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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Euro Inox has just emailed me a notice of their new 35-page pdf talking about all aspects of mechanical finishing with regards to stainless steel. It includes: • Specifying mechanically finished surfaces for stainless steel fabrications • Frequently used finishing methods • Frequently used abrasives and power tools • Best practice finishing • Case studies [...]

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Plantpots and Bomb Plots

Posted on 21, Sep

Here’s something I’ve managed to resurrect from the Tinpot Alley stainless steel planters archive. (By that I mean that I’ve found an old lead to download pictures off my camera!) There would’ve been more but some over zealous security chap prevented me from doing so in case I was casing the joint to bomb it. [...]

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This is the first project I’m going to get Matt to backward engineer next week when I return. It’s just a few strips of stainless and some infrared hocus pokus when all said and done. It’s a new breed of automatic sliding door from Tanaka in Japan. ( I don’t think it’s the tool people [...]

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Stainless Steel Sundial

Posted on 15, Aug

How do you like this designer edition time piece for your garden?

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Here’s a post which I found via my referrals. Where can I find stainless steel for outdoor garden use and how do I buy it? I’ve seen lots of British garden shows that feature really slick looking garden accents done in stainless steel. Sometimes it’s a 6-inch wide cap for lawn edging, sometimes it’s used [...]

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