Blacksmithing: A Guide to Practical Metalworking Tools, and Techniques - Rilegato

Johnson, Daniel

 
9781838863135: Blacksmithing: A Guide to Practical Metalworking Tools, and Techniques

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Blacksmithing provides a photographic introduction to blacksmith practices today, offering the novice and enthusiast an insight into this ancient trade.
 
Learn how blacksmiths heat the metal using a variety of methods, including electric induction and traditional coal-fired forges; see the huge range of items that a metalworker can produce, including wrenches, shovels, door plates, bicycle stands, and railings; see craftspeople practicing specialist metalworking techniques, such as upsetting, collaring, twisting, fullering, and swaging; and understand how blacksmiths respect the environment by using old iron ore and scrap iron. Illustrated with photographs that will inspire and delight, Blacksmithing is a dazzling pictorial celebration of a craft as old as civilization itself.

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Daniel Johnson is a blacksmith artist who takes on iron work commissions and teaches blacksmithing courses through his company, Forgeworks, based in south Norfolk, UK.

Daniel Johnson MA is an artist blacksmith who takes on iron work commissions and teaches blacksmithing courses through his company, Forgeworks, based in south Norfolk, UK.

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