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Alloy Floats (Posted on by Precision Metal Spinners)

Alloy floats produced complete including finish for robotic sonar pipe inspection system

Time Capsule (Posted on by Precision Metal Spinners)

Time capsule

Drinking fountain in the Roman Baths (Posted on by Precision Metal Spinners)

This is a drinking fountain in the Roman Baths at Bath. We made this complete including finish from 2.0 & 3.0mm st st – 316.

Alloy Reducers – Alloy Metal Spinning (Posted on by Precision Metal Spinners)

These spun Alloy reducers are used in conjunction with Electric motors to assist the pre-heating of small model car racing engines. They are a bespoke spinning produced exactly to the customer’s specification.

Mild Steel Spun Metal Spheres (Posted on by Precision Metal Spinners)

A sample selection of bespoke spun metal spheres. They can be produced from most materials/metals. We use a proven method of matching the metal sphere spinnings to ensure a perfect match prior to welding. These partciular metal sphere examples have … Continue reading

Copper Metal Spinnings – light shades (Posted on by Precision Metal Spinners)

Copper metal Spinnings. A recent metal spinning from Artec Engineering. Bespoke copper light shade spinning . Spun in four stages to enable us to manufacture the 18mm copper neck. Produced from 2.0mm Copper.

Metal Spinning By Hand (Posted on by Precision Metal Spinners)

Hand Metal Spinning Metal spinning is understood to be one of the oldest techniques of forming and shaping sheet metal and in its earlier years the spinning was done by hand. It has commonly been believed that this technique was … Continue reading

Metal Spinning Tools: Lathe (Posted on by Precision Metal Spinners)

What is a lathe? The fundamental tool used for metal spinning is the lathe. A lathe is a machine tool that is used for shaping and forming metal.It can also be used to shape or form wood. The lathe spins … Continue reading

Techniques of Metal Spinning (Posted on by Precision Metal Spinners)

Flow Form Using this metal spinning technique, an object is created by pressure being applied by a roller that shapes the metal as it pushed against the lathe. The flow forming technique begins with a disc shaped piece of metal … Continue reading

Industries Using Metal Spinning (Posted on by Precision Metal Spinners)

Metal spinning and the industries it caters for The industries utilising metal spinning are numerous and varied. As metal spinning techniques have developed and improved over time, these industry sectors have felt the benefits in a number of ways. These … Continue reading



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