New Edge of the Anvil: A Resource Book for the Blacksmith
by Jack Andrews
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Author: Jack AndrewsEdition: Paperback
Published: 1994-09
ISBN: 1879535092
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: SkipJack Press
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Book Review: A PRIME RESOURCE for any smithy wannabees
Summary: 5 Stars
Reading this book makes we want to get out into the shed , stoke up a fire and start pounding metal on the anvil.
It will enlighten you to this art and show you fundamentals of this process.
Excellent book that will open your eyes and let you appreciate the skills that are achieve by these craftspersons.
Summary of New Edge of the Anvil: A Resource Book for the Blacksmith
The tenet of this book is provide a tool for artists/blacksmiths and metalworkers. It tells how to work metal: heating it, cutting it, upsetting it, drawing it out, twisting it, forge welding it and shaping and assembling it. It tells about metallurgy and tool making, metal finishes and corrosion, sources of information and supplies, charts and guidelines for many tasks. It explains the process of design, how to use the computer in metal design, how to set up a business and how to manage it. Providing an inspiration for all blacksmiths are portfolios of the wrought iron work of Martin Rose and Samuel Yellin, two of America's premier metalworkers of the past. To further inspire and to show the new focus of blacksmithing in the metal arts, six contemporary metalworkers show a series of demonstration pieces of their iron work. This 256 page book is bound with an improved binding system (Otabind) that allows the pages to lay flat.Science Books
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