Sheet Metal Fabrication

Matt’s Demon Seed

Posted on 25, Apr

When it come to technical wizardry on the cheap you really can’t fault either of the Butler brothers. However, Matt is particularly adept at cobbling together the odd weird and wonderful invention. Matt was convinced that his swinging/extending computer arm bracket would advance society by allowing computer users all over the world limited mobility within [...]

New Sheet Metal Craze Sweeping L.A.

Posted on 11, Apr

Can you believe that L.A. is getting all warm and fuzzy over their changing metal skyline? I don’t know whether it’s just me, but I kinda get the sense it was written whilst waiting for the microwave to ping or after a night out on the brass razoo. Then again, we can’t complain if sheet [...]

New Home for Great Tits

Posted on 28, Feb

With an unbridled skip in my step due to me finally having a broadband connection again, I decided to risk the sub-zero temperatures and risk losing one of my digits to the elements down at that Siberian coal shed known as Butler Sheetmetal HQ. On my way I decided to pick up a copy of [...]

Deconstructing Design #3,645

Posted on 27, Feb

As it’s Monday morning, I just thought I’d witter on about luxuriating in designer stainless steel baths and mild steel beds. Now it’s quite easy to see the work in the bath: This insulated double walled bath is handcrafted with intense attention given to every detail, producing a bath that will stick in the minds [...]

An idiot’s guide to getting those creamy jobs.

Posted on 21, Nov

As far as negotiating your way to Butler Sheetmetal goes, this morning was as treacherous as you could get – black ice, freezing fog and a Monday morning head-mist do not a successful combination make. And that was sufficiently evident as I started to drift sideways down one particular side road at a rather jaunty [...]

Pre-Fabricated Metal House Exhibit

Posted on 4, Nov

Sheet Metal Fabrication

Front Porch of Metal House Here’s a pre-fabricated metal house designed by Jean Prouve currently showing at the Hammer Museum in LA. Interior of Prouve’s Metal House The metal house installation includes the two weeks it takes to put the thing up and the two weeks to take it back down again and finishes on [...]

Sheet Metal Workers: UK Definition

Posted on 21, Oct

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 [...]