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Lingua: inglese
Editore: Artisan Ideas, US, 2021
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The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing: A Blacksmith's Guide to Simple Lock Mechanisms (Revised and Expanded) is the definitive modern handbook on traditional locksmithing for blacksmiths, restorers, and historical craft enthusiasts.Completely rewritten and more than twice the size of the original 1999 edition, this 304-page hardcover features over 800 full-color photographs and drawings, making it one of the most detailed and visually engaging manuals ever published on the subject.The book is divided into two main sections. "Technical Information" functions as a blacksmithing reference in its own right, introducing the tools, techniques, and metalworking procedures necessary for creating lock components. Topics include forging, cold working, filing, chiseling, riveting, broaching, pattern creation, and other essential low-tech processes achievable with a basic hand-tool setup.The second section, The Locks: Patterns and Instructions, presents 14 fully dimensioned lock projects, each illustrated with clear step-by-step photographs and written guidance. The authors' practical, low-technology approach demonstrates how intricate and precise mechanisms can be built without modern machinery, relying instead on skill, patience, and a deep understanding of metal.Praised by blacksmithing guilds across North America and Europe, this award-winning manual has been described as "a goldmine of information" and "a must-have book for anyone interested in basic locks." It not only revives the nearly lost art of hand-forged lock making but also enriches the knowledge of any craftsman working in blacksmithing, furniture restoration, period hardware fabrication, or architectural conservation.With its clarity, breadth, and historical insight, The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing is both a technical guide and a celebration of craftsmanship, an essential volume for every forge and workshop library. …
Codice articolo LU-9781733325004
- Titolo
- The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing
- Autore
- Denis Frechette
- Editore
- Artisan Ideas, US
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2021
- Condizione
- New
- Rilegatura
- Hardback
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 10
- 173332500X
- ISBN 13
- 9781733325004
- Edizione
- Second Edition.
- Peso dell'articolo
- 1420 grammi
- Dimensioni
- 22.23 x 2.54 x 29.21 cm
Runner-Up for the best HOBBY and CRAFT BOOK 2023, IBPA Book Awards.
The New Spruce ForgeManual of Locksmithing: A Blacksmith’s Guide to Simple Lock Mechanisms is a totallyrevised and expanded version of the original work from 1999. This new hardcoveredition, at 304 pages and with more than 800 color photos and illustrations, ismore than double the size of the original manual.
This bookwill have great appeal to anyone who has blacksmithing as a hobby or as aprofession, to those who repair antique doors, furniture or who makeperiod style furniture, those involved in historical architectural restoration,and also to everyone who has any interest in antique keys, locks and theirmechanical mechanisms.
The book is dividedinto two distinct sections:
TechnicalInformation - This section is a reference manual in itself that coversthe specific tools and techniques needed to build all the parts for each lock,as well as providing the information needed to understand the assemblyinstructions outlined in the second section.
TheLocks: Patterns & Instructions - This section provides the plans anddetailed instructions for each of the 14 lock projects in this new edition. Theclear assembly instructions describe when and how to use the technicalinformation provided in section one.
Theauthors have maintained their original trademark style that relies on well-illustratedstep-by-step instructions that guide you through the whole lock-making process.They have also kept their low-tech approach that demonstrates how to go aboutcreating good work using only a handful of simple tools.
Makingblacksmith locks is an age-old skill the authors of this manual are helping topreserve by passing on their knowledge to this book’s readers. The NewSpruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing is also an excellent introductionto benchwork, which is a useful skill for any blacksmith to acquire. Thismanual will become a valuable, trusted and often referred to sourcebook in yourblacksmithing library.
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