A Textbook of Elementary Forging Practice
Originally published in 1920s, this is an elementary forging textbook suitable for blacksmithing students in technical schools.
While a comprehensive knowledge of forging practice can be gained only through contact with a commercial shop doing a wid…
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Blacksmith Shop Practice Manual
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
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$3.95
Farm Blacksmithing: A Course in Agricultural Engineering
Originally published in 1920s, this classic textbook is designed to teach blacksmithing to agricultural college students and to farmers, featuring 37 practical farm blacksmithing projects all with working instructions, drawings and photographs. As th…
Engraving Metals by Hand: A Beginner's Guide
Metal Engraving was traditionally done by hand using a steel-tipped cutting tool called a burin (from the French word meaning "cold chisel"). Today, metal engraving is still done by hand or by using newer techniques like laser engraving.
O…
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A Handbook of Metal Spinning: How to Spin Metal on a Lathe
Metal Spinning is a metalworking process by which a disc or tube of metal is rotated at high speed and formed into an axially symmetric part. Metal spinning ranges from an artisan's specialty to the most advantageous way to form round metal parts…
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Metalwork Essentials: The Fundamental Metalworking Processes
Originally published in 1930s, Metalwork Essentials is a classic textbook for anyone who wants to learn the fundamental metalworking processes. It is the aim of the book to present the hand-tool manipulations, particularly those in cutting, shaping, …
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Blacksmithing for Farmers and Their Sons
Since the automobile has taken the place of the horse and buggy, and the tractor has almost supplanted the farm team, there is so little work left for the horseshoer and wagon maker that these tradesmen are fast disappearing from the scene. The villa…