Metal Work category: 204 books
by Richard Hammerfell
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
“Gunsmithing for Professionals” takes the art of weapon crafting to a whole new level. Follow this incredible step-by-step guide for smoothing, timing, tuning, tampering with metal, rebarreling, adding sights, making replacement parts, and much much more. Turn your old junk pistol into an incredible...
Workshop Mastery with Jimmy DiResta
A Guide to Working With Metal, Wood, Plastic, and Leather
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Jimmy DiResta has made a name for himself with his inventiveness and workshop skills, creating dozens of projects for YouTube videos and television shows such as Hammered and Against the Grain on the DIY network. In Make: Workshop Mastery With Jimmy DiResta, Jimmy and co-author John Baichtal teach...
by Dean Blanford
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Shielded Metal Arc welding is the process of joining two metal pieces using a flux covered electrode which is melted in an electric arc and becomes a fused part of the pieces being welded. This book will describe the use of flux-coated welding rods and a simple, transformer type cracker box welding...
by Sabrina Mcardle
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
MIG welding (Metal Inert Gas welding) was developed during World War II as a fast, portable process to create strong, durable joints. Today it is used in many shop and factory applications as well as by home hobbyists and welding enthusiasts. MIG welding uses a machine to feed a wire through a contact...
Welding Complete, 2nd Edition
Techniques, Project Plans & Instructions
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Welding is a satisfying skill that will yield many rewards, Welding Complete shows you everything you need to know to become a competent and safe welder.**
Welding is a fun and surprisingly affordable activity, with complete welding kits available at home-improvement stores for just a few...
The Home Blacksmith
Tools, Techniques, and 40 Practical Projects for the Blacksmith Hobbyist
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
As more and more people join the do-it-yourself revolution, they are breathing new life into many time-honored skills and crafts. Blacksmithing is among the trades that are enjoying a resurgence for both practical and artistic uses, yet there is not an abundance of readily accessible information available...
by Charles J. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
This beginner-friendly handbook contains all the information necessary to begin making your own jewellery. With clear instructions and simple, helpful illustrations, “How to Make Modern Jewellery” is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in hand-making personal adornments. Contents “Simple...
by Charles Lewton-Brain
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
More than 20 years ago, Canadian goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain invented a radical way to develop forms in metal sheet. In the ensuing decades, he has led hundreds of metalsmiths to explore and expand on his pioneering work. Now for the first time, the results of those efforts are compiled into a...
by Douglas T. Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This vintage book contains a complete guide to forging bolts, nuts, and rivets with bolt heading machines, continuous-motion bolt and rivet headers, and nut forging machines. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in the development of industrial metalworking techniques and would make for...
by Anon
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
This early works is a fascinating and comprehensive look at blacksmithing with much of the information still useful and practical today. It was originally published by the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas to meet the needs of craftsmen, technical schools and apprentices' training centres....
by J. Starkie Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
This vintage book contains part I of a complete survey of the artistic working of iron in Great Britain from the earliest times until 1922. Profusely illustrated and full of fascinating historical information, this volume is highly recommended for modern readers with an interest in the history and...
American Blacksmithing, Toolsmiths' and Steelworkers' Manual - Blacksmithing
It Comprises Particulars and Details Regarding the Anvil, Tool Table, Sledge, Tongs, Hammers, How to use Them, Correct Position at an Anvil, Welding, Tube Expanding, the Horse, Anatomy of the Foot, Horseshoes, Horseshoeing.
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
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...
by James Cran
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This vintage book contains a collection of blacksmithing articles that include information on designing and maintaining a workshop, making hooks and chains, welding, maintaining equipment, and much more. These timeless articles contain a wealth of useful information and helpful tips that would be...
Standard Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing and Wagon Making: Containing: Twelve Lessons in Elementary Blacksmithing Adapted to the Demand of Schools and Colleges of Mechanic Arts
Tables, Rules and Receipts Useful to Manufactures, Machinists, Engineers and Blacksmiths
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise on horseshoeing and the anatomy of the foot of the horse designed for equestrians, veterinarians, farriers and the amateur horseshoer. It contains twelve lessons in elementary blacksmithing together with tables, rules and receipts useful to manufactures,...