When you get to St. Petersburg, during the travel on the city, in its old part, involuntarily you begin to pay attention to abundance of shod products in architectural complexes. During examining of the masterpieces of applied art created by hands of serf masters latently there is thought of how they managed from plain iron to create really beautiful products.
It is required to you
- - forge horn;
- - forge tool.
Instruction
1. The history of heat treatment of metals has roots in the past for many millennia that is confirmed by archeological excavations in Arkaim which existed nearly 5000 years ago. Already then in each house there was furnace for iron melting. The smith in Russia in olden days was associated not differently as the adherent to powers of darkness. And it is unsurprising. Working with fire, picking up piece of shapeless rusty iron, from under the hammer the smith did candlestick, bucket or something else such that by all means amazed inhabitants.
2. To master craft of the smith, it will be required to build horn and to stock up with kurny coal because other solid fuel is least suitable for warming up of metal preparations. As raw materials for forging the iron square with the party equal to ten millimeters which is implemented by running meters in any shop of building materials is used.
3. Creation of shod product begins with the sketch, and then with its drawing to full scale on paper. Measure by twine or softly wire length of future element. After that cut from bar chisel or on the guillotine of necessary length piece preparation. Make fire in horn and place it for warming up there.
4. Temperature of flame is regulated by intensity of air supply.
5. When metal preparation in horn becomes white color, it is taken from there by pincers and withheld by the left hand (if the smith the right-handed person), is located on anvil on which the end of future element is delayed by hammer. It is carried out as follows: - blows which force increases as approaching the end of piece are struck to one plane of preparation; - invert preparation on edge and crumple hammer the turned-out expansion of part so that its size has returned to the initial size.
6. The delayed part is warmed in horn again and then bent, as a rule, by means of in advance made template.
7. If the product is supposed to be made of several elements, then they gather on table and are fastened with electric welding.