Bigcity Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The Complete Modern Blacksmith by Alexander G. Weygers ISBN# 0-89815-896-6 300pgs well i like this book it was my first one i have learned alot about forging the book shows you basic forging techneaks to making your own woodworking and stone mason tools to art decorations etc. i think it is a book worth looking into:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 His book was out of print for a few years. I am glad that it is available again. There are a lot of good books now available on blacksmithing. I guess that reflects the increased interest in blacksmithing over the past few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I particularly like Weygers' "scrounge and make" philosophy; He's the one that helped teach me that anything that doesn't burn melt or break might be an anvil and a forge can cost *nothing*! As a quite skilled artist his section on forging woodcarving chisels is very good indeed! And this is the only book I have seen going into detail on making triphammer dies for specialized jobs. I originally got it when it was 3 separate books back in the '70's and re-bought it when all 3 were published combined into 1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigcity Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 ya some of the anvil skeches in the book are very interesting but effective and the different forge setups are neat too just anything he had laying around i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt87 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I enjoy the book, especially the thrifty 'scrounge-and-make-do' attitude, though I must say I was a little disappointed. Perhaps I was expecting a book with more emphasis on forging than grinding and sawing. It is of course a product of its time and some of the practices are... best avoided for safety's sake. There is no discussion of welding beyond 'it's cheating'. Furthermore although the three titles are now contained in one handy volume, I find it awkward to have to search for something in three different indeces and then find a lot of duplicated information. Just some minor niggles I suppose, it's a good book overall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I believe that the grinding and sawing is mainly from "The Making of Tools" which was not a blacksmithing book per say. Perhaps you would have been happier with just "The Modern Blacksmith" still out there on the used market. (I myself don't use TMoT much). Duplication is quite common when you take three separate standalone books and package them as one. My copy of Richardson's "Practical Blacksmithing" has 4 volumes in one---I have put in a bookmarker at each index and just live with the duplication. I figure that having all 3 books available for the same price I bought 1 of them back in the 1970's I can put up with a lot more issues! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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