Project Gutenberg 2016-12-31 Public domain in the USA. 236 Ilgen, William L. (William Lewis) 1862 1942 Ilgen, William Lewis Moore, Charles Frederick 1875 1938 12024330 Forge work 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) "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 ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Forging TT Text Category: Engineering & Technology Category: How To ... 519251 2025-09-21T11:50:45.242792 text/html 467998 2024-10-23T01:35:15 text/html 7755517 2025-09-21T11:50:56.750794 application/epub+zip 7761391 2025-09-21T11:50:47.591772 application/epub+zip 192493 2025-09-21T11:50:46.452772 application/epub+zip 7909323 2025-09-21T11:51:01.940755 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7865549 2025-09-21T11:50:55.591716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319830 2022-09-24T13:53:54.147016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316168 2025-09-21T11:50:42.708853 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 296322 2024-10-23T01:35:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16295 2025-09-21T11:51:02.112696 application/rdf+xml 15629 2025-09-21T11:50:46.627765 image/jpeg 2872 2025-09-21T11:50:46.539762 image/jpeg 7110730 2025-09-21T11:50:45.705830 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog