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BK722
Farm Blacksmithing: Practical Hints for
Handy-Men, Drew
72 pages, 4-1/2 x 7-1/4 (Softcover)
This is a complete guide originally published at the turn
of the century. Drew begins with the basics, how to set up
shop, various tools, and selecting materials with which to
work. There are step-by-step instructions on how to forge
a wide variety of useful and attractive items. Illustrated.
BK932
Forged Architectural Metalwork,
Parkinson
176 pages, 8-1/2 x 10 (Hardcover)
A handsomely illustrated guide to forged architectural
ironwork and the craft of the artist blacksmith.
Architectural ironwork demands a wide spectrum
of skills, from making a finely detailed drawing to
forging heavy, red-hot metal bars. Written by a leading artist blacksmith,
you will look seriously at design, construction, finishing, and
installation, and at the skills required of smithworkers in the
architectural field today. 180 photos, 50 B/W drawings.
BK774
Hand Forging and Wrought-Iron
Ornamental Work, Googerty
197 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Softcover)
Googerty shows you the basics of blacksmithing
but then takes you into decorative ironwork. Twelve
chapters cover introduction, equipment, working at
the forge, various forms of welding, twisting, scrollwork,
box forging, embossing, drawer-pulls and hinges, door plates, iron
lamps and more. You’ll learn to make braided handles, spirals, raised
forms, rosettes, lamps and many ideas. Some of the constructions are
very simple that any beginner should be able to do. Well illustrated.
CD915
Hot Shop, Chapman
Book on a CD.
This CD is the first book in a series but made on a
disc, is about 25 years at Chapman’s blacksmith shop.
It features tooling, fixtures, hot tips and notes, knives,
basement collection and products made without a
power hammer. He has concentrated on projects that
are all hand worked and almost no sledge hammer work.
CD797
Hot Shop II, Chapman
Book on a CD.
The second book now on a disc about shop tooling.
Step by step forging techniques, fly press stuff and for
knife makers - two copper handle blacksmith knives.
Now you can print out projects from your computer so
you have them right at your anvil! 140 photos.
BK210
How to Build a Blacksmith Firepot, Meador
36 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Softcover)
Meador shows how to build a portable forge out of angle
iron. By using new parts, the firepot can be built for little
more than the shipping cost of a small store-bought
firepot, and for a few dollars more, a rock solid stand
can be built to hold it. There are a few pages, devoted to
blacksmith beginners, that describe how to select a fuel, how to control a
fire, how to read the color of the burning coals, how to calculate the cost
of a bucket of coal knowing the cost of a ton of coal, and how to make a
simple coal rake. 31 illustrations.
BK211
How to Build a Full Size Coal Forge
from Commonly Available Metal, Meador
36 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Softcover)
This book answers one of the most frequently asked
blacksmithing questions - “Does anyone have plans
for building a forge?” The coal forge in this book
uses all new parts which are much easier to come
by than scrounged parts, and it still will cost considerably less than a
manufactured forge of equal quality. The project requires simple hand
tools with the exception of something to cut the angle iron. The design
uses wheels which are a necessity for weekenders or conferencehoppers.
Not only do the plans describe the construction, they include
the plans for making a smoke hood from sheet metal.
BK582
How to Forge Weld on a Blacksmith’s
Anvil For Those Who Have Diligently
Tried and Failed, Heath
52 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Softcover)
Well-illustrated volume covers the topic of forge welding
quite well with easy to understand instructions on
the use of flux, scarfing to a finished weld, and many
other topics. Heath covers the details of what to look for in the fire, the
“wet look” on the iron, how to prepare a fire, and other subtle details that
must be mastered before a weld can be “pooped”.
BK583
How to Make a Blacksmith’s Bellows,
Heath
26 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Softcover)
A wonderful how-to book with the entire process of
making a bellows. Contains over 40 illustrations with
text to help guide you through the process. Heath
describes how to make a traditional two chambered
leather bellows that is about five feet in length. The bellows described
is one that was disassembled at the Agricultural Museum in Jackson,
Mississippi and rebuilt. Details how to set one up, how to balance it
and lever the lower bag. Exact dimensions are provided.
BK929
How to Teach Yourself Blacksmithing
with Clay, Meador
37 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Softcover)
Sometimes blacksmiths use clay to plan-out how to
make a tricky piece. It has similar properties to red hot
metal, but not the heat so if you make a mistake, you just
reform the clay and start again. 50 Illustrations.
BK68
Iron Menagerie, Guild of Metalsmiths
33 pages, 11 x 8-1/2 (Softcover)
This excellent project book details how to
make steer heads, a blue crane, a duck
head, a wolf head, a ram head, a buffalo
head, a bear head, a mouse head, an owl, a
horsehead, a horsehead on a horseshoe, an eagle, a rattlesnake
and a wizard head. It was written to fill a need for developing
blacksmithing skills. All projects in this book were hammered out
by Paul Hubler. Other contributors are Bob and Mary Fredell,
Marcia McEachron, Pete Stanaitis and Gary Crowther. Created in
memory of Dave Ferguson, who was in the tool and die business
for 25 years and loved to work with metal, especially Damascus.
David had a very strong desire to see the art of blacksmithing
continue and not be lost to future generations. He studied
blacksmithing with Paul Hubler at Paul’s smithy in Minnesota.
Illustrations and B/W photos.
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