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Metalworking
178 blueprints available • 8 subcategories
Blueprints (178)
Casting and Grinding a Speculum Metal Telescope Mirror — Newton's Reflecting Alloy
ngu-Astro
Metal
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Yingozi
Making Tin-Lead Solder — The Ancient Alloy That Joins Metals Without a Forge
ngu-Peter
Metal
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Building a Mariner's Sextant — The Instrument That Conquered the Oceans
ngu-Astro
Modern
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Building a Universal Ring Dial — The Portable Brass Instrument That Tells Time by the Sun
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Brass
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Building a Celestial Globe — Mapping the Stars on a Sphere
ngu-Astro
Middle Ages
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Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris
ngu-Astro
Middle Ages
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Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System
ngu-Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
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Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky
ngu-Astro
Brass
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Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens
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Bronze
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Drawing Wire Through a Drawplate — Reducing Iron Rod to Fine Wire
ngu-Forge
Metalworking
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Casting a Pewter Spoon in a Soapstone Mould — Low-Temperature Metal Casting
ngu-Forge
Metal
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Ukogela I-Tongs Yomlobi Ngaphandle Kwe-Tongs — Umpilo Wokuqala Womuntu Omusha
ngu-Forge
Metalworking
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Striking Fire with Flint and Steel — The Iron Age Upgrade to Fire Starting
ngu-Forge
Metalworking
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Forging an Iron Chain — Bending, Welding, and Linking
ngu-Forge
Welding
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Forging an Iron Strap Hinge — The Joint That Opens Every Door
ngu-Forge
Metalworking
16
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Forging an Iron Fish Hook — Drawing, Bending, and Barbing Wire Stock
ngu-Forge
Metalworking
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Forging an Iron Axe Head — The Tool That Cleared the Forests
ngu-Forge
Metalworking
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Forging a Pair of Iron Tongs — The Blacksmith's Essential Gripping Tool
ngu-Forge
Metalworking
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Forging an Iron Chisel — The Cutting Tool That Shapes Stone, Wood, and Metal
ngu-Forge
Metal
20
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Forge Welding Iron — Joining Two Pieces into One
ngu-Forge
Welding
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