American Blacksmithing Toolsmiths' and Steelworkers' Manual - It Comprises Particulars and Details Regarding: the Anvil Tool Table Sledge Tongs ... Hardening a Plowshare and Babbiting

This vintage book contains a complete guide to blacksmithing and steel working with information on all aspects ranging from the correct use of tools and shop equipment to repairing cogs and making a gun. Highly accessible and profusely illustrated this timeless handbook will be of utility to novice metalworkers and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: The Smith There are Smiths and Smiths Intemperance Incompetency Religion A Modern Guild Taxation Will Never Raise the Standard of a Mechanic Literature The Shop The Anvil Coal Box Tool Tables The Hammer The Sledge How to Make a Hammer et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metal work.