Overview
This vintage book contains a detailed guide to drop-forging dies and die-sinking. With authentic photographs, helpful illustrations, and a wealth of useful information, this is a volume that will be of considerable utility to novice and apprentice blacksmiths, and one that would make for a valuable addition to collections blacksmithing literature. Contents include: "Laying Out and Machining Operations," "Classes of Drop-forging Dies," "Information Required by the Die-sinker," "Preparation of the Stock," "Laying out the Dies," "The Draft Allowance," "The Allowance for Finish," "Scribing the Outline," "Hand Operations," "Special Operations in Die-Sinking," et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metalworking.
- | Author: Chester L. Lucas
- | Publisher: Owen Press
- | Publication Date: May 19, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 62 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Technology & Engineering
- | ISBN-10: 1473328659
- | ISBN-13: 9781473328655
