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This rare 1910s practice manual introduces a practical plan, essential tools and useful skills for operating a blacksmith shop.

Contents Covered:

• Arrangement and Equipment of a Model Blacksmith Shop
  • Foundations and Walls
  • Forge Space and Arrangement
  • Arrangement of Steam- and Belt-driven Hammers
  • Location of Blowers, Conduits and Piping
  • Furnaces, Tool Racks, Hammer Foundations and Piping
  • Foreman’s Office, Wash Room, Lockers, etc.
  • Flooring
  • Bar Stock Racks and Storage
  • Fuel Storage and Roof Construction
• Welding
  • Plain Lap Weld
  • Jump Weld
  • Butt Weld
  • Welding Steel
  • Making Long Lead-screws
  • Portable Forge for Welding
  • Fluxes for Welding
• The Forging of Hooks and Chains
  • The Forging of Hooks
  • The Forging of Chains
• Miscellaneous Blacksmith Shop Appliances and Methods
  • A Cheap Home-made Forge
  • Reducing the Diameter of Tool Steel under the Steam Hammer
  • Making Collars under the Steam Hammer
  • Forging an Eyebolt
  • Welding a High-speed Steel Cutter to a Machine Steel Body
  • Pneumatic Flue Welder

Price: $2.95

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