Press forging may be defined as the process of shaping a metal that is placed between two dies by applying mechanical or hydraulic pressure. Press forging is usually done on a forge press - a machine ...

Atop a forested hill in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands, the smells of cooked coal and hot steel blend over the molten glow of a blacksmith forge. That’s the work station for blacksmith Dennis Gilkey, ...

Learn to forge axes in this video, which covers the techniques and tools used in the blacksmithing process. #Blacksmithing #Forging #Axes Trump hit with dire warning of a self-inflicted disaster ...

Regular readers will recognise this as the third part of a series exploring blacksmithing for those who have perhaps always fancied having a go but have never quite known where to start. It’s written ...

It is the norm for our Retrotechtacular series to concentrate on a technology that has passed out of use but is still of interest to Hackaday readers, so it is perhaps unusual now to feature one that ...

Mandrel forging, sometimes known as saddle forging, is a forging operation that is performed with the help of a tool called mandrel. A mandrel is a blunt ended tool or rod that is used to enlarge or ...

On one of the coldest mornings in memory, I found myself in a big red barn in Port Allen taking a blacksmithing class. "Strike while the iron is hot," has gained new meaning since the two-day workshop ...