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The Art of Survival Blacksmithing – Part Two
In the last article, The Art of Survival Blacksmithing Part One, we looked at ways to set up some simple blacksmithing arrangements. In this article, we’ll try our hand at a couple of basic skills and items that could be useful for survival.
You can see people today in developing countries that are building and fixing metal implements with very limited resources.
Watching a well-equipped smith working is impressive; watching someone crouching by a hut using only a few small tools to create or repair things is astonishing.
You can learn from those people and improvise ways to set up and work with hot metal.
How to Do It 1-2-3
Just like learning anything, your first attempts have a good chance of not turning out well. Keep trying.
As mentioned before, I’m not a blacksmith. These are things I picked up over the years.
First Steps
Forge Weld and Tempering: Having someone who could do this came in handy when we had that incident with our axle that I mentioned earlier. Thanks to smithing, the truck was up and running Read more…
2013-03-08 08:07:57
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