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All There are 13 entries in the glossary.
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| 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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Knifemaking Tip
“The quality of your work depends on your dedicaton and your determination”
-Jerry Fisk
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Two part handle screws. They come as a pair of screws - two male and two female parts. Either 306 Yellow Brass or 303 Stainless Steel
