Agricultural engineering in development

FAO AGRICULTURAL SERVICES BULLETIN
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Agricultural engineering in development

Intermediate blacksmithing:
a training manual

by
J,B Stokes

Food and Agiculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome, 1992


Reprinted 1999

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M-07
ISBN 92-5-102739-0

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Contents

Preface

PRACTICE JOBS

  1. FORGING A WELDED EYE-BOLT
  2. ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF FORGING AN EYE-BOLT
  3. BUTT-WELD USING A CLEFT PREPARATION
  4. RIGHT-ANGLE WELDED JOINT, USING A CLEFT PREPARATION; FORGING A BENDING DOG
  5. POCKET OR CLEFT METHOD OF MAKING A T-SHAPED JOINT
  6. CORNER WELD IN FLAT MATERIAL WITH DIAGONAL SCARF
  7. FORGING A U-SHAPED BOLT WITH SHARP INSIDE CORNERS
  8. FORGING A REINFORCED CORNER
  9. FORGING BLACKSMITHS' TONGS
  10. SHOULDERING-DOWN TO FORM TENONS AND ROUND-SECTION PEGS OR RIVET ENDS
  11. THE EASIEST WAY TO FORGE HOT AND COLD SETS
  12. FORGING FULLERS AND TOOL-HOLE SWAGES FROM SCRAP MATERIALS
  13. FORGING TOP AND BOTTOM SWAGES
  14. FORGING SET HAMMERS AND SIDE SETS
  15. FORGING A FLATTER
  16. FORGING A SIMPLE BALL-PEEN HAMMER
  17. FORGING AN ENGINEER'S BALL-PEEN HAMMER
  18. SOME APPLICATIONS OF CAST IRON AS A HARD-FACING MATERIAL

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