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A Comprehensive Introduction to Modern Blacksmithing
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Description:
This comprehensive book is a great introduction to blacksmithing. Unlike other manuals it contains sections on just about every part of blacksmithing whilst retaining an easy to follow style which is ideal for those who are new to this craft. The book is well illustrated and packed with information.
This excellent manual includes detailed information on the blacksmith shop and it?s equipment, hammer and body motions in forging, first blacksmithing exercises, upsetting steel, upsetting with the aid of an upsetting matrix, how to temper and harden high-carbon steel, making a right-angle bend, tools to forge, decorative treatment, hinges, hold-down tools, a fireplace poker, fire place tongs, door patches, making milling cutters, augers and drills, stone carving tools, wrenches, forging tools, woodcarving gouges, pliers, making a fireplace shovel, making a small anvil and the power hammer.
The book is an A4 paperback with a colour cover and has 96 pages including a comprehensive and useful glossary of terminology. It contains many black and white annotated diagrams. Brilliant for anybody interesting in blacksmithing and metal work.
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