The Beginner''s Guide to Blacksmithing (eBook)

The Complete Guide to the Basic Tools and Techniques for the Beginning Metal Worker

Lorelei Sims (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
160 Seiten
New Shoe Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-7966-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Clear, photo-illustrated instruction for learning the practical and artisanal craft of blacksmithing Keen on making your own custom cutlery? Want to make your own fireplace tools or even your own garden art? TheBeginner's Guide to Blacksmithing, adapted from The Backyard Blacksmith, introduces you to everything you need to know, from the tools and basic techniques to a variety of different approaches to this old-school trade. Whether your interest is practical, like fixing broken rails or tools, or artistic, like sculpture and decorative art made from metals, you will find all the instruction you need to be successful in this essential reference. This easy-to-follow beginner's guide features: Clear instructions that make learning easyLike having a master blacksmith at your side, detailed, step-by-step, full-color exercises teach all the universal skills and techniques used to forge iron. Accessible content for absolute beginnersLearn to find and salvage the right kinds of steel, set up your shop, collect the essential tools, and work safely, then explore the properties and characteristics of hot metal and how to shape it successfully. Beautiful and functional projectsThe book includes beautiful and functional projects organized by level of difficulty, allowing you to progress at your own pace, and master the skills you learned in earlier chapters. Blacksmithing is a rewarding craft that you can enjoy in your backyard or home workshop, and this book makes learning the basic skills easy and fun. Set yourself up for success with this indispensable guide.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.6.2022
• Reihe/Serie: New Shoe Press
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Handwerk
• Schlagworte: alloy • antique iron restoration • Anvil • anvil stand • Artist • Art of • At home • backyard • BASIC • Basics • Bending • blacksmith • blacksmithing book • blacksmithing techniques book • camping tripod • candle holder • Cast • cast iron • chisel • Christmas • clear instructions • coal • Collars • Course • craft • craftsman • Cutler • decor • DIY • Door knocker • equipment • Everyday • farrier • Father's Day • Father's day gift • fire • fire tending • for beginners • For Dummies • Forge • forge welding • forging • from scratch • Furnace • gate latch • gate pull • General Repair • getting started • gifts for men • Guidelines • Hammers • Handheld • handle • Handmade • Heating • hinges • Historical • Hobby • Holiday • homemade • homesteading • homesteading skill • how to • Illustrated • images • Information • Instructions • Intermediate • Introduction • ironwork • Knifemaking • knifes • learn • letter opener • made easy • make you own • making your own tools • metal smith • Metalworking • mortise and tenons • nail header • Nails • ornamental • ornaments • Photos • Pictures • Plans • pot rack • power hammer • Practical • present for dad • Primer • Projects • Punch • rasp asp • Reference • Rivets • roll bar • Safety • scarfing • Scrolling • Selecting • Self-Sufficiency • setting up a smithy • shrinking • Simple • smithing • Snake • Stand • Starting out • steel • Step by Step • Supplies • Survival • swordsmith • Tapering • techniques • temperature color • TIPS • Tongs • Tools • Traditional • Tricks of the Trade • Tutorial • wall mount hook • welding • woodburning • Workshop • Wraps • wrought iron • Yard
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-7966-1 / 0760379661
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-7966-0 / 9780760379660