Agricultural engineering in development

FAO AGRICULTURAL SERVICES BULLETIN 88/1

Basic blacksmithing: a training manual

by
J. B.Stokes

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 1992

Reprinted 1999

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ISBN 92-5-102738-2

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Acknowledgements

My thanks go to Mr A.C. Davies for permission to use extracts from his books Science and practice of welding and Welding science and technology, to Mr Lickson Msika and Mr Philemon Sifolongwani for being apt and willing pupils and helping to prove the training methods used and to Mrs Jill Eaton for patiently correcting and typing the manuscripts.

Preface

EQUIPPING A FORGE

BLACKSMITHING TOOLS

THE BLACKSMITH'S FIRE

BLACKSMITHING OPERATIONS

PRACTICAL WORK

USEFUL METALS IN THE SMALL WORKSHOP

PRACTICE JOBS

1. FORGING A FLAT OR CHISEL POINT

2. COLD CHISEL AND CENTRE PUNCH

3. FORGING A STAPLE FOR USE IN WOOD

4. FORGING AN S-LINK FOR USE AS A TEMPORARY REPAIR IN CHAIN