We were asked to make a canopy for a fire in a local public house. We went along to measure up and also to do a smoke test to make sure there was enough pull on the chimney. The pub had a gas fire before, so we organised for a gas safe engineer to come along to disconnect the fire. We went back to the workshop to start making the canopy. We designed the canopy on a computer, then transferred it to our CNC plasma cutter to profile the parts. We bent the parts and welded it together, then riveted … [Read more...]
Category : portfolio
Clearview 400
We recently finished installing a clearview 400 stove into a house in St Albans. We had to knock out the fire place to make room for this stove to fit. After we had knocked out the opening to the right size, we fitted the hearth. Once this had dried we fitted a register plate with a soot door. Once this was done we made good by rendering the back and sides, and re-plastering the front wall to make it look nice again. A good job done. … [Read more...]
Car Restoration
At Project Metalcraft we have a passion for car restoration - below is some images taken during a recent restoration of a Jaguar C type. Based conveniently for Milton Keynes, Cambridge and Luton contact us now if need assistance with a car restoration project. … [Read more...]