Home Craft Course - Pennsylvania German - Wrought Ironwork - Volume 10

By Robert H. Savage

Book Overview

This text contains a simple and concise course on wrought ironwork, including all the fundamental information a novice would need to know about wrought ironworking. It is profusely illustrated and offers helpful tips and hints of much value to the beginner, and makes for a worthy addition to collections of metalwork literature. The chapters of this book include: 'The Material', 'The Smithy - Or Blacksmiths Shop', 'Hand Tools', 'The Fire', 'How to Build a Forge Fire', 'Cutting a Bar', 'Splitting', 'Twisting Iron', 'Cutting Sheet-Iron', 'Drawing Out', 'Upsetting', 'Techniques of Hand Forging', 'All About Forge Welding', 'Finishing Wrought Ironwork', etcetera. We are proud to republish this vintage text, now complete with a new introduction on metal work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1446506916
• ISBN13: 9781446506912
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Bryant Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"