Practical Blacksmithing and Metalworking by Percy W. Blandford / forging

Description: Practical Blacksmithing and Metalworking A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE--FROM THE BASICS ON METALS, ALLOYS, AND THE METALWORKING PROCESS TO PROJECTS YOU CAN MAKE!Blacksmithing and metalworking can be easier than you would imagine. This book shows you how--with some patience and a working knowledge of metals, tools, and techniques--blacksmithing can be a rewarding, inexpensive hobby. Using simple instructions and first-rate, detailed illustrations, Blandford makes it easy for the novice to learn this craft, while offering project variations complex enough to challenge even the experienced blacksmith or metalworker.You'll learn how to: * use forges and anvils, bellows, swage blocks and mandrels, tongs, and a host of other tools * work with sheet alloys, iron and steel, zinc, brass, tin, bronze, lead, aluminum, copper, and precious metals * cut, shape, form, bend, solder, braze, weld, rivet, harden, anneal, flatten, punch, draw, twist split, loop, scroll, saw, shear, file, drill, hollow-out, planish, mold, and cast all types of metals * make chains and hardware such as nails, catches, bolts, handles, hinges, hooks and latches * create tools like punches, spikes, chisels, crowbars, tongs, hammers, sets, fullers, swages, stakes * make built-up assemblies * apply geometry to the construction of trays, funnels, boxes, cylinders, and more!Table of contents: Introduction, SECTION 1: BLACKSMITHING Chapter 1: Blacksmithing Traditions Chapter 2: Iron and Steel Chapter 3: Forge and Anvil Chapter 4: Smith's Tools Chapter 5: Basic Techniques Chapter 6: Advanced Processes Chapter 7: Handles Chapter 8: Easy Tools to Make Chapter 9: Making Blacksmith's Tools Chapter 10: Domestic Hardware Chapter 11: Decorative Ironwork Chapter 12: Finishing SECTION 2: METALWORKING Chapter 13: General Metalworking Chapter 14: Measuring and Holding Chapter 15: Cutting and Shaping Chapter 16: Drilling and Screwing Chapter 17: Soldering and Brazing Chapter 18: Hollowing and Raising Chapter 19: Casting Glossary IndexPercy W. Blandford is an internationally recognized master craftsman. A full-time freelance journalist and Fellow to the Institute of Journalists, he is the author or more than eighty books, including MASTER HANDBOOK OF SHEETMETALWORK...WITH PROJECTS; and MAKING KNIVES AND TOOLS.Check out ---> Secrets of the Forge: Beginning & Intermediate Projects for Blacksmiths Also see ---> The Blacksmith's Project Book: Intermediate & Advanced Projects from European MastersGreat reviews!!---> FORGED: Making a Knife with Traditional Blacksmith SkillsLearn to Make Armor ---> The Armorer's Workshop DVD Set--> Purchase this exceptional bestseller, "The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing: A Blacksmith's Guide to Making Simple Lock Mechanisms"!

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Location: Flemington, New Jersey

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