[TheForge] Re: engineering question

[Mike Linn]

Most of the old blacksmith tools I've seen use a top/bottom swage set that 
mimics the joint..

I've posted a couple of scans from "Werk und Werkzeug des Kunstschmieds" by 
Otto Schimirler  to the PhotoAccess site under the new heading of 
Processes. This is an EXCELLENT how to book, that shows detailed cross 
section drawings of various basic and advanced blacksmithing processes. 
Text is in German, English and French but even if it was in Yiddish the 
drawings are self explanatory.

If you can get a copy...  do so ... at almost any price

mike


At 04:18 PM 10/3/2004, you wrote:
>Folks:  Don't you just hate it when this happens!  When one corner goes 
>thin its tough to fix.  This thinness is more an issue than the shape, as 
>pointed out.  I try to use a ratio of one at least half of the original 
>thickness, per side.  One half through one half leaves little room for 
>error and usually requires first a small punch then a finish-size drift, 
>with the assembly blocked with the drift in place, at a low red heat, 
>sometimes with a set hammer used gingerly.  I'd like to know what you 
>folks are doing, because my method is VERY labor intensive  Grant


            Mike Linn
      Artist Blacksmith
          McCalla, AL
        AFC Webmaster
http://afc.abana-chapter.com


"Don't worry Chief, I can stand the torture if they can stand the screaming."
                                              - Maxwell Smart, Secret Agent 86


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