Blacksmithing news

Local artisans craft mountain-made hardware

Asheville Citizen-Times - Jan 22, 2012
Matt Waldrop, left, and his apprentice, Jeremy Duke, make cabinet knobs at their blacksmithing shop in Zirconia. / John Fletcher/jfletcher@citizen-times.com Cabinet knobs made by Matt Waldrop and his apprentice, Jeremy Duke, at their blacksmithing shop ...

Time Travelers

Morning Star - Jan 23, 2012
The current blacksmithing display is being altered into a more hands-on, interactive area. In addition, a model of a typical one-room schoolhouse is planned, and the museum hopes to add a veterans' memorial as well. Along with a room dedicated to local ...

Livingston wheelwright brings wagons back to life

Billings Gazette - Jan 15, 2012
A 50-pound power hammer helps save Blueher's arm when doing heavy-duty blacksmithing by repeatedly slamming a heavy chunk of metal down on whatever he's shaping. The hammer runs on electricity now, but may have been powered by water years ago.

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Blacksmithing books

The Backyard Blacksmith: Traditional Techniques for the Modern Smith

by: Lorelei Sims
The Backyard Blacksmith takes the mystery out of blacksmithing, but not the magic...

There is an increasing interest and revival in the art of blacksmithing as a hobby and art, and both men and women are becoming at-home blacksmiths. Blacksmithing is a simple, rewarding craft anyone can enjoy in their backyard or home workshop -- even beginners can produce useful and beautiful projects on their first try.

The Backyard Blacksmith shows you how blacksmithing can be easy to learn, and a rewarding hobby, with some patience and a working knowledge of metals, basic tools, and techniques.
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Foxfire 5

by: Inc. Foxfire Fund, Eliot Wigginton
The fifth Foxfire volume includes rain-making, blacksmithing, bear hunting, flintlock rifles, and more.
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New Edge of the Anvil: A Resource Book for the Blacksmith

by: Jack Andrews
The tenet of this book is provide a tool for artists/blacksmiths and metalworkers. It tells how to work metal: heating it, cutting it, upsetting it, drawing it out, twisting it, forge welding it and shaping and assembling it. It tells about metallurgy and tool making, metal finishes and corrosion, sources of information and supplies, charts and guidelines for many tasks. It explains the process of design, how to use the computer in metal design, how to set up a business and how to manage it.
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Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, and Kilns

by: Michael Porter
"Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, & Kilns" is a do-it-yourselfers dream book, showing beginners how to make highly efficient gas burners inexpensively. These burners use simple gas accelerators as their central operating principle. All that is needed is a $2 MIG tip and some plumbing parts. This eliminates the need for a blower to supply combustion air, allowing the burners to be built in any size. Burners are featured, which are small enough to be used for a jewelry torch or large enough to heat any ceramic kiln.
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Blacksmith Techniques

Bell Pevey has been a blacksmith for years and enjoys the robust excitement of forging metals and creating unique art piece using his blacksmithing talent. In this video Bill goes through the process of creating a simple wall hook. Although the finished item may look simple by nature, Bill utilized several different techniques which are the foundations to blacksmithing to create a simple yet beautiful piece.

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