Metalcrafts

Two Vintage Blacksmithing Books

Blacksmith's Manual Illustrated by J.W. Lillico (1930)
This is a rare volume written by blacksmith and ex-foreman of Whitworth & Co., Ltd.
This book is obviously based on his experience in overseeing industrial manufacturing methods and ironwork in England during the early 20th century.
The nifty part about this book is how it is especially visually-based with extensive illustrations of the various steps and processes in making various types of tools and parts...so much so, that an experienced metal worker could probably make these complex tools/parts just by following along the pictures.

Modern Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing by J.G. Holmstrom (1941)
This small gem of a book is a very enjoyable classic on the ways things used to be done. The author's down-to-earth prose relates to the reader his accumulated knowledge of the blacksmithing art.
155 pages cover a stunning variety of subjects from shop set-up and tools selection/use, general methods, wheels repair, Plow repair and maintainence, Misc. steel working; repairing cogs, drilling cast iron, mending band saws, technical design of hooks and their strengthes, horseshoeing and common horse ailments. This was definitely not an Arts/Crafts type book, but rather one focused on the practical applications of everyday smithy work.

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