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    Metalwork for Craftsmen
    Metalwork for Craftsmen
    Metalwork for Craftsmen
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    Metalwork for Craftsmen

    By Emil F. Kronquist

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    This book, by a master craftsman who has devoted much of his life to teaching, is an exceptionally useful handbook in the techniques of sheet metalcraft. Presenting easy-to-follow and complete instructions on pages opposite to carefully executed drawings and diagrams, he makes it possible for anyone to learn the basics of this art form and to fashion objects which are at once beautiful and useful, and which display the individual expressiveness of the maker.
    Beginning with fundamentals, the author lists and pictures all of the necessary tools and carefully explains basic techniques for cutting stock, annealing and heating, pickling, shallow hollowing, raising, planishing, bending and shaping, leveling, soldering and welding, making molds, pattern making, and all of the steps and processes in the fine art of chasing. There follows a series of specific projects for making candlesticks, coasters, fluted platters and bowls, beakers, pitchers, serving trays, lamps, and a host of other articles in a wide variety of designs. A selection of thumbnail sketches for further exploration is included, and complete instructions are given for finishing and oxidation.
    The compact and graphic method of presentation makes this an extremely handy book, and the projects contained in it will engage the accomplished craftsman as well as the amateur. The approach is consistently from the craftworker's point of view, and the description of workshop methods are clear and direct and result from the author's lifelong experience in actual work and in instruction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateJun 11, 2012
    ISBN9780486156101
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      Metalwork for Craftsmen - Emil F. Kronquist

      DOVER CRAFT BOOKS

      EASY-TO-MAKE ARTS AND CRAFTS LAMPS AND SHADES, John D. Adams. (0-486-44355-8)

      BRAIDING AND KNOTTING, Constantine A. Belash. (0-486-23059-7)

      BEMROSE ON TRADITIONAL WOODWORKING: CARVING, FRETWORK, BUHI. WORK AND MARQUETRY, William Bemrose. With an Introduction by Frederick Wilbur. (0-486-47179-9)

      BIG BOOK OF INDIAN BEADWORK DESIGNS, Kay Doherty Bennett. (0-486-40283-5)

      BUILD YOUR OWN BOAT, Percy W. Blandford. (0-486-45289-1)

      BLADKSMITHING PROJECTS, Percy W. Blandford. (0-486-45276-X)

      PRACTICAI KNOTS AND ROPEWORK, Percy W. Blandford. (0-486-45278-6)

      A WEAVER’S GARDEN: GROWING PLANTS FOR NATURAL DYES AND FIBERS, Rita Buchanan. (0-486-40712-8)

      EGG DECORATION. Susan Byrd. (0-486-26804-7)

      GLASS ETCHING: 46 FULL-SIZE PATTERNS WITH COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS, Robert A. Capp and Robert G. Bush. (0-486-24578-0)

      CRAFT OF THE DYER: COLOUR FROM PLANTS AND LICHENS, Karen Leigh Casselman. (0-486-27606-6)

      MAKING CHAIR SEATS FROM CANE, RUSH AND OTHER NATURAL MATERIALS, Ruth B. Comstock. (0-486-25693-6)

      THE COMPLETE BOOK OF STENCILCRAFT. JoAnne Day. (0-486-25372-4)

      SHELL CRAFT, Virginie Fowler Elbert. (0-486-27730-5)

      EASY PAPERCRAFT PROJECTS. Michael Grater. (0-486-27826-3)

      KITES FOR EVERYONE: HOW TO MAKE AND FLY THEM, Margaret Greger. (0-486-45295-6)

      TECHNIQUES FOR MARBLEIZING PAPER, Gabriele Grünebaum. (0-486-27156-0)

      How TO MARBLEIZE PAPER: STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR 12 TRADITIONAL PATTERNS. Gabriele Grünebaum. (0-486-24651-5)

      THE JEWELRY REPAIR MANUAL, R. Allen Hardy. (0-486-29161-8)

      25 KITES THAT FLY, Leslie Hunt. (0-486-22550-X)

      INDIAN BASKETRY, George W. James. (0-486-21712-4)

      CREATIVE BOOKBINDING, Pauline Johnson. (0-486-26307-X)

      LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTING, Francis J. Kafka. (0-486-20308-5)

      BATIK, TIE DYEING, STENCILING, SILK SCREEN, BLOCK PRINTING: THE HAND DECORATION OF FABRICS, Francis J. Kafka. (0-486-21401-X)

      MAKE YOUR OWN DECORATIVE BOXES WITH EASY-TO-USE PATTERNS, Karen Kjaeldgard-Larsen. (0-486-27814-X)

      THE WHOLE CRAFT OF SPINNING: FROM THE RAW MATERIAL TO THE FINISHED YARN, Carol Kroll. (0-486-23968-3)

      2000 CLASSIC DESIGNS FOR JEWELRY: RINGS, EARRINGS, NECKLACES, PENDANTS AND MORE, Richard Lebram. (0-486-46307-9)

      EASY-TO-DO BEADWORK: JEWELRY, FLOWERS AND OTHER PROJECTS, Joseph Leeming. (0-486-44608-5)

      BASIC BOOKBINDING A. W. Lewis. (0-486-20169-4)

      CLOISONNE ENAMELING AND JEWELRY MAKING, Felicia Liban and Louise Mitchell. (0-486-25971-4)

      BOOMERANGS: How TO MAKE AND THROW THEM, Bernard S. Mason. (0-486-23028-7)

      JEWELRY MAKING: TECHNIQUES FOR METAL, Tim McCreight. (0-486-44043-5)

      MAKING BEAD JEWELRY AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES, Virginia Nathanson. (0-486-44286-1)

      NEW PATTERNS FOR BEAD FLOWERS AND DECORATIONS, Virginia Nathanson. (0-486-43297-1)

      BOUQUETS FROM BEADS, Virginia Osterland. (0-486-43545-8)

      JEWELRY MAKING FOR BEGINNERS: 32 PROJECTS WITH METALS, Greta Pack. (0-486-46041-X)

      How To MAKE MISSION STYLE LAMPS AND SHADES, Popular Mechanics Co. (0-486-24244-7)

      1001 SCROLLS, ORNAMENTS AND BORDERS: READY-TO-USE ILLUSTRATIONS FOR DECOUPAGE AND OTHER CRAFTS, Edited by Eleanor Hasbrouck Rawlings. (0-486-23795-8)

      EASY-TO-MAKE DECORATIVE PAPER SNOWFLAKES, Brenda Lee Reed. (0-486-25408-9)

      OLD-FASHIONED RIBBON ART: IDEAS AND DESIGNS FOR ACCESSORIES AND DECORATIONS, Ribbon Art Publishing Company. (0-486-25174-8)

      JEWELRY MAKING AND DESIGN, Augustus F. Rose and Antonio Cirino. (0-486-21750-7)

      HAND PUPPETS: How TO MAKE AND USE THEM, Laura Ross. (0-486-26161-1)

      PRACTICAL AND ORNAMENTAL KNOTS, George Russell Shaw. (0-486-46020-7)

      CLASSIC WROUGHT IRONWORK PATTERNS AND DESIGNS, Tunstall Small and Christopher Woodbridge. (0-486-44364-7)

      EASY-TO-MAKE STORYBOOK Dolls: A NOVEL. APPROACH TO CLOTH DOLLMAKING, Sherralyn St. Clair. (0-486-47360-0)

      AUTHENTIC AMERICAN INDIAN BEADWORK AND How TO Do IT: WITH 50 CHARTS FOR BEAD WEAVING AND 21 FULL-SIZE PATTERNS FOR APPLIQUF, Pamela Stanley-Millner. (0-486-24739-2)

      NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN BEADWORK PATTERNS, Pamela Stanley-Millner. (0-486-28835-8)

      THE JOY OF HANDWEAVING, Osma Gallinger Tod. (0-486-23458-4)

      KNOTS, SPLICES AND ROPE-WORK: AN ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK, A. Hyatt Verrill. (0-486-44789-8)

      HAND BOOKBINDING: A MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION, Aldren A. Watson. (0-486-29157-X)

      Copyright © 1972 by Dover Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.

      This Dover edition, first published in 1972, is a republication of the work originally published by McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., in 1942 under the title Art Metalwork. The main text is complete and unabridged, but the brief and outdated lists of dealers and books of interest to craftworkers in metal have been omitted.

      Twenty-eight illustrations have been added to this edition.

      9780486156101

      Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 78-160856

      Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation

      22789816

      www.doverpublications.com

      PREFACE

      The constructive use of leisure time is a necessary balance for a life of work, and planning for leisure hours is fast becoming a fundamental factor in our educational practices. To contrive a quiet place in heart and mind, to widen a life until it spreads beyond all human fear and fever, that is to touch the sources of eternal peace.

      New interests are vital. Hobbies have multitudinous possibilities. The real satisfaction in life comes as one reaches out and acquires a discriminating appreciation for that which is fine, that which is real, and that which is beautiful. The ability to disinguish between a genuine etching and a reproduction, a beautiful hand-bound book and a cheap edition, a pure linen cloth and a substitute, a piece of hand-chased silver and a stamping, together with a taste for pleasingly applied colors — these are the things that bring lasting satisfaction to the intelligent adult.

      It has been said that higher recreation is a part of higher education. In planning for higher recreation, we should include the arts and crafts and the pursuit of cultural skills. For many years it has been my privilege to teach metalcraft to classes of men and women — young, middle-aged, and old. One of my greatest thrills as an instructor has come when I have been able to see a student’s project carried to a successful conclusion through his persistent efforts. No one can buy the peace and pride that come from a successful accomplishment. Nor can one purchase the glow that goes into the making of a hand-wrought gift for a cherished friend.

      In this age of specialization, we need to concentrate our avocational interests upon something that has enough intrinsic worth to make the hard work and the sacrifice worth the time and effort.

      The novice in art metal, as in other endeavors, is often impatient in his desire to produce his masterpiece and to reach perfection in too short a time and with too little effort. He forgets that nothing can be, nor ever has been, accomplished in the field of art without practice and determination. This is true, likewise, in the fields of industry and commerce.

      Age has nothing to do with one’s ability to master a craft. One often hears excuses for ineffectualness on the grounds that an old dog cannot be taught new tricks. In my own clasess of adult students, I have seen that theory exploded many times. My personal experience puts me in perfect agreement with Professor Edward Thorndike when he says that, With determination and application one can learn anything one wants to at any time of life.

      One of the basic psychological needs of the individual is that of success. In hobbies, as in life work, the sooner the individual learns to concentrate on the things he can influence, the sooner his efforts cease to be subjected to frustration. Inasmuch as the possibilities in designing are limited by the extent of the craftsman’s knowledge of the medium in which he intends to work, this aggregation of projects has been compiled to help him.

      The approach is from the craftworker’s point of view with descriptions of simple workshop methods that the author has found to be practicable, both commercially and in teaching.

      Appreciating the fact that the average craftworker acquires a more comprehensive understanding through the graphic language, five hundred work sketches have been used to describe the procedures. The reading matter has been reduced to the minimum and includes only such information as is pertinent to the immediate work at hand.

      EMIL F. KRONQUIST.

      Table of Contents

      DOVER CRAFT BOOKS

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      PREFACE

      INTRODUCTION

      Dedication

      LABOR — REWARD

      TOOLS AND METALWORKING PROCESSES

      PROJECTS WITH PROCESSES

      SKETCHES OF PROJECTS

      FINISHES ON METALS

      GLOSSARY

      INDEX

      A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST

      INTRODUCTION

      This book goes out from the hand and heart of a master craftsman to his classroom comrades. He has served as mentor and guide to young people in all types of secondary institutions. His young friends have always worthily employed the tools and materials. Their skill and productive achievement have come to constitute what teachers call perfect integration.

      The Swedish artist who writes this book first lived it in our high schoots — both traditional and vocational. His happy years in Danish schools and shops were matured by years of cultural and vocational labor in England. Three decades of Milwaukee commercial craftsmanship and daily companionship with budding young craftsmen in our schools have naturally led to the clear, concise expositions found in these pages. No timorous young adventurer into the mysteries of beautiful old craftsmanship will here fail of his sure help.

      MILTON C. POTTER,

      Superintendent of Schools,

      Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

      To Dr. Robert Laurence Coo/ey

      the great schoolmaster — whose pioneering vision

      and dynamic spirit have done so much to open up

      the full vista of possibilities for genuine service to

      the youth of America, and whose foresight has

      been so largely responsible for the forward

      look in adult education.

      For his never-failing belief in those educational

      ideals which help to change people ethically and

      aesthetically; for his understanding and knowledge

      of their changing needs; and for his sympathetic

      interest in the crafts as an avocational outlet,

      this book is gratefully dedicated.

      (Modeled in low relief and finished in bronze by EMIL F. KRONQUIST,)

      LABOR — REWARD

      There is a perennial nobleness, and even sacredness, in work. Were he never so benighted, forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works; in idleness alone is there despair. — A man perfects himself by working, foul jungles are cleared away, fair seedfields rise instead, and stately cities. — Consider how, even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man

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