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
Format: | PDF Digital Reprint, e-Facsimile |
No. of Pages: | 39 |
Page Size: | A4 (210mm × 297mm) |
Download Size: | 8.35 MB |