specs of the thing as specified on [...]
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Become a (Wheelchair-Bound) Tinbasher in Six Months
“A sheet metal worker was climbing a wet, steep roof. He was not equipped with a safety belt secured to a lifeline. He subsequently lost his footing and fell 36 feet to the ground, suffering fatal injuries. “ Some of the health and safety ‘posters’ over here are truly astonishing. What particularly strikes me regarding [...]
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For the sheet metal worker who has everything….
……here’s that special something which makes all those near-death experiences falling from scaffolds and agonising welding burns worthwhile. With however many bloody shopping days until Christmas, I give you the sheet metal belt buckle. No, it’s not a five man alpine horn. These would obviously be a belting little stocking filler if you could actualy [...]
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Sheet Metal Workers: UK Definition
There seems to be a glaring difference between the lot of a British sheet metal worker and that of his or her American counterpart. Most notably, there’s no mention of you falling off scaffoldings and welding your hands together from this job description from learndirect. “As his mind drifted towards his Liberace tribute act, he [...]
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