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Iron Fire Rake Forged from One Bar
A rake is a bar fixed across a handle; for coals and embers it is made of iron. Draw one end of a wrought-iron bar out into a flat blade, bend it square to the shaft, and loop the other end into a handle.
The picture: Etruscan iron fire-rake fragments, a flat blade bent at a right angle from the shaft (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Beginner
Half a day
Instructions
1
1
Spread the blade
Spread the blade
Heat one end of the bar and spread it with the cross peen across the bar, then flatten with the face, until it is a blade about 10 cm wide and 4 mm thick.
Materials for this step:
Wrought Iron Bar1 pieceTools needed:
Blacksmith Forge
Anvil
Cross Peen Hammer
Blacksmith Tongs
Welding Gloves2
2
Bend it square
Bend it square
Heat where blade meets bar and bend the blade to a right angle over the anvil edge, so it drags flat across the coals.
Tools needed:
Blacksmith ForgeAnvilCross Peen HammerBlacksmith TongsWelding Gloves3
3
Loop the handle
Loop the handle
Draw the far end a little thinner, then scroll it round the anvil horn into a closed loop for the hand, about 1.2 m from the blade.
Tools needed:
Blacksmith ForgeAnvilCross Peen HammerBlacksmith TongsWelding Gloves4
4
Finish
Finish
Straighten the shaft, file the blade edge clean, and let it cool in air.
Tools needed:
AnvilCross Peen Hammer
Metal File5
5
Bar for the blade
Bar for the blade
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