All There are 13 entries in the glossary.
Anvil Shaped surface of heavy steel on which hot metal is hammered Ball-peen hammer Hammer with a rounded-back face Borax Substance used as welding fluxto seal out oxygen, which forms scale Carbon content Amount or degree of carbon in steel. Carbon Steel Steel that has enough carbon content to harden for use as tools. Usuall between 0.5% and 0.9%. Draw a piece of iron To flatten, extend by heating and hammering; to stretch Drift out To enlarge, as a hole Forge Weld To join iron/steel by hammering while white hot Heat Treating Combination of hardening and tempering steels and other metals. Normalize To cool a heated metal in the air to its normal hardness. Often slowly. Spring steel Steel of high carbon content used for springs. Temper To regulate hardness in metal by controlled heating. Upset To thicken by hammering into a mass, as opposed to strtching or drawing out.
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