Kitchen and bathroom faucets are often referred to as plumbing fixtures, but these are really fixture fittings. Other fittings on your plumbing system include valves, pressure control devices, hose bibcocks, and backflow preventers. For all these plumbing fixture fittings, brass has long been the preferred metal by builders, mostly due to the material’s durability and...Continue Reading
For so long, standard brass sheet metal suppliers, such as Rotax Metals, have made their business thrive due to the popularity of brass itself as a sublime décor. As an architectural embellishment, brass is heralded for its high-class look, top-notch corrosive resistance, and its workability in terms of joining, plating, polishing, and finishing. Several scientists,...Continue Reading
The metal bronze is probably as old as human civilization itself. Ever since the ancient Sumerians created the copper alloy as a means to replace their exhausted tin resources in 2500 B.C., bronze has stuck around long enough to still be molded and distributed as standard bronze bars and other appliques, by companies such as...Continue Reading
Noted Brooklyn Artisan Sources Bronze Bars for Decor from Rotax Metals Brooklyn, New York (July 27, 2015) — Rotax Metals, one of the country’s leading suppliers of bronze bars and extrusions, is proud to announce that the works of its customer, Vallessa Monk, have been recently featured in the Wall Street Journal. The 48-year old...Continue Reading
Plaques are common gifts at any testimonial event or official unveiling. Such items help honor the person of the hour or a milestone. Creating one in the first place, however, can entail using some special techniques, such as laser devices to make the desired labelling on the plaque, which may be made of engraved brass.Continue Reading
When a contractor is tasked to remodel a small physical space into a bar, extensive ideas in bar design come into play and every feature you can think of can be included. Foot rails are often taken into the equation, given the height and size of the bar top itself. Getting the brass materials you...Continue Reading
Copper in its many forms has been used throughout the ages for various applications including architecture, power generation, industrial production, and more. It is also one of the most popular art medium for craftsmen and artisans, then and now. Premier sheet metal suppliers in the country today say that copper sheets are among the most...Continue Reading
Aside from gold and silver, copper and brass are among the most popular metals used in jewelry-making, and their finished products are as stunning as jewelry made of precious minerals and metals. To craft fine pieces of jewelry out of these two metals, jewelry-makers solder and mold them into different forms.Continue Reading
Malleable, durable and lustrous, copper sheets have long before been used in artworks by artists and craftsmen aiming for a variety of looks, be it reproductions of artifact imagery or rustic décor. From something illustrious like paintings to something nondescript like lamp covers and luminaria, artists and craftsmen turn to many a trusted copper sheet...Continue Reading
