Share/Bookmark Hands up those of you who used to dick about with their mates down some version of a ‘wreck’? Hands up those of you who used to do it on bikes? And hands up those of you who built ramps to jump over stuff? If I’m counting correctly – and I rarely do – [...]
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Firemen Use Angle Grinder to Free Man’s Pipe from Steel Pipe
Share/BookmarkWe all know that first week back after Christmas and New Year can be a lonely and desperate time. Just ask Jasper. Many’s the time he can be seen skulking in the steel racks for hours on end when it’s quiet with nary a peep out of him. I sincerely hope he’s not up to [...]
Continue readingShare/Bookmark How can you not love this collection of aircraft old, new, conceptual and fictional? But if you thought that was a fairly entertaining use of aeronautical social media usage, you haven’t had the pleasure of of being exposed to Lockheed Martin’s open source proprietary social media tool. And if we’re being perfectly honest, neither [...]
Continue readingLaser Cutter Plays Super Mario Bros. Theme
Share/BookmarkConsidering quite a few sheet metal shops are experiencing a bit of downtime at the moment, we could all do one of two things: 1. Work our nuts off trying to find extra work in order to keep the wolves from the door. or, 2. See what tunes we can get out of our workshops’ [...]
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Somewhere to flick your fag ash…
Share/BookmarkWhen I were a lad student protest had slightly more knackers to it than spouting a few conspiracy theories at a failed Presidential candidate and squealing like a girl when the filth got a bit heavy handed. I doubt if you’re going to have to quell too many uprisings with a rallying cry of “Don’t [...]
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DIY CO2 Laser Cutter For Sheet Metal
Share/BookmarkWould you like to build a CO2 laser cutter similar to this? That can cut things like this: Instructables has an exceptional step-by-step guide as to how to go about it. As the introduction states: The general idea of this CO2 laser system is that a beam is directed down to a part for cutting. [...]
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