habu68 Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Posted by IceCzar on another string, Iron and Steel - LoveToKnow 1911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Czar Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 well...Im was researching a bit for a Damascus Steel "definitions" article when I found that, I'll be linking all the sources for a blueprint supposedly) in the meantime the recipe for a modern recreation of a real Damascus steel" making a real damascus steel knife." (Internet Archive pdf) by John D. Verhoeven & blacksmith Alfred H. Pendray, Scientific American January 2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Feukair Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 well...Im was researching a bit for a Damascus Steel "definitions" article when I found that, I'll be linking all the sources for a blueprint supposedly) in the meantime the recipe for a modern recreation of a real Damascus steel" making a real damascus steel knife." (Internet Archive pdf) by John D. Verhoeven & blacksmith Alfred H. Pendray, Scientific American January 2001 Wow, not that i've read or should have known any better but I thought damascus steel was always forge welded layers of different types of steel. I had no idea that real damascus was caused by microscopic alignment of crystals in the steel like this. Amazing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 Just bloody wonderful :-) I was surfing this morning and came across this site. It's a on-line copy of the Joseph Stokes blacksmithing books. This is part of what I think of as the tri-group of blacksmithing books. These are the how-to books I recommend.(just my opinion) Three different groups of books by British authors on blacksmithing. All of the authors are/were apprenticed smiths and when I write apprenticed, I mean under the old systems. I can not over emphasize what this means, a passing on of skills from as far back as you can go in time. Everyone of these books are filled with no nonsense, practical how-to blacksmithing. The first group is the Cosira books. The intent of the authors of these books were to provide the rural smith with guidance in making the transition from purely agricultural smithing to the area of decorative smithing.Craft publications The second group are Mr. Stokes books. Their purpose was to help the third world smith make his craft economically viable in a land with limited modern resources*.Workshop Report on the integration of population education into programmes for rural youth in ZimbabweAgricultural engineering in development I'm not finding volume three, but copies of all these books can be bought from Norm Larson in CA. The last are the Mark Aspery's book with two more volumes to follow. Between the Mr. Stokes and Mr. Aspery's books, there isn't much left to say about hand forging of tools. *Responding to a ad, Joseph Stokes was hired by the United Nations to teach machine shop in Africa. When he got to the location, he realized that what was needed wasn't machine skills, but something far different. What they needed was to learn metalworking skills that would help them become self-sufficient. With that began the UN's agricultural blacksmithing program. Mr. Stokes went on to write the three volume set of books for the UN's program. His idea was to teach rural smiths how to make tools out of scrap metals* and then to use those tools to make farming tools. The next progression was repair of farm equipment. Off and on over twenty years, Mr. Stokes returned to Africa and taught classes. He did his five year apprenticeship right after WWII in Oswestry, Shropshire, England, UK in a shop without electricity. *He joked with me, that after he taught a class, no truck or car left on the side of the road, was safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Foundry, casting and blacksmith instruction. International Library of Technology ... - Google Book Search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Czar Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Handbook for Ironmongers A Glossary of Ferrous Metallurgy Terms (pdf) Volume 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 The Davistown Museum Handtools in History Series Volume 6: Steel and Tool Making Strategies and Techniques before 1870Volume 7: Art of the Edge ToolVolume 11: Handbook for Ironmongers A Glossary of Ferrous Metallurgy Terms 18th and 19th Century Toolmaker Information FilesCollins & Co. additional reference citationsThe Davistown Museum Axes Bibliography excerptThe Davistown Museum Complete Bibliography Dang it Ice Czar you've done it again.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Czar Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Comparing Simple Charcoal Production Technologies MONTSERRAT FUELWOOD/CHARCOAL/COOKSTOVE PROJECT A cooperative effort by the GOVERNMENT OF MONTSERRAT, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (GOM) CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (CDB) VOLUNTEERS IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (VITA) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Hi all, Just a quick note about a couple of books, firstly Medieval decorative ironwork in England by Jane Geddes most of you have probably heard of this one, however I have just recieved the july E-mail from Oxbow books and they have put this on special offer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triw Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Habu; Thank you for this great tool. I use FetchBook - New & Used Books - Find the Lowest Price to find great prices on books but this is great. Thanks again William Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quenchcrack Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I love old books and own more than a few myself. My thanks to those who searched and posted the links. I downloaded many new books. I have an electrical engineering book in my library that I used in college. It does not not contain the word "transistor". I keep it to remind me to revere the old but stay current!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnr Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 BOOKS!!! My living room looks like an explosion in a library. I love books! Finnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dntfxr Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 What an awesome resource! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Caradoc Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Finnr be careful of that kind of shrapnel the paper cuts can be lethal. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzDaKat Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 And to think of all the cash I sent to Lindsay Publications over the years... It's ok thou, always nice to have hard copy too. Greetings all! I think I'm gonna like this place. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzDaKat Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 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 ****************************************** 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted November 29, 2008 Author Share Posted November 29, 2008 (edited) Diderot's classic Encyclopedie is the father of all encyclopaedia,The 9 volumes were written in the 17th century, it covers every trade and industry of the time with exquisite engravings of shops and workers at their trades. I found some blacksmith pages starting around volume 8 page 0100. I have seen other excerpts of shops and workers that i have not found in this site as yet.Encyclop Edited November 29, 2008 by habu68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Falzone Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 The Google book search ain't workin for me. I've tried in Internet Explorer and with Firefox and all i get is the teaser. All those books and i can't get to them - bummer :mad: Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devon blacksmith Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I also do not have a download option could it be only the USA can get the downloads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonEagle Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 From Project GuttenbergTHE WORKING OF STEEL ANNEALING, HEAT TREATING AND HARDENING OF CARBON AND ALLOY STEEL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimenickel Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 you have to view through a proxy server in the states... then you can download googlebooks G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devon blacksmith Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 How do I view through a proxy server in the states? I am not to good at things I cant heat up and hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimenickel Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 in a nutshell.. you simply find a public proxy located in the states... go to that site... then copy n paste the web address of the site you want to go to.. eg.. did a google search for proxy and came up with thisProxy.org - The Proxy Authority then picked a proxy on the right side of that site... which was:ProxyBoxOnline then you just enter the web address of the googlebook in that box on that site and click browse... and googlebooks now thinks you are in the states... and allows you to download their stuff.. G;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy_tate Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Hathi Trust - Multi-College version of Google Books! Look in various college catalogs for lots of books. Some are full PDFs, others give you 10 or so PDF pages at a time.Access to HathiTrust | www.hathitrust.org (some books are not complete at the moment) Gauge, Jig, etc. (seems incomplete?)http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89071905731 Forging and Weldinghttp://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006062122 Basic Machines - Navy TrainingBasic Machines - Intro to machines and motion theories P N Hasluck - Metalworking: Tools, Materials & ProcessesMetalworking: Tools, Materials & Processes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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