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Garden Fork: Four Forged Tines on an Ash D-Grip Handle
A garden fork has a square-shouldered head with usually four short, sturdy tines, flatter, thicker and closer together than a pitchfork's, on a short, stout wooden handle with a D- or T-grip; it loosens and turns soil like a spade. Forge four tines, weld them to a shoulder bar with a socket, and fit an ash D-grip handle.
The picture: old digging forks with ash D-grip handles.
Advanced
Two days
Instructions
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Forge the tines
Forge the tines
Draw four tines of tool steel about 25 cm long (our size), square at the root and tapering to a point, slightly flattened.
Materials for this step:
Octagonal Tool Steel Bar1 kg
Charcoal4 as requiredTools needed:
Blacksmith Forge
Anvil
Cross Peen Hammer
Blacksmith Tongs
Welding Gloves
Safety Glasses2
2
Shoulder and socket
Shoulder and socket
Forge a wrought iron shoulder bar as wide as the head, with a tapered socket drawn up from its middle. Forge-weld the four tines along the bar at even spacing (step 5).
Materials for this step:
Wrought Iron Bar2 pieces
Charcoal4 as requiredTools needed:
Blacksmith Forge
Anvil
Sledgehammer
Hot Cut Hardy
Blacksmith Tongs
Welding Gloves
Safety Glasses3
3
Temper and true
Temper and true
Line the tines up straight and parallel, harden the tine points in water and temper them to blue (our temper), and file them clean.
Materials for this step:
Water10 litersTools needed:
Blacksmith Forge
Quench Bucket
Blacksmith Tongs
Metal File
Welding Gloves
Safety Glasses4
4
Handle
Handle
Make an ash D-grip handle as for the spade, drive it into the socket, drill through and rivet. Oil the handle.
Materials for this step:
Ash Billet2 pieces
Iron Rivets2 pieces
Linseed Oil0.05 literTools needed:
Froe
Shaving Horse
Drawknife
Hand Drill
Cross Peen Hammer5
5
Tine spacing
Tine spacing
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