Sheet Metal Fabrication

Ain’t Got Time to Fix the (Stainless Steel) Shingles

Posted on 13, Oct

I’m not a major fan of Google’s new Blog Search as it just chucks spam blogs at you like confetti But, it’s not bad for finding quirky little blog posts relating to your specific search term. Obviously, the search term I’m referring to is sheet metal. (Just click on the sheet metal link to see [...]

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 [...]

The Life Cycle Costing of Stainless Steel

Posted on 28, Sep

Here’s a fabulous little article showing you how stainless steel is a cheaper material to use in the long term than mild steel when a whole picture is taken. Or, in other words: Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis is a means of quantifying the choice of materials for a product or construction, with the aim [...]

When I Grow Up I Want To Be a Sheet Metal Worker

Posted on 20, Sep

Maybe you’re fifteen and your careers teacher is pressurising you to commit to some kind of career path. Perhaps you’re slightly older and you’ve decided to start clambering up a totally new vocational ladder. Or, you’re some student just wondering what the devil sheet metal workers do. Well, thanks to the U.S. Department of Labor [...]

Miniature Microwave Arc Welder

Posted on 5, Sep

What would you do if your microwave was on the blink and had a bit of spare lead in your pencil? That’s right – you’d build yourself a tiny arc welder.

Groundhog Day

Posted on 31, Aug

For the second night in succession I’ve been awakened by the not so dulcet tones of Heart blaring from the TV. SAME TIME.SAME CHANNEL.SAME F******** SHOW. Stephanie thought I’d taken to sleep swearing as I’d gone from snoring to expletives in a matter of seconds. I’m slightly worried that I’ve passed some vague point of [...]

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 [...]