The Everyday Blacksmith: Learn to forge 55 simple projects you'll use every day, with multiple variations for styles and finishes by Nicholas Wicks
The Everyday Blacksmith: Learn to forge 55 simple projects you'll use every day, with multiple variations for styles and finishes by Nicholas Wicks
The Everyday Blacksmith is your essential reference for learning how to make items you’ll use everyday: tools, hardware, utensils, decorative objects, and more. Get great techniques and tips for hand forging, and discover projects contributed by leading blacksmiths from around the world, each featuring plenty of opportunity for variation. Modern smiths can use the first section of The Everyday Blacksmith as a reference for shop basics: safety tips, equipment, and techniques like spreading, using a chisel, twisting, and finishing pieces. These basics are incorporated through a series of distinctive projects that include a bookmark, spoon, and leaf fob. The second section of the book features a diverse array of essential step-by-step blacksmith projects, which are arranged by category and difficulty. Projects include accessible techniques, functional designs, and diverse styles. Among the techniques and projects you’ll discover are: How to heat treat high-carbon steels Read more
From the Publisher Chapter 1: Setting Up Shop Chapter 2: Finishing Pieces Chapter 3: 10 Projects to Start Today Candle Lanterns By Gunvor Anhøj, Calnan & Anhøj, Wicklow, Ireland Scottish Thistle Fire Brazier By Jim Whitson, The Blazing Blacksmith Peebles, Scotland, UK Celtic Brooch By Gunvor Anhøj, Calnan & Anhøj Wicklow, Ireland