Here are two more free books online at Welcome to Lost Crafts...

Modern Blacksmithing: Rational Horse Shoeing and Wagon Making by JG Holmstrom 1901

Farm Blacksmithing by JM Drew St Paul Publishing Company 1918

Interesting to note that by the farm book's figures, tool, etc. costs are effectively 100 times what they were back then

Oh, re: if Gutenberg has any Smithing books, not really, but there are a few which may be of interest to some who might want to make their own furniture for the workshop, The one on Glasswork more as a novelty, but hey, if yer' temps can make it that high,,,
So many of these are for noveltys sake, but some like Mechanics for Boys can have some useful tidbits. Sorry if this list is too far from the particular topic of this thread, but I'm sure most books will hold some relevant & helpful info, or at least make up for it in novelties sake.

Advanced Search - Project Gutenberg

Cat # & titles:

23319 -- Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught, by Joshua Rose

15622 -- Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition, by William N. Brown

10998 -- A CATECHISM OF THE STEAM ENGINE
IN ITS VARIOUS APPLICATIONS TO MINES, MILLS, STEAM NAVIGATION, RAILWAYS, AND AGRICULTURE.
WITH
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF ENGINES OF EVERY CLASS.

12655 -- The Boy Mechanic

22298 -- Practical Mechanics for Boys, by J. S. Zerbe

22766 -- Electricity for Boys, by J. S. Zerbe

22657 -- Steam, Its Generation and Use, by Babcock & Wilcox Co.

20763 -- Carpentry for Boys, by J. S. Zerbe

20846 -- Handwork in Wood, by William Noyes

21531 -- Woodwork Joints, by William Fairham

22784 -- On Laboratory Arts by RICHARD THRELFALL, M.A. (Glassworking)

12299 -- THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD

14664 -- Things to Make

14873 -- Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building circa 1874

15460 -- A COURSE IN WOOD TURNING By ARCHIE S. MILTON

20195 -- Wood-Block Printing, by F. Morley Fletcher

22107 -- Wood-Carving, by George Jack

23666 -- Mission Furniture,pt 1 by H. H. Windsor

23770 -- Mission Furniture,pt 2 by H. H. Windsor

23991 -- Mission Furniture,pt 3 by H. H. Windsor

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I've got a list about equally long of books on Gardening and agriculture from the usual turn of the previous Century circa. if anyone's interested, just haven't sorted & listed titles as yet.

there is this one

7969 -- Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting
Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods
and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process
for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P.

I cant thank you guys enough for this post!!
My kids made their own cookie cutters from the "Tin can toys" book, made my Christmas eve!
Why did we stop writing such interesting stuff, not all kids are computer fools.
Paul.

I have tried to access the Crafts site in the UK, but their website seems to have changed since the last time I went, and I cannot find the books listed... any suggestions, or does anyone have a current link? I see a couple listed in this thread that I didn't see before.

Craft publications

Try this link, Rumour has it they are being withdrawn from the internet (if they have not already disappeared) so get them to disc while you can.

Practical blacksmithing: a ... - Google Books

I found interesting books on the SouthBendLathe9 which is a Yahoo Group. You might need to join the group to access the file section:

For example the book: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southbendlathe9/files/How_to_Run_a_Lathe_Hercus_1of2.pdf

i cant seem to work it, whenever i click a "contents" title it just highlights it...

Here is an interesting book that may be of use to smiths creating historical presentations for the public. It is an instructional book originally published in 1872 on making a significant number of wooden items for the home including a bucket:
http://www.evenfalls...ood_working.pdf
Title: The Sloyd System of Wood Working: with a brief description of the Eva Rodhe model series and an historical sketch of the growth of the manual training idea
Author: B.B. Hoffman
Published: New York, Chicago etc. American book Co. c1892