Maybe you’re a tinbasher with a secret hankering to create a futuristic musical mash-up along the lines of Blade Runner vs Deliverance. Or, perhaps you’re at a loss what to do with that mouldy galvanised sheeting at the back of your steel rack. Any pig-squealing city boys in the house? Then again, you could be [...]
Continue readingSteve Strips Search for Steel
Steve at Steel Strip has started a Google Steel Search Engine. You can read more about it here.
Continue readingNorthern Manufacturing 2006
Anybody fancy a trip to Northern Manufacturing 2006? It’s free, it’s in Sheffield and it’s happening this week on the 4th and 5th. Northern Manufacturing 2006 is the exciting new exhibition for North and North West’s manufacturers. If you’re in the Automotive / Autosport, Aerospace, Rail, Defence, Food & Drink, ICT, Chemical, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Packaging [...]
Continue readingSKILLED/SEMI SKILLED SHEET METAL WORKER – Colne, Lancashire, UK
Here’s the job ad we currently have up at the local job centre (talk about old skool): * Job Title: * SKILLED/SEMI SKILLED SHEET METAL WORKER * COF/17807 Location: COLNE Hours: 38 PER WEEK, 8.30AM – 4.30PM, MONDAY – FRIDAY Wage: COMPETITIVE RATES OF PAY Work Pattern: Days Employer: Butler Sheet metal Ltd Pension: No [...]
Continue readingA Future For Futures In Steel?
Obviously I haven’t got where I am today without successfully speculating on the commodities market. However, there seems to be a minor storm in a metal teacup over the idea of a steel futures contract with quite a few of the leading steelmakers sticking the boot in: No less than five top executives of some [...]
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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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