Contemporary blacksmithing for beginners / Joy Fire.

By:

Fire, Joy [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Atglen, PA : Schiffer Craft, [2026]Description: 160 pages : photographs ; 28 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780764369193
0764369199

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Summary: "Interested in blacksmithing but unsure how to start? Learn to think like a blacksmith! The projects in the book focus on making simple, effective, well-designed, and, above all, usable household items. Learn about: essential tools for your beginning blacksmith shop; 18 backsmith projects for your home- hooks, key rings, bottle openers, hand tools, and more; Important safety information covering the proper clothing and PPE for the job; and an ergonomic understanding of how to swing a hammer to shape metal effectively regardless of your size or strength. Expert blacksmith, welder, and teacher Joy Fire presents accessible projects for beginners of every type, enabling readers to confidently forge their own path no matter their background, size, or skill level." -- Back cover.Summary: A beginner's guide to blacksmithing, featuring accessible projects for making beautiful and practical items while learning to safely and mindfully practice your craft.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Non-Fiction	New Books	682 FIR	Available	pap ed.		36748002637678

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A beginner's guide to blacksmithing, featuring accessible projects for making beautiful and practical items while learning to safely and mindfully practice your craft.

Interested in blacksmithing but unsure how to start? In this comprehensive how-to book, you'll work through 18 simple step-by-step projects, choose design variations, and adapt the designs to suit your style. You, too, can learn to think like a blacksmith! The projects in the book focus on making simple, effective, well-designed, and, above all, usable household items.

In these pages, you'll learn about

* essential tools for your beginning blacksmith shop;
* 18 blacksmithing projects for your home--hooks, key rings, bottle openers, hand tools, and more;
* important safety information covering the proper clothing and PPE for the job; and
* an ergonomic understanding of how to swing a hammer to shape metal effectively regardless of your size or strength.

Expert blacksmith, welder, and teacher Joy Fire presents accessible projects for beginners of every type, enabling readers to confidently forge their own path no matter their background, size, or skill level.

"Tools and techniques plus 18 projects. Step-by-step instructions for forging a spoon, fire poker, door knocker, garden hook, and more." -- cover.

"Interested in blacksmithing but unsure how to start? Learn to think like a blacksmith! The projects in the book focus on making simple, effective, well-designed, and, above all, usable household items. Learn about: essential tools for your beginning blacksmith shop; 18 backsmith projects for your home- hooks, key rings, bottle openers, hand tools, and more; Important safety information covering the proper clothing and PPE for the job; and an ergonomic understanding of how to swing a hammer to shape metal effectively regardless of your size or strength. Expert blacksmith, welder, and teacher Joy Fire presents accessible projects for beginners of every type, enabling readers to confidently forge their own path no matter their background, size, or skill level." -- Back cover.

A beginner's guide to blacksmithing, featuring accessible projects for making beautiful and practical items while learning to safely and mindfully practice your craft.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Professional blacksmith Fire debuts with a comprehensive guide to shaping metal into a wide range of objects, from spoons and bottle openers to door knockers and wall hooks. Noting that blacksmithing has been a source of support and fulfillment in her life, Fire sets out to make the craft accessible to everyone. She begins by walking readers through the basic tools, such as the forge (a furnace for heating metals) and anvil (a heavy block used as a stable surface for hammering and shaping hot metal), and outlines safety practices, like the importance of wearing protective glasses and clothing made of natural fibers, as synthetic materials in contact with heat will melt to one's skin. She also guides readers through how to move their bodies when blacksmithing, including how to stand and swing a hammer. Step-by-step instructions are included for a range of projects, such as a simple S hook or the more complicated potted plant hanger. Photos clearly capture what pieces should look like at each stage, but Fire also encourages crafters to make projects their own, offering such sage reminders as "you must build up your innovative ability at the same time as your physical techniques." Readers will feel equipped and motivated to start putting irons in the fire. (Jan.)