MISSOULA, Mont. — Frank McKinney, a blacksmith and American history buff in Alberton, spends much of his time in his garage. There, he has a collection of forges — the furnaces where blacksmiths heat ...
Blacksmithing process transforming a garage door spring into useful tools. Shows heating, cutting, and shaping steel into ...
In a variety of industries, casting and forging are popular methods of creating components and parts. In spite of this, the processes are very different from one another, and the products produced by ...
Blacksmith Seth Pauley remembers the first time he felt the magic of his craft. He was making a gardening trowel, and he struck the steel with his hammer just right. “It felt like hitting a piece of ...