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Smith's Top and Bottom Tools: Punch, Drift, Hardy, Fullers, Chisel and Swage
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Smith's Top and Bottom Tools: Punch, Drift, Hardy, Fullers, Chisel and Swage

Bottom tools have a square shank that drops into the anvil's hardy hole; top tools have a handle and are held on the work and struck. The hardy cuts hot stock laid over it, the fuller's rounded nose spreads metal, the punch makes a hole and the drift opens it to size, the hot chisel cuts from above, and the bottom swage rounds bar in its groove. Forge them all from tool steel. The picture: a smith at the anvil, a hardy standing in the hardy hole.
Advanced
Two days

Instructions

1

Shanks for the hardy hole

For each bottom tool, forge a square shank that slips into the hardy hole without rocking, with a shoulder above it that sits on the anvil face.

Materials for this step:

Octagonal Tool Steel BarOctagonal Tool Steel Bar4 kg
CharcoalCharcoal6 as required

Tools needed:

Blacksmith ForgeBlacksmith Forge
AnvilAnvil
Cross Peen HammerCross Peen Hammer
SledgehammerSledgehammer
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
2

Hardy and bottom fuller

On one shanked blank forge a wedge with its edge upward: the hot cut hardy. On another, forge a rounded nose: the bottom fuller.

Tools needed:

Blacksmith ForgeBlacksmith Forge
AnvilAnvil
Cross Peen HammerCross Peen Hammer
SledgehammerSledgehammer
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
3

Bottom swage

On a third shanked blank, form a half-round groove by forging a hot bar of the size you want into it with the top swage, then file it clean.

Tools needed:

Blacksmith ForgeBlacksmith Forge
AnvilAnvil
Cross Peen HammerCross Peen Hammer
SledgehammerSledgehammer
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
Top SwageTop Swage
Metal FileMetal File
4

Top tools

Forge the top tools from bar: a hot punch tapering to a small flat end, a drift tapering evenly to the size of the finished hole, a top fuller with a rounded nose, and a hot chisel with a thin edge. Leave a flat face on top of each to be struck.

Tools needed:

Blacksmith ForgeBlacksmith Forge
AnvilAnvil
Cross Peen HammerCross Peen Hammer
SledgehammerSledgehammer
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
5

Harden the edges and fit handles

Harden the hardy and hot chisel edges in water and temper them to blue; leave the punch, drift and fullers as forged, since they work hot (our practice). Fit ash handles to the hot chisel and top fuller.

Materials for this step:

Ash BilletAsh Billet2 pieces
WaterWater10 liters

Tools needed:

Blacksmith ForgeBlacksmith Forge
Quench BucketQuench Bucket
GrindstoneGrindstone
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
6

Steel for the set

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Materials

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Tools Required

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