. Modern blacksmithing, rational horse shoeing and wagon making; with rules, tables, recipes, etc. .. . mith will not bebothered by turning the iron for himself as he knowswhen he turns and is prepared for it. The smithshould strike the first blow in starting, or signal thehelper where to strike, in case the smith cannot strikethe first blow. The smith calls the helper by threeblows on the anvil with his hammer, and when thesmith wants the helper to cease striking he taps withthe hammer twice on the anvil. The helper shouldstrike the blow he has started when the smith signalshim to stop. The h
. Modern blacksmithing, rational horse shoeing and wagon making; with rules, tables, recipes, etc. .. . mith will not bebothered by turning the iron for himself as he knowswhen he turns and is prepared for it. The smithshould strike the first blow in starting, or signal thehelper where to strike, in case the smith cannot strikethe first blow. The smith calls the helper by threeblows on the anvil with his hammer, and when thesmith wants the helper to cease striking he taps withthe hammer twice on the anvil. The helper shouldstrike the blow he has started when the smith signalshim to stop. The helper should watch the time of thesmiths hammer; if fast, keep time with it, if slow,keep time with it. The helper should strike wherethe smith strikes or over the center of the anvil. Thehelper should always lift the sledge high, in order togive the smith a chance to get in with the hammer.• 49 5° MODERN BLACKSMITHINGTHE FIRE It is proper before we go any farther to say a fewwords about the fire. An old foreman in the blacksmith department of afactory told me once in a conversation we had about. CORRECT POSITION AT THE ANVIL the fire, that he had come to the conclusion that veryfew blacksmiths have learned how to make a goodfire. It takes years of study and practice before theeye is able to discern a good fire from a bad one. Agood fire must be a clear fire, the flame must be con-centrated and of a white color. Even the nose must MODERN BLACKSMITHING 51 serve to decide a bad fire from a good one. A strongsulphur indicates a poor fire for welding. ^ Inorder to get a good fire there must be, first, good coal;second, plenty of it. It is no use to pile a lot of coalon an old fire, full of cinders and slag. The fire-potmust be clean. Many blacksmiths are too savingabout the coal. They take a shovel of coal, drop it onthe forge in the vicinity of the fire and sprinkle ahandful of it in the fire once in a while. In such acase it is impossible to do good work and turn it outq
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