This vintage book contains a detailed guide to drop-forging dies and die-sinking. With authentic photographs, helpful illustrations, and a wealth of useful information, this is a volume that will be of considerable utility to novice and apprentice blacksmiths, and one that would make for a valuable addition to collections blacksmithing literature. Contents include: \"Laying Out and Machining Operations\", \"Classes of Drop-forging Dies\", \"Information Required by the Die-sinker\", \"Preparation of the Stock\", \"Laying out the Dies\", \"The Draft Allowance\", \"The Allowance for Finish\", \"Scribing the Outline\", \"Hand Operations\", \"Special Operations in Die-Sinking\", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metalworking. | Drop-Forging Dies and Die-Sinking by Chester L Lucas, Paperback | Indigo Chapters