JOB-BOOK-(work-we-do)

Stainless Steel Backsplashes, Plinths and Hobs for the Kitchen

Posted on 31, Jan

These stainless steel backsplashes and plinths are rather easy on the eye and even easier for us to make. (That’s obviously the most important thing, right? ) John’s Kitchen. Sick of my sister’s incessant whining to finish the kitchen off and owning his own sheet metal shop, John sought inspiration from a stainless steel planter [...]

Buckminster Fullerene or Football?

Posted on 14, Nov

The world can be divided into two types of people – those whose think the above is a Buckminster Fullerene and those who think it’s a football. And those who think it’s just an overpriced planter. Visit our sister site, Tinpot Alley, to view more stainless steel and metal planters.

Workplace Showcase

Posted on 26, Sep

JOB BOOK (work we do)

It’s high time I provided a more specific category showcasing the kind of sheet metal fabrication work the boys at Butler Sheetmetal Ltd are capable of. It’s all too easy for various posts about certain jobs to get lost in the archives and I just think it might be easier if it’s all under one [...]

Bespoke Metal Outdoor Seating

Posted on 8, Jun

Here are some bespoke metal seats made from 16mm mild steel that are to be sunk into concrete and placed together somewhere in the Midlands. (I think!) Here’s the lovely John sporting one of the seats as they’re supposed to be sported before being sent to the painters. And here’s a close-up of one of [...]

Zintec Planters

Posted on 26, Jan

Here’s a little job that we’re currently on with at the moment. It’s for an assortment of 27 zintec planters to be painted matt black for a garden architecture firm down in London. If you’re wondering who the guy is to the left lacking a posterior, it’s Matt. They’re due to go for painting some [...]

Bespoke Stainless Steel at The Sheraton.

Posted on 24, Nov

We got these pictures sent ot us of a pair of elongated bespoke stainless steel planters we fabricated for the Sheraton Hotel down at Heathrow Airport. Here they are at either side of the foyer as you walk in. Here’s one of them from the front. Here’s one from an angle. (Although I’m sure you [...]

Some Rusty Planter Pics

Posted on 3, Oct

Do you recall how John trounced the competition alive in the Trawden Container Competition but I was unable to show you with what? Well now I can. This is the lovely little number that actually romped home in first place – not forgetting that there were only three entrants in the first place. I never [...]