Metalworking tools

Making a Set of Chasing Tools: Chasing is a wonderfully effective way to add a level of artistry and sophistication to any sheet metal piece. Experienced artisans can create truly stunning forms in a wide variety of metals from brass and copper to silver and gold. the biggest bar…

Pneumatic Air Graver From Bolt: This instructable is about making an air graver. In the past, I made the same tool but the working principle is completely different. That graver uses suction and compression while the one I am telling in this Instructables only uses compression, wh…

Melt Down Your Aluminum Cans: People that make metalworking and metal casting their main hobby are going to find many things wrong with what I am showing you here. Ignore most of that and give this a try even if it comes out crappy. This is a low investment way to observe a lost…

Hand forged horseshoe knife. Mark Winburn Knives

The tools illustrated in Fig. 16 are as follows:- (1) Centre Punch Sometimes called a mitre punch. Used for marking work of all descriptions, also for dotting the place where holes have to be dr...

Blacksmith tools

SHAPING SHEET METAL WITH a BALL PEEN HAMMER AND WOOD: My grandfather showed me this technique, when I was young. He told me the story of how he had forgotten to bring a spoon to work, for his lunch. He was able to make a spoon out of scrap metal and use it to eat. This technique is useful in making …

Types of Metalsmithing Hammers -

Super Simple DIY Tools for Copper Work: I have really been getting into copper work lately, in particular, making super cool bracelets and tiny bowls out of scrap. However, the deeper I go down that rabbit hole, the more I realize how many tools I would like to have to help with the proce…