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Tips on setting up a home blacksmith shop.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Mar 1985 (v.69#3) pg. 23

The old ways of making nails. How to make handmade nails from square iron rods.
EARLY AMERICAN LIFE Oct 1977 (v.8#5) pg. 42

How to set up a blacksmith forge in your backyard. Includes infomation on how you can build your own forge from a barbecue grill bowl and pipe. Step-by-step instructions for making a sawtooth trammel.
EARLY AMERICAN LIFE Feb 1978 (v.9#1) pg. 42

How to forge a fireplace toaster.
EARLY AMERICAN LIFE Feb 1980 (v.11#1) pg. 48

Basic blacksmithing. What a woodworker needs to get started in forging his own tools. Includes plans for a homemade forge.
FINE WOODWORKING #9 Winter 1977 pg. 58

A blacksmith's bleak view of modern tools. How to make a canoe knife out of a chunk of old saw blade. This will teach you the techniques basic to hand-forging a range of woodworking tools.
FINE WOODWORKING #44 Jan-Feb 1984 pg. 51

A shop forge you can build. An old barbecue grill, a sheetmetal hood, some firebrick, and an electric blower are the components. Est. cost: $30.
POPULAR MECHANICS May 1976 (v.145#5) pg. 22

Basics of the lost art of blacksmithing. How to make a simple forge from pipe fittings, a brake drum and an electric blower. How to forge coat hooks, plant hooks and barbecue skewers.
POPULAR MECHANICS Jun 1978 (v.149#6) pg. 130

The shipsmith's art. Turning your hand to forge work. How to make your own "sheet wye" or "boom bale".
WOODENBOAT #50 Jan-Feb 1983 pg. 46

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