Metal Fabrication

A few months back, we provided a breakdown on the operation of our brake press machine, this time around we thought we’d give the same treatment for our waterjet to give you a more detailed look into one of our more popular fabrication capabilities. A water jet cutter (or waterjet) is a piece of machinery…

If you’ve been keeping in the loop over the past few months, the Red Box Team have been working around the clock to get our stand ready for Goodwood Festival of Speed 2022. You may have seen on the Red Box Tools Facebook page that there’s been some hiccups… we may have set fire to…

As you may already be aware, the road to Goodwood Festival of Speed is well and truly on here at Red Box. Our stand, constructed of four 40ft containers (painted red, of course) are ready to be transported but the Red Box Engineering Team are still in the process of fabricating a few more things…

The Red Box Engineering team pride themselves on being an adaptive bunch and are happy to provide a free quote with any one-off or repeated projects you may have in the pipeline. We offer several diverse services but this week, we’d like to highlight some of the different welding jobs we’ve had over the past…

Over the past couple of weeks, the Red Box Paint and Powder Team have been tasked with powder coating a number of rather large planters for one of our regular customers. Each planter has had a two-metre diameter and with a some dexterous (or dicey at times, depending on which way you look at it)…

Spring has officially arrived and the change in the air and weather brings a sense of renewal to several and around this time of year, many people take the opportunity to refresh their homes by decluttering or ‘spring cleaning’. As it stands, Red Box don’t currently offer any clean-up services, however, we can help you…

The Red Box Team always have metal work on the mind; all the members in our team have varying levels of experience and different perspectives on the approach and qualities required to operate within the sheet metal fabrication world. This has left us with the following question this week; “what actually makes an excellent sheet…

In today’s post, we thought we’d break down our brake press machine, it’s function and operation, whilst giving you an idea of our capabilities. A brake press is a machine pressing tool for bending sheet metal, by forming predetermined bends by pressing the workpiece between a matching punch and die. Just like our CNC machines,…

After another tough year of battling through COVID restrictions, the Red Box Team have been working hard to continue serving our valued customers and incorporate new skills and machinery, expanding our capabilities and reach. As mentioned in some previous posts, we now have more experience and equipment than ever at our disposal and we’re ready…

In several of our previous posts, we’ve explained how powder coating is one of the most durable finishes you can apply to a part or component. The quality of the finish is unmatched, leaving you with an even and vibrant coat and with a little effort on your part, it can last indefinitely. However, with…