blacksmithing
Blacksmithing English 101
Blacksmithing is a really useful skill, and not to mention a fun hobby also. Blacksmithing not only shows you how to forge metal into cool and useful items, it also helps you think of making things work easier and creating tools to help certain tasks become easier. I was shown by the owner of Pierce Street iron works, how to put the knowledge of blacksmithing to work. The moment I pulled up next to the old Chauncey Wing foundry. I thought how this is now a blacksmith shop. Walking through the door you see it is a solidly built building with a huge furnace that was once used for making casts. Walking upstairs it is now been converted to a well setup blacksmith shop. The shop has four forges use to heat the metal to a high enough heat to where it glows orange so you can forge it into anything you would like. Three of the forges are powered by propane these are easy to light and also create a steady heat. In which he made two of them himself to conserve money. The other forge is coal powered which is older fashioned and takes more work to create and maintain. The owner and Blacksmith is Mr. P he has been doing blacksmithing since he was young and it has been a great passion throughout his life and he loves where he does his projects now the building is a good size for him to take on a multiple array of different sized projects. He has equipment and tools to help him with these and loves every second of his work. I myself have assisted him on a few projects. I too enjoy working with metal and having the rewarding feeling at the end of the day that you created something with your own two hands is quite worth the hard work. In the shop there are many different anvils placed appropriately so you can situate yourself before taking the iron out of the fire so the transition is as quick as possible, because as soon as the metal is taking out it instantly begins to cool and becomes harder and harder to work with. The forge running at
Blacksmithing is a really useful skill, and not to mention a fun hobby also. Blacksmithing not only shows you how to forge metal into cool and useful items, it also helps you think of making things work easier and creating tools to help certain tasks become easier. I was shown by the owner of Pierce Street iron works, how to put the knowledge of blacksmithing to work. The moment I pulled up next to the old Chauncey Wing foundry. I thought how this is now a blacksmith shop. Walking through the door you see it is a solidly built building with a huge furnace that was once used for making casts. Walking upstairs it is now been converted to a well setup blacksmith shop. The shop has four forges use to heat the metal to a high enough heat to where it glows orange so you can forge it into anything you would like. Three of the forges are powered by propane these are easy to light and also create a steady heat. In which he made two of them himself to conserve money. The other forge is coal powered which is older fashioned and takes more work to create and maintain. The owner and Blacksmith is Mr. P he has been doing blacksmithing since he was young and it has been a great passion throughout his life and he loves where he does his projects now the building is a good size for him to take on a multiple array of different sized projects. He has equipment and tools to help him with these and loves every second of his work. I myself have assisted him on a few projects. I too enjoy working with metal and having the rewarding feeling at the end of the day that you created something with your own two hands is quite worth the hard work. In the shop there are many different anvils placed appropriately so you can situate yourself before taking the iron out of the fire so the transition is as quick as possible, because as soon as the metal is taking out it instantly begins to cool and becomes harder and harder to work with. The forge running at