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We have recently installed an unusual seat and bird feeder in conjuction with our customer Virgin East Coast Main Line.  They donated two sets of old  wheels from one of their trains from which we fabricated the furniture. Because they are in a public space attention to safety was paramount. Each is mounted on a substantial concrete […]

We are agian assisting in the work with the delivery of the prefabricated sections for the second aircraft carrier for the Royal Navy being assembled at Rosyth for the Royal Navy by Babcocks. The largest section arrived last week after its voyage around the North of Scotland from the Clyde where it was built. On

We were asked to fabricate a new trolley to facilitate the safe movement  of an old wartime bomb.  Thankfully the bomb was defused and perfectly safe ! We fabricated from steel profiles and some straight sections an attrictive trolley to allow the bomb to be  moved easilly and desplayed to the customers requirments. The bomb

We were delighted to be invited to attend the re-naming ceremeny of the powercar ‘Craigentinny’  to celebrate the depots centenary.  The depot undertakes maintenance and repair of the East Coast Main Lines high speed trains that operate between Scotland and England.  We have been working with the depot for many years now on various aspects

We were asked to design, manufacture and install a supporting steel  structure to which stainless steel wires could be attached to accept a protective PVC canopy to protect the ‘Royal Barge’ which forms part of the Britannia Tour.  The Royal Barge is in full working order and kept afloat in a special pond at the

After the naming of the first aircraft carrier by the  Queen earlier in the summer (we were not invited!) we have commenced work assisting with the unloading of the prefabricated sections for the second carrier which is to be built at Rosyth.  The picture shows the barge loaded with a 5,000 tonne forward bow section that

Due to larger components needing machined we have bought a refurbished 36″ Webster Bennett vertical borring machine and installed in our downstairs workshop. This new machine weights 7.5 tonnes and will enable us to machine larger components that previously have had to be subcontracted out or the work declined. The machine has already been used for several

We continue to assist on the installation of the new carousel at Rosyth. Th main revolving table is now fitted and the ancillary equipment is now being erected and fitted as it arrives from the makers. The first horizontal section of the overhead spooling arm  weighing 18 tonnes was fitted yesterday at a crane radius of 30

We have recently unloaded segments for a new 40 meter diameter carousel for one of our customers. A total of thirty segments, each 15m long by 3.5m wide and weighing 10 tonnes are to be unloaded from trucks arriving from Sweden each with two segments fortnightly apart. The work involves rigging and slinging of each

The two Minor Light Structures for the Northern Lighthouse Board were loaded onto transport recently for delivery to their depot at Oban. The structures were complete with drilling templates and M36 stainless steel studs and fixings to allow them to be fixed to the rocks they are to mark. The structures are from marine grade stainless