Stainless Steel Fabrication

Cool Warmth (Yes, really)

Posted on 19, Oct

The Fireorb Don’t you just love a bit of quality stainless steel design? If you pop over to the Fireorb site there are pictures of them in various swanky houses and pictures of them being spun and fabricated. Don’t let it be said that you can’t mix high end stainless steel design and sheet metal [...]

Just Your Average Twisted Genius.

Posted on 14, Oct

The soup can mouse trap got me thinking what a bunch of twisted geniuses tinbashers are. I suppose it comes with the territory. Good sheet metal fabricators aren’t just welders, polishers, grinders or benders, they’re also some of the best problem solvers you’d ever wish to meet. An interesting proportion of Butler Sheetmetal Ltd’s work [...]

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 [...]