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BK23
A Blacksmith’s & Hammerman’s
Emporium, Freund
228 pages, 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 (Hardcover)
Doug Freund presents a collection of rare trade
literature from 10 prominent manufacturers of
forging equipment: Buffalo Forge Company, 1887;
Central Machine Works Company, 1924; Kerrihard
Company, 1918; Nazel Engineering & Machine Works, 1914; L.
Philibert-Largeron, 1900; Potts $ Weber, 1891; Schuyler Mfg. Co.,
1925; Star Foundry Company, 1917 and United Hammer Company,
1917. This wonderful collection is full of valuable information for
those who want to study the best hammers that have been made in
history. Full of excellent pictures, drawings, charts or hammer data.
BK93
Anvils in America, Postman
550 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 (Hardcover)
A great reference and research book for people
wishing to know more about anvils around the
world. You will understand more about the anvil
then your own hot iron. It is an extensive and
impressive research piece covering how they
were made, who made them and where. There
are dozens of old anvil advertisements and hundreds of pictures of
anvils with explanatory text. Richard defines the 17 distinct parts
to an anvil. He discusses weights of anvils and how they were
marked. He also discusses how to date an anvil and the reasons
for so many anvil patterns and types. Discussion on material and
manufacturing process are well covered.
BK332
Building the Gas Forge and Foundry, Kern
154 pages, 5-3/8 x 8 (Softcover)
Enhance your shop and get the versatility you need in
your forging and casting operations! Includes easy to
follow step-by-step instructions to build your own gas
forge. Shows how to bring stock to a welding heat with
the jet engine flame holder design. The culmination
of many ideas and practical experience to make a gas forge
capable of full welding heat. A section of the book is on calculating
heat for any given forge. Includes references for heat energy and
gas output. You’ll enjoy building the forge or furnace and then realizing
you finally have full control offer the heat you need.
BK731
Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces
& Kilns, Porter
224 Pages, 8 X 10 (Softcover)
Explains how to make gas jet ejector burners for
a forge, a hand torch for metal arts and a crucible
funace for metals and more. It is a do-it-yourselfer’s
dream book, showing beginners how to make highly
efficient gas burners inexpensively. These burners use simple gas
accelerators as their central operating principle. Also described is a
blacksmith’s forge that can be carried anywhere and stored under a
workbench; a portable metal melting furnace; a portable farrier’s forge;
a portable glass furnace/glory hole; and a mobile hot-work station that
aids in combining several crafts. The burners and equipment provide
an inexpensive way to get started in blacksmithing, foundry work,
ceramics, or glasswork. General information and specific designs are
given, enabling the craftsperson to build equipment tailored to their
own desires. All the equipment is constructed from readily available
materials. It is full of instructions and illustrations and is appropriate
for beginners. 111 illustrations.
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”.
BK362
How To Make a Metal-Bending
Machine, Bob Mann
Workshop Equipment Manual No. 10n 1987.
20 pages, 7 x 10 (Softcover)
Using simple plans and photographs, this
booklet describes the construction and assembly
of this machine. Its main feature is the ability to
form wheel rims from cold flat mild steel. This
wheel can be used on farm carts and other
basic equipment.
BK350
How to Run 3-Phase Motors on
Single-Phase Power, Lindsay
20 pages, 4-1/2 x 7 (Softcover)
You can run 3-phase motors on single-phase power
using any of three methods. You can run a whole
shop full of 3-phase motors from a single, easy-tobuild
dynamic converter! No rewinding necessary.
Methods are good to a least 150 HP and 440 volts.
Low starting currents and excellent power factor is possible.
Complete with drawings, diagrams, and capacitor valves.
BK633
Little Giant Power hammer, Kern
300 pages, 7-1/8 x 10-1/4 (Softcover)
The rebuilding, history and use of The Little Giant
Power Hammer! Kern will guide you through the
entire restoration process of this popular hammer.
The result should be a restored hammer which
will operate properly, not one running on myth and
prayers. If you are about to buy a power hammer,
the investment in purchasing this book will be recouped many,
many times over. You will know what to look for and will have
some concept of what the restoration will involve. Contains over
200 tables, charts and illustrations.
BK630
Milling Machine Operations, Barritt
110 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Softcover)
Learn how to use a milling machine, the care of
arbors, mounting the work, feeds and speeds,
clearance angles and other essential topics.
Step-by-step instructions and drawings that will
teach you how to cut off a brass-packing piece
and a cold rolled steel plate. Learn to machine
a brass spacer, a cast iron bearing key, and several cast iron
brackets. You’ll learn how to cut a tang on a tool-steel spot facing
bar, mill a machine steel latch pin, steel stud and a variety of shafts.
Most of the lessons show set ups for the horizontal milling machine.
Several lessons are designed around using a vertical milling
machine. Regardless of the type of machine you have, the lessons
are applicable. You’ll learn how to approach the work so as to ensure
accuracy and avoid costly mistakes.
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