A complete blacksmithing guide for metalworkers that provides thorough and detailed overviews on a variety of blacksmithing tools, techniques, and projects. Learn by doing with Home Workshop Blacksmithing as you follow expert guidance that will walk you through everything you need to know. With informative sections on safety, taking heats, finishes, cutting steel, and buying a forge, also provided are step-by-step projects for making a tapered bar, prybar, spring puller, and more. Additionally, this guide features a tutorial for making your own forge and how to build, maintain, and use a suitable fire. The ultimate resource for anyone interested in gaining fundamental metalworking skills, Home Workshop Blacksmithing is a must-have, project-based, skill-building book to equip you with the understanding and knowledge you need to succeed!

· 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 to build, maintain, and use a suitable fire

· Followed by individual projects, each producing a useful tool for the reader to use

· Topics including safety, tools, clothes, and more are also covered in detail