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    Blacksmithing on the Farm - With Information on the Materials, Tools and Methods of the Blacksmith
    Blacksmithing on the Farm - With Information on the Materials, Tools and Methods of the Blacksmith
    Blacksmithing on the Farm - With Information on the Materials, Tools and Methods of the Blacksmith
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    Blacksmithing on the Farm - With Information on the Materials, Tools and Methods of the Blacksmith

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    This book contains a classic guide to farm blacksmithing. Blacksmithing is an invaluable skill for the farmer, allowing him or her to produce and maintain whatever tools and materials they might require in the day-to-day running of their farm. With simple, step-by-step instructions coupled with detailed descriptions and helpful diagrams, “Blacksmithing on the Farm” will be of considerable utility to modern farmers and blacksmiths. Contents include: “Iron Ore”, “Pig Iron”, “Wrought Iron”, “The Bessemer Process”, “Steel”, “Tempering Steel”, “Use of the Forge on the Farm”, “The Forge and Anvil”, “Blacksmith's Tools”, “Supplies for Forge Work”, “Use of Wrought Iron”, “The Fire”, “Bending Iron”, “Drawing Iron”, “Tools Needed for Upsetting and Punching”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on blacksmithing.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateNov 4, 2011
    ISBN9781447491255
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      Blacksmithing on the Farm - With Information on the Materials, Tools and Methods of the Blacksmith - Read Books Ltd.

      MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL

      159. Preliminary. There is quite as great need on the farm and in the house for a knowledge of metalwork and facilities to carry it on as for woodwork and cement work. The house-owner and home-maker is more independent if he can do the ordinary things about the home premises which demand the use of metalworking tools for the simpler constructions and repairs.

      Under the general head metalwork, we shall consider, under separate parts, the following special branches of metalwork: Forging, Sheet-metalwork, and Farm Machinery Repair and Adjustment.

      Under the sub-heads given above, the first will deal chiefly with steel, wrought iron or cast iron, while under the second, tin, zinc or lead, or sheet iron, will be the material handled.

      160. Iron Ore. The commercial varieties of iron are pig iron, wrought iron and steel. Iron is found in the ground in natural deposits as ore, which consists of metal imbedded in mineral and extraneous matter of no value. If the ore contains 50 per cent or more of metal, it is called rich. It cannot be worked commercially with profit if it contains less than 30 per cent of metal. The valuable ores are oxides, hydrates or carbonates of iron. Ores appearing as sulphides are poor, as it is difficult to remove the sulphur. However, weathering ore—allowing it to stand in the open—will change sulphides to sulphates, which are largely dissolved out by rain.

      One of the richest ores is magnetite, or black ore, which, when pure, contains 72.4 per cent iron and 27.6 per cent oxygen. Hematite, or red ore, when pure, contains 70 per cent iron and 30 per cent oxygen.

      161. Pig Iron is made by crushing ore to uniform size and heating it in a blast furnace until it can be drawn off at the bottom in a molten condition. The blast furnace is a long, vertical cylindrical shaft which is fed from the top with ore, fuel or flux. Air under pressure is introduced at the bottom for purposes of combustion. The metal when molten is drawn off at the bottom, usually twice during twenty-four hours, and run into sand molds or iron chilled molds to form pigs of cast iron. Cast iron has 4 or 5 per cent or impurities such as carbon, sulphur, phosphorus, manganese and silicon. The amount of carbon present determines whether the iron is gray or white. If the greater part of the carbon is free as graphite, the iron is known as gray. If the greater amount of carbon present is combined, the iron is known as white. White iron, or iron with low combined carbon, is soft.

      162. Wrought Iron is pure carbonless iron produced in a pasty condition. It is the converse of cast

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