Scrap Metal

The Nuts and Bolts of a Chess Set.

Posted on 4, Apr

Maybe your elephants haven’t survived the cold spell or perhaps you didn’t complete your whittler’s badge at Scouts. None of that matters anymore as you can now make your own DIY chess set out of old (or new) nuts and bolts. It really is a doddle. Find out how here.

Jesus Found in Sheet Metal (and then obviously sold).

Posted on 20, Mar

Matthew 24:29-34 [T]he sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. . . . They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. . . . I [...]

BBC Lets K-9 Go Rusty

Posted on 25, Aug

As cheered as I am about K-9 returning as one of Dr Who’s sidekicks for the next series, I have to ask how something built in the year 5000 has managed to go rusty. (Even if he has spent the last 20-odd years stuck here on Earth.) K-9 then…. K-9 now Yes, it takes a [...]

Normal Service Resumed

Posted on 23, Jul

Scrap Metal

In celebration of Codeye returning from the depths of internet hell, I’ve posted something about getting rid of your blogroll inspired by an infinitely better piece about getting rid of your blogroll.

Missing The Ashes.

Posted on 21, Jul

Scrap Metal

There is no nicer feeling than waking up to find that Australia have been bowled out for 190. It might be even nicer watching the whole thing unfold back home. As we say in certain Nelson circles – they don’t like it up ‘em. UPDATE: We’re 21 for 5. I’m maybe not missing the Ashes [...]

For all you DIY metalwork enthusiasts…..

Posted on 20, Jul

This is the real deal with knobs on. I give you Don Justo’s homemade cathedral: In 1961, at the age of 29, he laid the first stone in the construction of a “cathedral” that he has built virtually single handed since then on a plot of land 50 metres by 20 metres that he inherited [...]

Reader Request.

Posted on 18, Jul

The biggest keyword search term that I find lurking in the tombs of The Tinbasher is for ‘scrap metal prices’. I didn’t really have any original thoughts when I included it as a category other than for it to be more of a scrap bin than a serious resource for scrap metal prices. Even though [...]