[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-489399-105":59,"doc-detail-489399-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","the-modern-blacksmith-introduction","The Modern Blacksmith - Introduction","","The Modern Blacksmith presents the craft of blacksmithing as an enduring art with principles that have changed little across centuries, then moves into practical shop fundamentals and hands-on exercises. It introduces makeshift forges and essential equipment such as forge, fire, anvil, vise, hammers, tongs, steel selection, and quenching containers. The guide also covers mechanical steel-cutting tools, hammer and body motions, early forging drills, and techniques including upsetting, tempering, hardness testing, and right-angle bending with jigs.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":53,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/lifestyle/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-modern-blacksmith-introduction/489399/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/the-modern-blacksmith-introduction/489399.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Stanford","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-17","2026-10-01",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":24},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What core equipment does the book cover for starting blacksmithing work?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"It covers the forge and its fire, the water dipper, anvil, vise, hammers, tongs, and guidance on selecting steel, coal, and containers for quenching liquids.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How does the book teach forging hammering and body movement?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"It emphasizes practicing correct hammering, using different forging hammers, and includes focused guidance on using a sledgehammer.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What techniques are included for hardening and tempering high-carbon steel?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The book explains several tempering methods, a file-tip test for hardness and temperability, drawing temper color, and details quenching liquids and their effects on hot steel.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},489399,1791463579,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":52,"category_name":53,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":24,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145},2336477552062,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_994ba38a5ba835b3df7d355c54d3ed8d","The Modern Blacksmith  \nALEXANDERG.WEYGERS  \nThe Modern Blacksmith  \nThe Modern Blacksmith  \nALEXANDER G.WEYGERS  \nIllustrated by the author  \nOn the front cover  \nTOP PICTURE:  \n1 bowl-carving gouge  \n2,3,4,5 large-size woodcarving gouges  \n6 decorative wall hooks  \n10 forged blank for a large shallow wood gouge  \n11 hand-forged needle-nose pliers  \n12 extra-wide flat woodworker's chisel  \n13 wide-jawed plumber's wrench  \n7,8,9,14 medium-size woodcarving gouges  \n15 samples showing oxidation color spectrum on steel  \n16 garden tool  \n17 kitchen spatula  \n26,25,18 mild-steel hammers to be used with stonecarving tools  \n19 one-point stonecarver's tool  \n20,21 stonecarver's claws  \n22 stonecarver's bush tool  \n23 center punch  \n24 cold chisel  \n27 group of small engraver-style woodcarving gouges  \n28,29 rawhide hammers to be used with medium-sizewoodcarving gouges  \nBOTTOM PICTURE:  \n1 one-piece fireplace tong  \n2,10 fireplace pokers  \n3,8,9 various sizes of fireplace shovels  \n6 stove-lid lifter  \n7 short-handled adze  \n11,12,4,5 hammers converted from standard hammer heads toshape specific curves into specially made formingswages  \nVan Nostrand Reinhold Company Regional Offices:New York Cincinnati Chicago Millbrae Dallas  \nVan Nostrand Reinhold Company International Offices:LondonTorontoMelbourne  \nCopyright ◎1974 by Litton Educational Publishing,Inc.Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 73-14101  \nISBN 0-442-29362-3(cloth)  \nISBN 0-442-29363-1(paper)  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this work covered by the copyrighthereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means-graphic,electronic,or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,taping,or information storage and retrieval systems-without written permissionof the publisher.Manufactured in the United States of America.  \nllustrations by Alexander G.Weygers  \nPublished by Van Nostrand Reinhold CompanyA Division of Litton Educational Publishing,Inc.135 West 50th Street,New York,N.Y.10020  \n16151413121110987  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nWeygers,Alexander G.The modern blacksmith.  \n1.Blacksmithing.I.Title.TT220.W48     682'.473-14101ISBN 0-442-29362-3ISBN 0-442-29363-1(pbk.)  \n# INTRODUCTION 7TWO MAKESHIFT FORGES 8\n\n1.The Blacksmith Shop andits Equipment 10  \nThe Forge 10  \nThe Blacksmith's Fire 11The Water Dipper 12The Anvil 12  \nThe Blacksmith's Vise 13Hammers 14Tongs 14  \nSteel for the Blacksmith 15Blacksmiths'Coal 16  \nContainers for Quenching Liquids 16Auxiliary Tools 16Recommended Power Tools 17  \nTHE MECHANICAL STEEL-CUTTINGSAW 17 /THE ABRASIVE CUTOFFMACHINE 17 /CUTOFF DISCS 17 /THE LARGE MOTOR GRINDER 18 /THE COTTON BUFFER AND THE ROTARYSTEEL BRUSH 19/THE DOUBLE-ENDED ARBOR 19 /USING THE DRILLPRESS AS A WOOD LATHE 19  \n2.Hammer and Body Motionsin Forging 20  \nPracticing Correct Hammering 20Use of Forging Hammers 21Use of the Sledgehammer 24  \n3.First Blacksmithing Exercises 26  \nStraightening a Round Bar 26Squaring a Round Bar 27  \nTapering the End of a Squared Rod 28Shaping the End of a Square Rodinto a Round-Cross Section 28  \nontents  \n4.Upsetting Steel 29  \nUpsetting a Rod End ToForm a Bolt Head 29Use of the Upsetting BlockTo Form a Bar Tool 30Forging a Hexagon Bolt Head 31Correcting Upsetting Errors 32  \n5.Upsetting with the Aid of anUpsetting Matrix 33  \nMaking an Upsetting Matrix 33Upsetting Steel into Bolt Headswith an Upsetting Matrix 34  \nMaking a Carriage Bolt Heading Plateand Decorative Bolt Heads 35  \n6.How To Temper and HardenHigh-Carbon Steel 36  \nFirst Method of Tempering 36THE FILE-TIP TEST FOR HARDNESSAND TEMPERABILITY 36Second Method of Tempering 37Third Method of Tempering 38Drawing Temper Color 38Quenching Liquids 38  \nEFFECT OF QUENCHING LIQUIDSON HOT STEEL 38  \n7.Making a Right-Angle Bend 40  \nMaking a Jig To Forgea Right-Angle Bend 42A Right-Angle BendUsing Vise and Jig 43  \nMaking a Right-Angle Bend in aMild-Steel Angle Iron 44Making a Right-Angle Bend in aHigh-Carbon-Steel Angle Iron 44  \n8.Some Tools that ar","cbCaib8m6VwjJ1QU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib8m6VwjJ1QU","pdf",49526815,97,"English","# Introduction\n## Two Makeshift Forges\n## The Blacksmith Shop and its Equipment\n## Hammer and Body Motions in Forging\n## First Blacksmithing Exercises\n## Upsetting Steel\n## Upsetting with the Aid of an Upsetting Matrix\n## How To Temper and Harden High-Carbon Steel\n## Making a Right-Angle Bend\n## Some Tools that are Simple to Forge and Temper\n## Decorative Treatment: Rosettes and Wall hooks","[{\"question\":\"What core equipment does the book cover for starting blacksmithing work?\",\"answer\":\"It covers the forge and its fire, the water dipper, anvil, vise, hammers, tongs, and guidance on selecting steel, coal, and containers for quenching liquids.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book teach forging hammering and body movement?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes practicing correct hammering, using different forging hammers, and includes focused guidance on using a sledgehammer.\"},{\"question\":\"What techniques are included for hardening and tempering high-carbon steel?\",\"answer\":\"The book explains several tempering methods, a file-tip test for hardness and temperability, drawing temper color, and details quenching liquids and their effects on hot steel.\"}]","The Modern Blacksmith - Introduction | PDF",1790822721,149]