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    Blacksmithing: Blacksmithing For Beginners
    Blacksmithing: Blacksmithing For Beginners
    Blacksmithing: Blacksmithing For Beginners
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    Blacksmithing: Blacksmithing For Beginners

    By John Hammer

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    Start Your Journey Towards Becoming A Modern Age Blacksmith Today! This Skill that has made it through time and ages is now a scare one; Be one of the few to Master it and your works will be in demand!


    Blacksmithing is a craft that has a rich history. People throughout the ages used blacksmithing in order to create works of art and common household items to make life easier.


    Whether you needed a nail, a horse shod, or something else with metal or iron, the blacksmith was there to get the work done. However, as big companies came along and were able to do the work in bulk and in less time, the life of the blacksmith started to fade.


    Now it is harder than ever to find someone who is able to do the work of a blacksmith. The good news is that this guidebook will provide you with all the tips and tricks that you need.


    In this book, you’ll learn about the basics and essential techniques associated with the various objects that can be crafted by a blacksmith.


    You’ll learn about the materials that have been used since ancient times to create beautifully-crafted objects, and you’ll learn about modern-day materials that have proved themselves worthy of use by today’s blacksmith.


    Here Is A look at Some of the Chapters in this Book:-


    •The History of Blacksmithing


    •The Basic Steps to Start with Blacksmithing


    •The Basic Tools to do a Project


    •Blacksmithing Processes and Techniques


    •Learning the Basic Metals of Blacksmithing


    •Safety Precautions Everyone Should Take


    •Blacksmithing Project For A Beginner Blacksmith And Much more !


    More importantly, you will learn about becoming a blacksmith yourself. You will learn about the tools and essential techniques of the blacksmith’s work.


    You will learn about creating useful tools and agricultural implements, cooking utensils, decorative items, and even weapons. There is a real charm around objects given to someone when you made it yourself. That item becomes much more symbolic and special than if it was the most expensive thing bought in a store. That's because intention forged it. Practice and soon enough you will be able to bestow such gift to someone special. 


    Get your copy today! Right Now you could be cutting and eating that delicious fruit with your self-made Knife. Lots of useful items can be made with the right Blacksmithing techniques. Take the first step towards becoming a blacksmith by going up the page and buying this book today! Your friends will be amazed by what your hands can create, all you need is guidance and practice!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Kite Publishing
    Release dateJul 18, 2020

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      Blacksmithing - John Hammer

      Blacksmithing:

      Blacksmithing for Beginners

      By John Hammer

      Table of Contents

      Introduction 3

      Chapter 1: The History of Blacksmithing 5

      Chapter 2: The Basic Steps to Start with Blacksmithing 8

      Chapter 3: Blacksmithing 101 to Get You Started 11

      Chapter 4: The Basic Tools to do a Project 16

      Chapter 5: Learning the Basic Metals of Blacksmithing 21

      Chapter 6: Common Terms in Blacksmithing 24

      Chapter 7: Safety Precautions Everyone Should Take 26

      Chapter 8: Best Tips to Work on Your Projects Successfully 29

      Chapter 9: Six Best Projects to Complete as a Beginner 36

      Creating Your Own Tongs 36

      Tent peg 37

      Chapter 10: More Complicated Projects for the Beginner to Try 41

      Chapter 11: Advanced Projects for Beginners 45

      Conclusion 49

      Introduction

      Blacksmithing is a craft that has a rich history. People throughout the ages used blacksmithing in order to create works of art and common household items to make life easier. Whether you needed a nail, a horse shod, or something else with metal or iron, the blacksmith was there to get the work done.

      However, as big companies came along and were able to do the work in bulk and in less time, the life of the blacksmith started to fade. Now it is harder than ever to find someone who is able to do the work of a blacksmith. The good news is that this guidebook will provide you with all the tips and tricks that you need

      © Copyright 2018 – John Hammer All rights reserved.

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      Under no circumstances will any legal responsibility or blame be held against the publisher for any reparation, damages, or monetary loss due to the information herein, either directly or indirectly.

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      This book is copyright protected. This is only for personal use. You cannot amend, distribute, sell, use, quote or paraphrase any part or the content within this book without the consent of the author.

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      Please note the information contained within this document is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Every attempt has been made to provide accurate, up to date and reliable complete information. No warranties of any kind are expressed or implied. Readers acknowledge that the author is not engaging in the rendering of legal, financial, medical or professional advice. The content of this book has been derived from various sources. Please consult a licensed professional before attempting any techniques outlined in this book.

      By reading this document, the reader agrees that under no circumstances is the author responsible for any losses, direct or indirect, which are incurred as a result of the use of information contained within this document, including, but not limited to, —errors, omissions, or inaccuracies.

      Chapter 1: The History of Blacksmithing

      Before we get too into blacksmithing and some of the projects that you can do with blacksmithing, we are going to start with a little bit of the history that comes with this noble profession. The term Blacksmith comes from two words that were put together, black and smith. Generally, a smith is going to be someone who will work with metal. The Iron Age and blacksmithing came together at the same time.

      This Iron Age started when man was able to discover a faster way to melt the iron that was needed around the world. Although lead was more common naturally at the time, it was hard to find in large quantities. Iron, was distributed well in different parts of the world. The first sources of this iron are believed to come from meteorites and iron nodules in clay banks. Iron, as a material that is used in blacksmithing, has become so popular because of the construction of bloomeries and smelters.

      These bloomeries were built in areas that had a lot of charcoal, iron ores, and flux supplies. They were created to be like beehive furnaces that were built into rocks that are able to be heated over and over again without having any harm come to them. They also have a vent on the top and an opening on the side.

      From here, the iron deposits could be added in and melted, or smelted, in order to get the metal away from the rocks. This process made sense, but it took a ton of work. Not only must you come up with a large supply of charcoal in order to fuel your furnace, but you also needed to find ore that produced a ton of iron in it so that you didn’t have to do more work than necessary. The iron ore would then be put into the furnace and the charcoal that was placed inside would be set alight. And then as the charcoal worked to burn hotter, the iron would start to flow and form blooms. Once these blooms were showing up, they were then taken out, hammers, and shaped into what are called ingots.

      For many years, blacksmithing was a crude art. It took a long time before it turned into something more with the help of metallurgy. Blacksmiths experimented on iron in order to make a metal that was more durable. They also spent this time trying to come up with a process that would help to temper and harden the metal. They played with the carbon content of the iron to help it become more usable and they developed many of the tool steels that are commonly used today.

      As the industry of iron prospered, it made sense that blacksmithing would prosper as well. In fact, it became so popular that it spread to be found in different specialties as well. For example, in 1793, Eli Whitney used his knowledge of mass producing metal parts to help bring in the Industrial Revolution. He was able to use all of this to create and then patent the cotton gin, effectively simplifying the production of

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