List of Illustrations
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Frontispiece—Hand-Wrought Andirons ..... 4
Fig. 1. Grille .............. 20
Fig. 2. Curve Combinations ......... 21
Fig. 3. Laying Out a Design ......... 22
P'ig. 4. Various Forms of Tongs ........ 29
Fig. 5. Method of Forging Tongs ....... 31
Fig. 6. Jaw with Fuller Mark ........ 32
Fig. 7. Making a Rivet for the Tongs ...... 33
Fig. 8. Binding the Tongs with a Ring ...... 33
Fig. 9. Anvil Tools, I ........... 36
Fig. 10. Anvil Tools. II ......... 37
Fig. 11. The Wrong Way to Draw a Piece of Iron . 39
Fig. 12. The Right Way .......... 39
Fig. 13. One Method of Upsetting ...... 41
Fig. 14. Another Method of Upsetting ..... 42
Fig. 15. Upsetting by Ramming ....... 43
Fig. 16. Punching ............ 44
Fig. 17. Completing the Punch Hole ...... 44
Fig. 18. Punch Block ........... 45
Fig. 19. Working a Square Corner ...... 46
Fig. 20. Solid Forgings .......... 48
Fig. 21. Traveler, or Tire-Measuring Wheel ... 49
Fig. 22. Scarfing ............ 53
Fig. 23. Hammering the Steps ........ 54
Fig. 24. Drawing to a Point ......... 54
Fig. 25. Laying Heated Ends Together ..... 54
Fig. 26. Splitting the End ......... 55
Fig. 27. Forming Scarfs to Fit Bar ...... 56
Fig. 28. Welding ............ 58
Fig. 29. Scarfs around Small Bars ...... 59
Fig. 30. The Welded Joint ......... 60
Fig. 31. Scarfing ............ 61
Fig. 32. The Scarfs Lapped ......... 61
Fig. 33. Scarfs on Corners ......... 62
Fig. 34. Lapping Corner Scarfs ....... 63
Fig. 35. Stock for a Jump Weld ....... 64
Fig. 36. Making a Jump Weld ........ 65
Fig. 37. Stock Prepared for a T Jump Weld ... 66
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Hand Forging by Thomas F. Googerty