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If you want to learn wire weaving without paying $60 for a single weaving class, then keep reading...Do you want to learn how to make wire woven jewelry, but don't know where to start?
Do you want to learn at home, without having to pay $60 for attending a single wire weaving class?
Do you want to start without having to break your bank with expensive tools and materials?
As a beginner, I, the author, also faced such problems.
That is why I came...
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Your complete guide to the uses of a lathe for all forms of screwcutting!
• Comprehensive manual explaining all the uses of a lathe for every form of screwcutting in various thread forms, pitches, and diameters
• Includes calculations, gear trains, conversions, and other helpful reference tables
• Both imperial and metric standards are provided
• Author Martin Cleeve was a well-respected contributor to Model Engineer magazine for more than...
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If you want to make your first knife without breaking the bank with expensive machinery, then keep reading...Are you a beginner bladesmith looking to make his first knife?
Are you looking for an inexpensive way to get started?
Are you worried that you will need a lot of tools to get started?
Are you afraid of mistakes you might make with your first project?
Have you ever felt like making a knife, and realized that reliable sources of information...
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Chainmail Bottle Carriers is a starter guide to making useful, attractive and fun projects with metal and other materials. It is meant to help beginners to learn techniques and develop skills while providing options to go on beyond the projects presented to create new and unique designs. The book goes beyond simple sets of instructions to help the reader understand why and how to do things as well as what to do. It is intended both as a starting point...
6) Bladesmithing From Scrap Metal: How to Make Knives With Leaf Springs, Saw Blades, Railroad Spikes
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If you want to make knives, without spending top dollar on store-bought steel bars, then read on...
If you want to make knives, without spending top dollar on store-bought steel bars, then read on...If you want to make knives, without spending top dollar on store-bought steel bars, then read on...Have you come across a piece of scrap steel that is perfect for forging into a knife?
Do you want to practice bladesmithing techniques, without having...
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Revised and newly updated, Making Metal Clockworks is an introduction to horology for the complete beginner. Explaining the terminology and general forms of clock construction, you'll learn about the necessary tools, materials, and methods and understand everything from and the layout of wheels and escapements to the making of wheels, pinions, pendulums, and so much more. With insightful details of how to make specialized items and advice on the most...
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Powerful kumihimo techniques to make inexpensive wire jewelryDo you want to start kumihimo, but don't want to spend money on expensive metals?Are you a kumihimo braider, that is looking to challenge herself with wire projects?Are you afraid that doing kumihimo with wire might be difficult?Are you tired of making the same type of wire jewelry, over and over again?I, the author, also faced the same problems as you.I was scared of two things.One, I will...
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Artistic Metal Work Made Simple Fabulous works of metal art don't require expensive materials, dangerous tools, or special safety gear. Ordinary copper tubing and rolls of sheet copper are available at any hardware store or home center, and can be used for an infinite number of clever and creative craft items. Crafting with Copper gives readers complete plans and directions for 27 easy-to-build projects they'll be proud to display in home and garden,...
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Powerful techniques for beginners in bladesmithing Have you ever felt like making a knife, and realized that reliable sources of information on bladesmithing were scarce and expensive? I, Wes Sander will share the secrets of creating knives that are easy to make yet strong and sharp.
If you are already a master bladesmith and know how to forge knives, then you can safely ignore this book.
But if you are someone that is a beginner, who wants to learn...
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This book has evolved over the years into a complete guide to the metalcasting of sculpture. Potratz (Ironwain) has taken his years of knowledge gained practicing and teaching his craft and is now sharing it all in this easy-to-use book. Contents include: Introduction to Metal Casting, Recommended Tools and Equipment, Safety, Pattern Making, Sprueing and Venting Wax, Intro to Molding, Melting and Pouring Metal, Chasing, and Patina of Metals. Includes...
12) Engraving Metals
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This useful book contains a wealth of information on the engraving of metals, and will prove to be a valuable addition to the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in the subject. Preface: 'This Handbook contains, in a form convenient for everyday use, a comprehensive digest of the information on Engraving Metals by incision and corrosion scattered over nearly twenty thousand columns - one of the weekly journals it is my fortune to edit - and supplies...
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A detailed guide for metalworkers that lays out groundwork techniques required to hot-work steel
Includes expert guidance on a variety of blacksmithing topics and techniques, including taking heats, finishes, and cutting steel, as well as making a tapered bar, a prybar, a spring puller, and more
A concise, project-based book presenting simple blacksmithing takes the reader through making a forge or, more economically, buying one
Also covers how...
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The splendid illustrations in this book represent outstanding examples of the ironworker's art. Spanning some 600 years, the meticulously rendered black-and-white line designs depict authentic hinges, railings, casement fasteners, latches, handles, and other ornamental elements selected from a wide range of styles and structures from the twelfth-century to the eighteenth. A List of Plates provides approximate dates of all illustrated examples. An...
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With The Everyday Blacksmith, learn to make hooks, spoons, and tools of all sorts. This essential blacksmith's reference includes many projects contributed by leading blacksmiths from around the world, each featuring plenty of opportunity for variation.
For centuries, blacksmiths were the craftsmen and artists that worked society's most important material-iron. Blacksmiths were not only a fixture in their community, they helped shape that community...
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This early work on steel manufacturing is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains details on the processes of drop forging, die sinking, machine forming and other techniques used in the steel industry. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone with an interest in the subject of steel production. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely...
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No matter how well equipped your workshop may be, the need to make special tools, devices, and gadgets will always arise. That's where Metalworking for Home Machinists steps in to help! This highly-detailed guide shows you how to create 53 ancillary devices, including 5 clamps and vices, 10 jigs and fixtures, 25 lathe projects, and 13 miscellaneous projects. A must-have resource for every metalworking workshop, this manual will help save you time...
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The perfect resource for beginners, Metalwork and Machining Hints and Tips for Home Machinists is an informative anthology that combines useful advice and instruction with explanations of tools and techniques. With expert insight on a wide range of workshop practices and minor jobs that beginners may not be familiar with yet, this helpful guide will introduce readers to arbors and mandrels, belt jointing and splicing, shaft collars, finishing metal...
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Joining metal by soft or hard soldering, or brazing with alloys, is a common practice in welding and engineering workshops. But have you ever given thought to whether there could be quicker, more efficient, and less expensive methods? An extremely comprehensive book for model engineers, Soldering and Brazing Handbook for Home Machinists thoroughly explains the processes, equipment, and materials, as well as what happens in the joints as they're being...
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Welding is a useful skill that is increasing in demand and the basic skills required are easy to learn! The Art of Welding is a clear and practical guide to understanding basic techniques for oxyacetylene welding, brazing, flame cutting and electric arc welding with mild steel, cast iron, stainless steel, copper, brass, and aluminum in sheet, plate, or cast form. Filled with comprehensive insight, practical exercises, scaled diagrams, tables of data,...
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