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Bucket Hook: an S-Hook Bent Hot over the Anvil Horn
A bucket hangs from a tap, a pole or a crossbeam on an S-hook: one end over the support, the other through the bail. Harcourt (1920) gives it as a first forging exercise: bend one end hot over the anvil horn, then the other end the opposite way. Rod size and hook sizes are ours.
The picture: a forged S-hook (Wikimedia Commons).
Beginner
1 hour
Instructions
1
1
Cut and square the stock
Cut and square the stock
Saw 200 mm of 8 mm mild steel rod and square up both ends.
Materials for this step:
Mild Steel Rod200 mmTools needed:
Hacksaw
Safety Glasses2
2
Bend the first hook
Bend the first hook
Heat about half the piece and bend one end over the anvil horn, with the blows falling on the far side of the horn. Close it to a hook that fits over the support.
Materials for this step:
Charcoal1 as requiredTools needed:
Blacksmith Forge
Anvil
Cross Peen Hammer
Blacksmith Tongs
Welding GlovesSafety Glasses3
3
Bend the second hook
Bend the second hook
Heat the other end and bend it over the horn the same way, but in the opposite direction, to make the S. Size it to take the bucket's bail.
Tools needed:
Blacksmith ForgeAnvilCross Peen HammerBlacksmith TongsWelding Gloves4
4
True it up
True it up
Even out both curves so the hook is free of rough hammer marks, and let it cool in air.
Tools needed:
AnvilCross Peen HammerBlacksmith TongsThis blueprint makes
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