Are you interested in building yourself a small press brake for use around the home? I’m quite sure some of you are. Anyway, here are some plans from 1958 in the form of a pdf which shows you how to go about it. And here are the specs of the thing as specified on the [...]
Continue readingCare and Maintenance of Stainless Steel
Posted on 1, Nov
From the British Stainless Steel Association comes this downloadable pdf relating to the care and maintenance of stainless steel for a wide variety of appilications. A cleaning frequency or schedule for external or various architectural application site types is shown and covers grades 1.4016 (430) 1.4301 (304) and 1.4401 (316). The sites include rural urban [...]
Continue readingFor the sheet metal worker who has everything….
Posted on 25, Oct
……here’s that special something which makes all those near-death experiences falling from scaffolds and agonising welding burns worthwhile. With however many bloody shopping days until Christmas, I give you the sheet metal belt buckle. No, it’s not a five man alpine horn. These would obviously be a belting little stocking filler if you could actualy [...]
Continue readingSheet 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 [...]
Continue readingAirplane Trailer Trash?
Posted on 26, Sep
You know what I’m like with all these DIY plane enthusiasts. Well now we seem to have gone a step further – somebody has bought themselves an existing aeroplane and decided to fit it out in order to make it habitable. You’re also more than welcome to go and take a tour so long as [...]
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The Tinbasher is the award-winning company blog of Butler Sheetmetal Ltd UK, a small fabrication shop in the darkest recesses of North West England.
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