[TheForge] Book recommendations?

Wed Apr 30 16:10:32 2003

A. Weygers (sp?) "The complete modern blacksmith" does a nice job with
tempering.  It may also talk about junkyard steels - I don't remember
for sure.  The book is in paperback, three volumes in one, for only $20.
 A steal!

Go to your local used book store and find a voc. school text on
metalworking.  It should have a diagram of spark testing.  You can
probably get something basic, cheap.  That will provide a lot of
background info that you'll find useful.

While you're at the used book store, see what else you can pick up. 
Some Audels guides have blacksmiting in them, and there are other such
things kicking around.  Some will be quite basic, but useful.

Bruce
NJ

>>> [email protected] 04/30/03 02:07PM >>>

So my mom, bless her, has listened to me babble about smithing lately,
and
has said "You need some books?  Which ones?  Just let me know!"

So I'm looking for, say, 3 books that I can tell her to get...

One should be a good metallurgy / reference book - something that can
help
me identify types of steel.  I know someone has a sort of "Steel
you'll
find in a junkyard" reference.  That would be great.

Another should be basic technique.  Shapes / forms / working
techniques.
Nothing particularly fancy, but if I want to, say, make a set of tongs
(which I'll be doing pretty durned soon), a good reference on this
would
be great.  I mean, I can do basic drawing, shouldering, etc.  I have
piles
of hooks with lovely fini's etc, but I'll need to do more. :)

The third should be about tempering techniques.  Right now I know how
to
heat and shape iron, but not really how to temper it, or proper
quenching
techniques to keep somethign from being too brittle, or able to hold
an
edge if I'm doing blade work.

Any good pointers / recommendations would be great.  Mom's footing the
bill 8)

	-dbs

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