Blacksmithing and Welding

This text contains a comprehensive treatise on blacksmithing and welding. Complete with detailed illustrations, helpful tips, and a wealth of useful information for the smith and welder, this text constitutes an invaluable reference tool for anyone occupied in the aforementioned practices, and constitutes a worthy addition to collections of antiquarian metalworking literature.

Chapters Include

Blacksmithing, Forge, Anvil, Tools, Procedure of Forging, Heat Treating, Fires, Basic Shaping Operations, Calculation of Stock for Bent Shapes, Unit Forging Operations, Safety Precautions, Equipment, Acetylene, etcetera.

This text was originally published in 1941, and is proudly republished now complete with a new introduction on metalworking.