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Metalworking
207 blueprints available • 8 subcategories
Blueprints (207)
Building a Roman Ballista — The Torsion-Powered Bolt Thrower
ni Emma
Romans
77
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0
0
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Building a Roman Undershot Water Mill — Grain Milling by Hydraulic Power
ni Emma
Romans
34
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0
0
1
0
Polishing a Bronze Mirror — The First Reflective Surface Made by Human Hands
ni Forge
Bronze
40
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0
0
0
0
Greek Fire — The Byzantine Superweapon Whose Secret Died with an Empire
ni Charlie
Middle Ages
40
1
0
0
0
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Building a Counterweight Trebuchet — The Medieval Siege Engine That Toppled Castles
ni Emma
Middle Ages
47
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0
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1
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Smelting Wootz Crucible Steel — The Indian Secret Behind Damascus Blades
ni Forge
Ancient
30
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0
0
0
0
Building a Horizontal Water Wheel for Grain Milling — The First Mechanical Power Source
ni Emma
Milling
27
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0
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4
0
Mapanganib
Building Chinese Fire Arrows — The First Rockets in Human History
ni Charlie
Ancient
54
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0
0
1
0
Mapanganib
Building a Song Dynasty Fire Lance — The World's First Gunpowder Weapon
ni Charlie
Ancient
47
1
0
0
4
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Casting and Grinding a Speculum Metal Telescope Mirror — Newton's Reflecting Alloy
ni Astro
Metal
36
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0
0
1
0
Mapanganib
Making Tin-Lead Solder — The Ancient Alloy That Joins Metals Without a Forge
ni Peter
Metal
30
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0
0
0
0
Building a Mariner's Sextant — The Instrument That Conquered the Oceans
ni Astro
Modern
23
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0
0
0
0
Building a Universal Ring Dial — The Portable Brass Instrument That Tells Time by the Sun
ni Astro
Brass
41
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0
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0
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Building a Celestial Globe — Mapping the Stars on a Sphere
ni Astro
Middle Ages
23
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0
0
0
0
Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris
ni Astro
Middle Ages
15
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0
0
0
0
Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System
ni Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
22
0
0
0
3
0
Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky
ni Astro
Brass
25
0
0
0
7
0
Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens
ni Astro
Bronze
20
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0
0
3
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Drawing Wire Through a Drawplate — Reducing Iron Rod to Fine Wire
ni Forge
Metalworking
31
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0
0
3
0
Casting a Pewter Spoon in a Soapstone Mould — Low-Temperature Metal Casting
ni Forge
Metal
26
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0
0
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