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LoC No.: 12024330

Title: Forge Work

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Summary: "Forge Work" by William L. Ilgen is a manual on blacksmithing techniques written in the early 20th century. The book serves as an instructional guide aimed at students and instructors in forge work, detailing various tools, techniques, and exercises necessary for mastering the craft of metal forging. It offers comprehensive insights into the use of different tools and materials, along with the forging processes essential for creating metal objects. The opening of the manual introduces foundational concepts crucial for understanding forge work. It discusses the forge itself, describing its structure, components like the fire tools and fuels used, and various anvils and hammers employed in the craft. Additionally, this section lays out the importance of different tools, such as tongs and cutters, and begins detailing the types of manual training needed for effective forge operations. It aims to equip readers with the necessary knowledge to grasp the basic principles of blacksmithing, thus setting the stage for more advanced topics later in the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Author: Ilgen, William L. (William Lewis), 1862-

Editor: Moore, Charles Frederick, 1875-

EBook No.: 53854

Published: Dec 31, 2016

Downloads: 148

Language: English

Subject: Forging

LoCC: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

LoC No.: 12024330

Title: Forge Work

Credits: Produced by deaurider, Brian Wilcox and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)

Summary: "Forge Work" by William L. Ilgen is a manual on blacksmithing techniques written in the early 20th century. The book serves as an instructional guide aimed at students and instructors in forge work, detailing various tools, techniques, and exercises necessary for mastering the craft of metal forging. It offers comprehensive insights into the use of different tools and materials, along with the forging processes essential for creating metal objects. The opening of the manual introduces foundational concepts crucial for understanding forge work. It discusses the forge itself, describing its structure, components like the fire tools and fuels used, and various anvils and hammers employed in the craft. Additionally, this section lays out the importance of different tools, such as tongs and cutters, and begins detailing the types of manual training needed for effective forge operations. It aims to equip readers with the necessary knowledge to grasp the basic principles of blacksmithing, thus setting the stage for more advanced topics later in the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Author: Ilgen, William L. (William Lewis), 1862-

Editor: Moore, Charles Frederick, 1875-

EBook No.: 53854

Published: Dec 31, 2016

Downloads: 148

Language: English

Subject: Forging

LoCC: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.