Blacksmith Manual Vol 2 tools howto reference

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Blacksmith Manual vol. 2
A collection of articles contributed by skilled 19th century blacksmiths. This volume (vol. 2) is about blacksmithing tools and how to make them!

(vol. 1 and vol. 3 are also available for sale in another ebay listings in our ebay store under "blacksmithing ebooks" section.)

This 260+ page ebook is packed with illustrations with essential topics on blacksmithing tools!

 You can read the detailed content pages further down this page.

Sample images from this CD  

Contents

Chapter I Iron and Steel
Chapter II Bolt and Rivet Clippers
Chapter III Chisels
Chapter IV Drills and Drilling
Chapter V Fullering and Swaging
Chapter VI Miscellaneous Tools
Chapter VII Miscellaneous Tools- Continued
Chapter VIII Blacksmith's Shears
Chapter IX Emery Wheels and Grindstones

Chapter I treats of iron and steel, their antiquity and great usefulness, the strength of wrought iron and steel, the rotting and crystallization of iron, heating steel, testing iron and steel, with illustrations;
treatment and working of steel; hardening steel, with illustrations; how to select good steel; restoring burnt steel; cold hammering iron.

Chapter II treats of bolt and rivet clippers, giving several ways of making these tools, accompanied by numerous illustrations.

Chapter III treats of chisels and chisel shaped tools, and is elaborately illustrated. Tells how to make all kinds of chisels, including clipping and cold chisels.

Chapter IV treats of drills and drilling, tells how to make several styles of drill presses, each plan being accompanied by one or more illustrations. It also tells how to make the temper stone drills, and gives many hints about drills in general.
There is an article on drifts and drifting.

Chapter V treats of fullering and swaging, giving the principles of fullering. This has numerous illustrations.

Chapter VI treats of miscellaneous tools, and gives the principles on which edged tools operate, and hints on the care of tools, tongs for bolt making, home-made fan, how to make a pair of pinchers, handy tool for holding nuts, and handy tool for countersunk bolts, how to make clinching tongs, tongs for holding ship lays, accompanied by illustrations.

Chapter VII is a continuation of miscellaneous tools. It tells about the shapes, with illustrations, of lathe tools, useful attachment to screw stock dies, wear of screw threading tools, tool for wagon clips, false vise jaws for holding bolts in a vise, tool for making singletree clips, tool for making dash heels, mending augers and other tools, attachment to a monkey wrench, handy tool for finishing seat rails, tool for putting yokes on clips, how to make a candle holder, making a bolt trimmer, making a spike bar, how to make a Tony square and easy bolt clipper, tool for pulling on felloes, a handy clincher, a bolt holder, making a cant hook,
making screw boxes for cutting out wooden screws, mending a square, crane, an improved swage block, repairing augers, clamp for holding countersunk bolt heads, clamp for framework, tool for holding bolts, hints about calipers, vise attachment, a bolt set, a home-made lathe.
The descriptions of the way to make all these different tools are accompanied by illustrations.


 

User friendly PDF file format, the CD is Microsoft Windows  MAC compatible.

In CD ROM format, you can easily enlarge the contents of the pages on your computer screen to see more details and with better clarity.

you can also print out select pages of text and pictures as needed for your particular project you are working on.

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