Hardening, tempering, annealing and forging of steel; a treatise on the practical treatment and working of high and low grade steel .. . large flat stoneunder the bottom of the log and fill it with earth, well stampeddown. Now adze the top of the log level; then make a depres-sion in the center of the surface, about six inches square and twoinches deep, with a groove about one inch wide leading to the FORGING AND WELDING. 193 edge of the block, to allow the scales and dirt to pass off, andnot to get under the drop to make it rock or it will be , because of the size of the drop, or
Hardening, tempering, annealing and forging of steel; a treatise on the practical treatment and working of high and low grade steel .. . large flat stoneunder the bottom of the log and fill it with earth, well stampeddown. Now adze the top of the log level; then make a depres-sion in the center of the surface, about six inches square and twoinches deep, with a groove about one inch wide leading to the FORGING AND WELDING. 193 edge of the block, to allow the scales and dirt to pass off, andnot to get under the drop to make it rock or it will be , because of the size of the drop, or for other reasons, a logcannot be obtained large enough to put it on, take numbers, sayone foot square, and bolt enough of them together to make it of-suitable size, when set up on end to receive the drop. Grout, andfill in, in the same manner as for the log. Chestnut and oak arethe best. For forging drops with hammers weighing 1,000 to 2,000pounds, some manufacturers build a masonry foundation 8 to 12feet square at the base, tapering to the size of anvil shape at thetop, and 10 to 14 feet deep, with about 4 feet in height of oak.
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