ANVIL for French clips, 146
Anvil, putting a horn on, 94
Anvil, to fasten to a block, 94, 95, 98, 99, 101
Anvil, to forge, 106
Anvil, to mend, 97
Anvils, how made, 83
Anvils, sharp or round edges, 91
Anvils, to dress, 88
Apparatus for making rings, 848
Armor, xi
Art of the blacksmith x
Axe, chopping, tempering a, 831
Axe, how to temper, 828
Axes, tempering, 832, 833, 834, 835
Axle boxes, to set, 761
Axle clips, making, 658
Axle gauge, a simple, 755
Axle plates, making, 658
Axle setting, principles underlying, 737
Axle tree, setting an, 751
Axle, giving gather to, 769
Axle, how to lay off, 762
Axle, wagon, making it run easy, 774
Axles, a straightedge for setting, 750
Axles, broken, 776
Axles, buckboard, how to set, 758
Axles, iron, gauge for setting, 753
Axles, iron, repairing, 782
Axles, setting, 743, 745, 747, 748
Axles, setting, a gauge for, 751
Axles, the gather of, 770, 773
Axles, thimble skein, to lay out, 759
Axles, to find the length of, 769
Axles, welding, 456
Axles, wood, setting, 766
BAR, shifting, 674
Bench (tool), improved, 58, 64, 68
Bench for smoothing, 60
Bench tools, 400
Bench, handy, 64
Blacksmith shop, plan of, 29, 55, 61
Blacksmith tongs, 404
Blacksmiths’ art, history of, x
Blacksmiths’ coal, 53
Blacksmiths’ shears, 375
Blacksmiths’ tools, 108, 136, 397
Blacksmiths’ tools, tempering, 525
Blower, home-made, 169
Bob sled, brake for, 810
Bob sled, tread of, 810
Bob sleds, centering, 813
Bob sleds, hanging, 809
Bob sleds, making, 803
Bolt clipper, to make, 349
Bolt clippers, 228, 231, 232, 235, 241, 242
Bolt cutter, 233
Bolt heads, sizes of, 846
Bolt holder, 351
Bolt set, 364
Bolt trimmer, to make, 346
Bolt, forging, 433
Bolt-blanks, headings, 577
Bolt-holder, making a, 637
Bolts, carriage, tool for holding, 724
Bolts, heading, 576
Bolts, stand for, 356
Bolts, tire, tool for holding, 724, 727
Bolts, turning up, 846
Brake for bob sled, 812
Brake for sled, improved, 812
Brake, two-bar, how to make, 686
Brake, wagon, 679
Brake, wagon, improved, 685
Brass, brazing with, 487
Brazing a broken crank, 487
Brazing a ferrule, 485
Brazing an iron tube, 486
Brazing cast iron, 484
Brazing ferrules, 485
Brazing with brass, 487
Brazing with copper, 487
Brine for tempering, 520
CALIPERS, double, 114
Calipers, single, 115
Calks, tools for sharpening, 95
Callipers, hint about, 363
Candle holder, to make, 345
Cant hook, 351
Cant-hook, making a, 539
Carriage shop, a modern village, 44
Carriage shop, plan of, 71
Castings, chilled, softening!, 525
Chain mail xi
Cheap shears for blacksmiths, 377
Chimney (smoky), to cure, 34
Chimney, blacksmith, 36, 38, 39, 40
Chisel and chisel-shaped tools, 244
Chisel, chipping, 262
Chisel, cow mouth, 257
Chisel, flat, 245
Chisel, the cold, 121
Chisel, the gouge, 122
Chisel, the hot, 121
Chisel, the square, 123
Chisels (cold), how to make, 265
Chisels (cold), to forge, 267
Chisels for brass, 248
Chisels, broad, 247
Chisels, cold, to temper, 823
Chisels, errors in grinding, 251
Chisels, improper shapes, 252
Chisels, to grind, 248
Clamp for countersinks, 361
Clamp for frame work, 362
Clamp, plow bolt, making a, 419
Clamps, tire, 723
Clevis, making a, 580
Clincher, to make, 350
Clips for fifth wheels, to forge, 92
Clips, tool for making, 159
Coal for blacksmiths, 53
Coil springs, making, 792
Collars, welding on round rods, 480
Cone, the anvil, 128
Construction of springs, 789
Copper, brazing with, 487
Coupling, thill, making a, 656
Crane for a dump cart, a, 675
Cuff, thill, making a, 657
Curve for an S-wrench, 428
DASH-FOOT, forging a, 559
Device for holding tire while welding, 695
Device for making rings, 853
Dies, attachment for, 327
Dies, old, recutting, 821
Dies, recutting, 822
Dividers, 115
Doubletree, spring, 662
Drifts and drifting, 287
Drill (small), to make, 275
Drill and counter sink, 279
Drill for bench, 271
Drill press, simple, 274
Drill press, to make, 269
Drill, Chinese, 277
Drill, handy, 279
Drill, home-made, 281
Drilling a chilled mold board, 275
Drilling glass, 276
Drilling in blacksmith shop, 270
Drilling, holding bars in, 275
Drills (stone), to make, 283
Drills, hints about, 284
Drills, remedy for squeaking, 276
Drills, tempering, 816, 817, 818
Drills, tempering for saw plates, 819
EMERY wheel, making an, 381, 383
Emery wheels, 380
Eye-bolt, making an, 535
Eyes for tool handles, 108
FELLOES, proportioning, 735
Ferrule, brazing a, 485
Ferrules, brazing, 485
Fifth wheel, forging a clip for, 561
Fifth wheels, method of making fronts for, 563
Fire, hollow vs. open, 48
Fire, points about, 52
Fire, to keep in small compass, 52
Fire-place, to cement, 52
Fitting sleigh shoes, 812
Fitting springs, 788
Flatter, 127
Flatter, round edge, 128
Flues, boiler, welding, 474
Fluids, soldering, 488
Fluxes for iron, 481
Forge (portable), home-made, 68
Forge, a simple, 33
Forge, African, 25
Forge, an Arkansas, 41
Forge, blacksmiths’, 52
Forging a bolt, 433
Forging a clip fifth wheel, 561
Forging a dash-foot, 559
Forging a garden rake, 641
Forging a head-block plate, 558
Forging a locomotive valve yoke, 582, 584, 585, 587, 588, 589
Forging a nut, 433
Forging a turn-buckle, 536, 537
Forging a wrench, 433
Forging fifth wheel, 92
Forging offsets, 532
Forging small springs, 797
Forging stay ends, 532
Forging wrenches, 426
Forgings, hand, 527
Forgings, methods of making, 543
Fork for bending, 129
Forks, cast-steel, welding, 453
Forks, how forged, 540
French clips, 146
Fuller for offset work, 130
Fuller, the bottom, 127
Fuller, the top, 126
Fullering, principles of, 291
Furnaces, tire-heating, 696, 698, 701, 703
GAUGE for setting axles, a, 751
Gauge for setting iron axles, 753
Gauge, axle, a simple, 755
Grinding tools, something about, 384
Grinding wheels, how to make, 381
Grindstone, device for fastening, 386
Grindstone, hanging a, 386
Grindstone, mounting, 387
Grindstones, something about, 384
HACK SAW, 180
Hammer for straightening saws, 19
Hammer head of stone, 6
Hammer signals, 655
Hammer, ball pane, 113
Hammer, dog head, 21
Hammer, hand, tempering, 836
Hammer, machinist’s, 14
Hammer, tempering a, 836
Hammer, the, 12
Hammer, the cross-face, 18
Hammer, the set, 124
Hammer, the twist, 20
Hammer, uses of, 14
Hammers, 153, 162, 163, 165, 166
Hammers, ancient and modern, 5
Hammers, blacksmiths’, tempering, 837
Hammers, hand, tempering the face of, 835
Hammers, old, facing, 483
Hanging a grindstone, 386
Hardening in oil, 524
Hardening in water, 524
Hardening plows, 622
Hardening small tools, 523
Hardening steel, 511
Hardening thin articles, 518
Hardening, secrets of, 828
Hardy, to make, 350
Harrow teeth tool, 148
Harrow tooth, to bend, 148
Harrows, notes on, 635
Heading bolt-blanks, 577
Heading bolts, 576
Hoe, grubbing, making a, 638, 640
Hook for pulling on tires, 730
Hook, tire, a handy, 731
How to make a slot circle, 561
How to temper an axe, 828
Iron work (wrought), 198
Iron work, artistic xviii
Iron, angle, welding, 477
Iron, case hardening, 512
Iron, cast, brazing, 484
Iron, cast, to harden, 525
Iron, crystallization of, 193
Iron, fluxes for, 481
Iron, forging, 527
Iron, malleable, welding, 457
Iron, strength of, 191
Iron, to cold hammer, 225
Iron, to test, 210
Iron, welding, 451
Iron, welding compound for, 481
Iron, wrought, welding, 458
Irons, wagon, making, 670
JACK, tire, 726
KING BOLT, how to prevent working of, 660
King-bolt stay, fastening, 661
King-bolt stay, how to make, 660
Knife blades, straightening, 824
Knife blades, tempering, 824
Knives, butchers’, tempering, 823
Knives, tempering, 801
LATHE used in Asia, 27
Lathe, home-made, 365
Lathe, primitive, 26
MACHINE for blacksmith, 361
Making a bolt-holder, 637
Making a cant-hook, 539
Making a cast-steel trap spring, 801
Making a clevis, 580
Making a double shovel plow, 642
Making a fifth wheel hook, 565
Making a fifth wheel pole stop, 565
Making a grubbing hoe, 638, 640
Making a log-chain swivel, 597, 599, 602, 604, 606, 607, 609
Making a plow bolt clamp, 419
Making a plow lay, 614
Making a plowshare, 627
Making a pole cap, 663
Making a ring for a neck yoke, 668
Making a shift rail, 567
Making a square corner, 551
Making a staple for a neck yoke, 668
Making a step-leg, 555
Making a thill coupling, 656
Making a thill cuff, 657
Making a thill iron, 552
Making a tongue iron, 663
Making a T-shaped iron, 529
Making a weld on a heavy shaft, 475
Making an emery wheel, 381, 383
Making an eye-bolt, 535
Making axle clips, 658
Making axle plates, 658
Making bob sleds, 803
Making coil springs, 792
Making dies, 815
Making offsets, 549
Making spring clips, 658
Making spring plates, 658
Making springs, 795
Making taps, 815
Making thimbles on thimbleskein axles, 767
Making trap springs, 799
Making wagon irons, 670
Mallet, the stone mason’s, 12
Mandrel for nuts, 132
Measurement of tire, 711
Measuring for tire, 712
Mending springs, 465
Mending springs, 787
Mill picks, tempering, 825, 826, 827
Mounting a grindstone, 387
NIPPERS, cut, 230
Nut, forging, 433
OFFSETS, making, 549
PICKS, mill, tempering, 825, 826, 827
Plan of blacksmith’s shop, 29, 55
Plate, rocker, bending a, 672
Plates, broken, method of welding, 460
Plates, malleable cast-iron, welding, 458
Plow bolts, tool for holding, 417, 420
Plow lay, making a, 614
Plow lay, slip-shear, how to sharpen, 628
Plow lays, polishing, 617
Plow lays, tempering, 634
Plow lays, welding to landsides, 459
Plow point, cast-iron, welding steel to, 458
Plow points, tempering, 524
Plow points, tongs for holding, 417
Plow points, welding, 629
Plow work, hints on, 422
Plow work, points in, 610, 612
Plow, how to point, 421
Plows, hardening, 622
Plows, pointing, 632
Plows, points about, 613
Plows, tempering, 622
Plowshares, tool for holding, 424
Pointing cultivator shovels, 646, 647, 648
Pointing plows, 632
Points, steel, how to put on old plows, 630
Pole cap, making a, 663
Polishing machine, how to make, 388
Polishing wheels, how to make, 381
Prop irons, making, 569
Punch for anvils, to make, 103
Punch, eye, 123
Punch, round, 122
Punch, the bob, 124
Punch, the square, 123
Punch, to make, 103
Punches, 153
REAMER, a cheap, 322
Recutting dies, 822
Recutting old dies, 821
Resetting old springs, 784
Ring for a neck yoke, making a, 668
Ring, cast-steel cylinder, to make, 852
Rings without a weld, to make, 849
Rings, apparatus for making, 848
Rings, device for making, 853
Rivet clipper, 228, 236, 238, 242
Rivets, tool to make, 239, 240
Roof for blacksmith’s shop, 48
Runners, traverse, hanging, 813
SADDLE, for forked pieces, 133
Saw (hack), 180
Saws, to straighten, 15
Screw boxes, to make, 354
Screw stock dies, attachment for, 327
Setting an axle tree, 751
Setting axles, 743, 745, 747, 748
Setting axles, a straightedge for, 750
Setting skeins, 768
Setting thimbles on thimble skein axles, 767
Shaft, cast-steel crank, 579
Shaft, heavy, welding a, 474
Shafts, crank, 581
Shafts, welding to exact length, 473
Sharpening listers, 634
Shear for cutting round and square rods, 375
Shears for the anvil, 379
Shears, blacksmiths’, 375
Shears, cheap, 376
Shoes, sleigh, fitting, 812
Shoes, sleigh, plating, 813
Shop, care of, 63
Shovels, cultivator, pointing, 646, 647, 648
Shovels, cultivator, polishing, 617
Shovels, cultivator, tempering, 634
Shovels, steel, to harden, 526
Skeins, setting, 768
Skeins, thimble, the dip of, 769
Skeins, thimble, the gather of, 769
Sledge, straight pane, 116
Sleigh shoes, fitting, 812
Sleigh shoes, plating, 813
Socket, solid king-bolt, 572
Soldering, 436
Soldering fluids, 488
Solders, 437
Spike-bar, to make, 347
Spring clips, making, 658
Spring clips, to make, 334
Spring for farm wagons, a, 789
Spring plates, making, 658
Spring, buggy, how to weld, 466
Spring, mending, 787
Spring, small, forging, 797
Spring, small, how to temper, 794
Spring, tempering steel for, 797
Spring, trap, how to make, 800
Spring, welded wagon, tempering, 796
Springs for a wheelbarrow, 791
Springs, buggy, tempering, 796
Springs, buggy, welding, 461
Springs, coil making, 792
Springs, coiled wire, tempering, 796
Springs, construction of, 789
Springs, fitting, 788
Springs, gun, tempering, 802
Springs, locomotive, tempering, 794
Springs, main, for guns, tempering, 802
Springs, making, 795
Springs, mending, 465
Springs, old, resetting, 784
Springs, revolver, tempering, 798, 799
Springs, small, tempering, 794, 797, 798
Springs, steel, tempering, 513
Springs, tempering, 465
Springs, tempering, 786, 795, 801
Springs, tempering wire for, 525
Springs, trap, making, 799
Springs, trap, tempering, 801
Springs, wagon, how to mend, 466
Springs, welding, 462, 465, 466
Springs, welding, 786
Square (tony), to make, 348
Square, T, 116
Square, to mend, 354
Staple for a neck yoke, making a, 668
Steel (burnt), to restore, 225
Steel and iron, to upset, 200
Steel and its uses, 489
Steel plate, to weld to iron plate, 459
Steel to temper on one edge, 520
Steel work, 854
Steel, car spring, working into implements, 793
Steel, car spring, working into tools, 793
Steel, case-hardening, 512
Steel, cast, composition for welding, 483
Steel, cast, to weld, 459
Steel, different kinds of, 224
Steel, fluxes for, 481
Steel, hardening, a bath for, 522
Steel, hints regarding the working of, 496
Steel, small pieces to temper, 518
Steel, strength of, 191
Steel, tempering, 489, 500, 502, 504, 510
Steel, tempering for a spring, 797
Steel, tempering with low heat, 510
Steel, testing, 489
Steel, to harden, 513
Steel, to heat, 207
Steel, to select, 224
Steel, to temper hard, 511
Steel, to test, 210
Steel, warping of during process of hardening, 497
Steel, welding compound for, 481
Steel, work on, 218
Steel, working, 504
Steel-hardening, 219
Steels, treatment of, 215, 217
Step-leg, making a, 555
Step-legs, the breaking of, 552
Straightening knife blades, 824
Swage block, stand for, 302
Swage, bottom or anvil, 126
Swage, nut, 130
Swage, the bottom, 125
Swage, the collar, 129
Swage, the side, 125
Swage, the top, 125
Swages, 150
Swages, 294
Swaging, rules for, 300
Swedge, self-acting, 102
Swivel, log-chain, making a, 597, 599, 602, 604, 606, 607, 609
Sword blades, 519
TAPS, tempering, 815, 819, 820
Taps, to temper, 823
Tempering a cast-steel trap spring, 801
Tempering a chopping axe, 831
Tempering a hammer, 836
Tempering a hand hammer, 836
Tempering a welded wagon spring, 796
Tempering axes, 832, 833, 834, 835
Tempering blacksmiths’ hammers, 837
Tempering blacksmiths’ tools, 525
Tempering buggy springs, 796
Tempering butchers’ knives, 823
Tempering coiled wire springs, 796
Tempering cultivator shovels, 634
Tempering drills for saw plates, 819
Tempering drills to drill saw plates, 818
Tempering gun springs, 802
Tempering knife blades, 824
Tempering knives, 801
Tempering locomotive springs, 794
Tempering mainsprings for guns, 802
Tempering mill picks, 825, 826, 827
Tempering old dies, 821
Tempering plow lays, 634
Tempering plow points, 524
Tempering plows, 622
Tempering revolver springs, 798, 799
Tempering small articles, 509
Tempering small springs, 794, 797, 798
Tempering small tools, 517
Tempering small tools, 820
Tempering springs, 465
Tempering springs, 786, 795, 801
Tempering steel for a spring, 797
Tempering steel springs, 513
Tempering steel, 489, 500, 502, 504, 507
Tempering the face of hand hammers, 835
Tempering trap springs, 801
Tempering, brine for, 520
Tempering, lead bath for, 522
Tempering, points in, 520
Thimble skeins, the dip of, 769
Thimble skeins, the gather of, 769
Thimble-skein stay, 767
Threads of bolts, 842
Tire bender, a cheap, 692
Tire bolts, device for holding, 725, 727
Tire bolts, tool for holding, 724, 727
Tire clamps, 723
Tire cooler, making a, 705
Tire hook, a handy, 731
Tire jack, 726
Tire making, 689
Tire shrinking, 711
Tire upsetter, a handy, 721
Tire, a tool for setting, 728
Tire, device for holding while welding, 695
Tire, enlarging on wheel, 728
Tire, measurement of, 711
Tire, measuring for, 712
Tire, putting a piece in, 729
Tire-heating furnaces, 696, 698, 701, 703
Tires, 718
Tires, allowance for contraction in bending, 716
Tires, caution about burning in welding, 455
Tires, heavy, tool for drawing on, 730
Tires, heavy, welding, 730
Tires, hook for pulling on, 730
Tires, keeping on wheels, 733
Tires, light vs. heavy, 733
Tires, light, method of upsetting, 722
Tires, light, resetting, 721
Tires, method of measuring, 690
Tires, proportioning, 735
Tires, putting on cart wheels, 731
Tires, steel, welding, 455
Tires, welding, 455
Tires, welding, 693
Tires, wheel, shrinkage of, 711
To harden cast iron, 525
To harden steel, 513
To make a square corner, 550
To temper cold chisels, 823
To temper small pieces of steel, 518
To temper steel on one edge, 520
To temper taps, 823
Tongs (bent bit), for round iron, 119
Tongs, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157
Tongs and tools, 113
Tongs flat, 117
Tongs flat, 118
Tongs for bending iron on the edge, 120
Tongs for bolt work, 134
Tongs for bolts, 121
Tongs for different sizes, 119
Tongs for flatwise bending, 119
Tongs for holding plow points, 417
Tongs for hoofs, 135
Tongs for irregular work, 135
Tongs for round work, 134
Tongs for sharpening chisels, 120
Tongs improper shape, 133
Tongs with bent bit, 119
Tongs with box piece, 117
Tongs with crooked bits, 120
Tongs, adjustable, 181
Tongs, blacksmith, 404
Tongs, box, 117
Tongs, common, how to make a pair of, 405
Tongs, hollow bit, 118
Tongs, pincer, 119
Tongs, proper bow of jaws, 134
Tongs, proper shape, 136
Tongs, proper shape of jaws, 133
Tongs, proper shape of, for special work, 133
Tongs, round bit, 118
Tongue iron, making a, 663
Tool (handy) for finishing seat rails, 343
Tool (handy) for marking joints, 336
Tool bench, improved, 58
Tool for bending flat pieces, 130
Tool for cupping, 124
Tool for drawing on heavy tires, 730
Tool for harrow teeth, 148
Tool for heading, 132
Tool for holding bolts, 363
Tool for holding plow bolts, 417, 420
Tool for holding plowshares, 424
Tool for holding ship-shear plows, 418
Tool for making bolts, 131
Tool for making clips, 159
Tool for making dash heels, 339
Tool for making single tree clips, 338
Tool for nut heads, 131
Tool for pulling on felloes, 349
Tool for pulling yokes on clips, 344
Tool for setting tire, a, 728
Tool for wagon clips, 331
Tool handles, eyes for, 108
Tool, handy, 332
Tool, labor-saving, 347
Tool, the foot, 127
Tools (edge), principles on which they operate, 304
Tools for blacksmiths, 108
Tools for farrier work, 406
Tools for holding bolts in a vise, 337
Tools for miners, 176
Tools, ancient, 23
Tools, bench, 400
Tools, blacksmiths’, 397
Tools, for lathe, shape of, 322
Tools, hints on care of, 305
Tools, names of, 307
Tools, screw threading, 329
Tools, small, tempering, 517
Trap spring, cast-steel, making, 801
Trap spring, cast-steel, tempering, 801
Trap spring, how make, 800
Trap springs, making, 799
Trap springs, tempering, 801
Turn-buckle, forging a, 536, 537
Turning up bolts, 846
Tuyere, 167
Tuyere, improved, 70
Tuyere, to set, 42
UPSETTER, tire, a handy, 721
VALVE YOKE, locomotive, forging a, 582, 584, 585, 587, 588, 589
Valve, engine, defect in, 595
Vise attachment, 364
Vise, to mend, 321
Vise-jaws, 333
WAGON AXLE, making it run easy, 774
Wagon brake, 679
Wagon brake, improved, 685
Wagon irons, making, 670
Wagons, farm, spring for, 789
Weapons and armor xiv
Welding, 436
Welding a heavy shaft, 474
Welding angle iron, 477
Welding axles, 456
Welding boiler flues, 474
Welding broken spring plates, method of, 460
Welding buggy springs, 461
Welding cast-steel forks, 453
Welding collars on round rods, 480
Welding compound for iron, 481
Welding heat, getting a, 863
Welding heavy tires, 730
Welding iron, 451
Welding malleable cast-iron plates, 458
Welding malleable iron, 457
Welding plow lays to landsides, 459
Welding plow points, 629
Welding shafts to exact length, 473
Welding springs, 786
Welding steel tires, 455
Welding steel to a cast-iron plow point, 458
Welding tires, 455
Welding wrought iron, 458
Welding, points about, 452
Welding, sand in, 483
Welding, shall sand be used?, 481
Welding, the art of, 860
Welding, theory of, 438
Welds and welding, 442
Wheelbarrow, springs for, 791
Wheels, dishing of, 717
Wheels, emery, 380
Wire, to temper for springs, 525
Work and workmen, ancient and modern, 26
Workbench, convenient, 68
Working of king bolt, how to prevent, 660
Wrench (monkey), attachment for, 342
Wrench, adjustable, 431
Wrench, forging, 433
Wrench, S-, curve for, 428
Wrenches, 307
Wrenches, ancient method of making, 430
Wrenches, forging, 426
Wrenches, making, 427