. The 20th century toolsmith and steel worker; a complete, practical, and scientific book, written by a thorough expert mechanic and steelworker, especially in the interests of blacksmiths, toolsmiths, toolmakers, and all mechanics connected directly on indirectly with the use, repair, and manufacture of steel into tools . Fig. 11. Heavy square edge flatter made from iX inch squaresteel, face 2% inch square. 46 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY in order to get a good hammer is to go to the hardwarestore and buy one. They will buy one all right, butwhat are the results. It is this, after they are in usea l
. The 20th century toolsmith and steel worker; a complete, practical, and scientific book, written by a thorough expert mechanic and steelworker, especially in the interests of blacksmiths, toolsmiths, toolmakers, and all mechanics connected directly on indirectly with the use, repair, and manufacture of steel into tools . Fig. 11. Heavy square edge flatter made from iX inch squaresteel, face 2% inch square. 46 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY in order to get a good hammer is to go to the hardwarestore and buy one. They will buy one all right, butwhat are the results. It is this, after they are in usea little while a piece will break off the face, which ifexamined closely the fracture will show a dull grayappearance, a sure sign of poor steel. By referring to buying hammers in the hardwarestore, I had a wide experience during my first years. Fig. 12. Set hammer made from 1/^ inch square steel. at the trade, and through ignorance, after purchasinga hammer and it did not give good satisfaction, I wouldgenerally give the hardv/are man a calling down forselling it to me. Although he was not to blame as hisbusiness was to sell and not to manufacture, and asregards his knowledge concerning good or bad steel, itwas very limited. I am not stating this, reader, tocriticise the hardware merchant, or the tool manufac-turer, or machine made tools of any kind, as in a great TOOLSMITH AND STEELWORKER 47 many cases the machine tools are equal to those thatare hand made. But not so in the case of a good handforged, hardened and tempered hammer. Making and Dressing a Hand Hammer. In making a hammer, as to weight and shape, it ishard to say what would suit all blacksmiths, but for aforging hammer for making and dressing tools, twopounds in weight will be about right. But in casessuch as dressing mill picks, granite tool sharpening,and on j
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