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Books on Smithing and Metalwork
NEW Iron Menagerie - Guild of Metalsmiths Ref: SMI-003

This book was written to fill a need for developing blacksmithing skills in creating decorative fantasy animals heads. All projects in this book were hammered out by Blacksmith Paul Hubler. This book not only thoroughly describes the tools needed to make each project, but it also gives step-by-step instructions with clear photographs (from the blacksmiths point of view) to follow along with each step.

34 pages. Spiral-bound. 


Price: £15.00
NEW Iron Menagerie - Guild of Metalsmiths

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Ernst SchwarZkopf, PLAIN & ORNAMENTAL FORGING Ref: CHT1101

New – valuable information on iron's general properties as well as basic forges, squirrel cages, anvils and tools. Includes practical exercises on both basic blacksmithing and forge welding, which includes gas welding advances that were in existence at the time, 1916.  


Price: £13.95
Ernst SchwarZkopf, PLAIN & ORNAMENTAL FORGING

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John Fuller, ART OF COPPERSMITHING Ref: CHT9139

Reprint of the 1893 standard work; a practical treatise on working sheet copper into all forms including the making of household copper goods and ornaments as well as industrial uses of all sorts. Processes and tools are fully illustrated. 


Price: £16.95
John Fuller, ART OF COPPERSMITHING

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Henry J. Kauffman, METALWORKING TRADES IN EARLY AMERICA Ref: CHT0046

Describes practices of the black-, gun-, lock-, tin-, and white-smiths, edge-tool makers, cutlers, wheelwrights and nailers, also raw materials and the foundry. 


Price: £14.95
Henry J. Kauffman, METALWORKING TRADES IN EARLY AMERICA

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M. T. Richardson, PRACTICAL BLACKSMITHING Part I Ref: CHT0013

This is a reprint of the late 1800s four-volume work and is reproduced in two volumes: Parts I and II. Part I combines Vols I and II with an account of the tools and equipment of the blacksmith with illustrations, plans and diagrams of basic techniques and descriptions of the chief processes and the iron and steel used in the trade. 


Price: £18.95
M. T. Richardson, PRACTICAL BLACKSMITHING Part I

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M. T. Richardson, PRACTICAL BLACKSMITHING Part II Ref: CHT0014

Parts II combines Vols III and IV and covers welding, brazing, soldering, forging, cutting, bending, setting and tempering plus information on carriage work, tires, axles and springs as well as horseshoes. 


Price: £18.95
M. T. Richardson, PRACTICAL BLACKSMITHING Part II

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Donald Streeter, PROFESSIONAL SMITHING Ref: CHT0016

Written by a practical smith with 50 years' experience, this places particular emphasis on crafting quality tools, kitchen utensils, fire irons, locks, keys, decorative ironwork, springs and other door furniture. 


Price: £16.50
Donald Streeter, PROFESSIONAL SMITHING

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H. K. Vosburgh, TINSMITHS HELPER AND PATTERN BOOK Ref: CHT9111

Reprint of the 1910 revised edition containing diagrams and patterns covering a wide variety of products and layouts. The appendix gives tables, rules and recipes of interest to the practising tinsmith. 


Price: £8.95
H. K. Vosburgh, TINSMITHS HELPER AND PATTERN BOOK

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Aldren A. Watson, THE BLACKSMITH, Ironworker & Farrier Ref: CHT9011

A basic treatment of the history and craft of the blacksmith describing the tools and techniques used and showing the different roles of the smith as farrier, hardware maker and village handyman. Methods of fullering, upsetting and welding wrought iron are fully explained as is the construction of a wealth of iron fittings such as varied as latches and chains. Chapters include: Wrought Iron, its Properties and Manufacture; The Blacksmith's Shop; Working at the Forge; Hardware and Harness; Shoeing a Horse (and an Ox); Wagons and Carts; Building a Forge and Bellows; an Appendix and Bibliography. 


Price: £11.50
Aldren A. Watson, THE BLACKSMITH, Ironworker & Farrier

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Randy McDaniel, A BLACKSMITHING PRIMER Ref: SMI-001
A Course In Basic And Intermediate Blacksmithing

Virtually every task beginning and intermediate blacksmiths must master is presented in this excellent book. Over 400 detailed drawings help increase comprehension levels. This is a reference manual that will be found lying open on the workbench more often than found on the bookshelf and is highly recommended to anyone swinging a hammer to shape hot metal. This is an excellent introduction to this glorious craft and an excellent resource for advancing your knowledge, skills, and vision for blacksmithing. 


Price: £28.95
Randy McDaniel, A BLACKSMITHING PRIMER

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Ken Kilby, COPPERS & COOPERING Ref: SMI-002

A Shire book, that seeks to preserve the memory of the coopers skills, tracing the history of the craft and describing and illustrating how a barrel was made.  


Price: £5.99
Ken Kilby, COPPERS & COOPERING

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