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Flatter and Forming Stake: Smoothing and Doming Tools for the Smith
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Flatter and Forming Stake: Smoothing and Doming Tools for the Smith

The flatter is a top tool with a broad, flat face: set on the work and struck by the striker, it takes out lumps and hammer marks and leaves a finished surface (Practical Blacksmithing, 1889); a round-edged one leaves round corners unmarked. The forming stake is a domed iron head on a shank set in a stump, for hammering sheet into curved shapes. Forge both. The picture: our diagram, a flatter with its handle and a domed stake in a stump.
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Forge the flatter

Upset tool steel into a block with a flat square face about 50 mm across (our size), the body tapering up to a flat top to take the sledge. Punch and drift an eye through the body for a handle.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Induku enezinhlangothi eziyisishiyagalombili yensimbi yamathuluziInduku enezinhlangothi eziyisishiyagalombili yensimbi yamathuluzi1 kg
AmalahleAmalahle3 as required

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Iziko lomkhandi wensimbiIziko lomkhandi wensimbi
Insimbi YokukhandelaInsimbi Yokukhandela
Isando esinekhanda elimise okwesikhonkwaneIsando esinekhanda elimise okwesikhonkwane
Isando esikhuluIsando esikhulu
Isibhobozi esishisayoIsibhobozi esishisayo
Isikhulisi semboboIsikhulisi sembobo
Udlawu lomkhandi wensimbiUdlawu lomkhandi wensimbi
Amagilavu okushiselaAmagilavu okushisela
Izibuko zokuphephaIzibuko zokuphepha
2

Face and handle

Grind the face dead flat with its edges slightly rounded (more for a round-edge flatter), harden the face, temper it to blue, and fit an ash handle.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Ucezu lomuthi i-ashUcezu lomuthi i-ash1 ucezu
AmanziAmanzi10 amalitha

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Itshe lokulola eliphendukaItshe lokulola eliphenduka
Iziko lomkhandi wensimbiIziko lomkhandi wensimbi
Ibhakede lokupholisaIbhakede lokupholisa
Udlawu lomkhandi wensimbiUdlawu lomkhandi wensimbi
3

Forge the stake

Upset the end of a heavy wrought iron bar into a dome about 100 mm across (our size) and draw the rest to a tapered square shank. File the dome smooth.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Insimbi yokukhandwa eyindukuInsimbi yokukhandwa eyinduku2 izicucu
AmalahleAmalahle4 as required

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Iziko lomkhandi wensimbiIziko lomkhandi wensimbi
Insimbi YokukhandelaInsimbi Yokukhandela
Isando esikhuluIsando esikhulu
Udlawu lomkhandi wensimbiUdlawu lomkhandi wensimbi
Insimbi yokuhlikihla izinsimbiInsimbi yokuhlikihla izinsimbi
Amagilavu okushiselaAmagilavu okushisela
Izibuko zokuphephaIzibuko zokuphepha
4

Set it in a stump

Saw a hardwood stump level, bore and chop a tapered square hole in its top, and drive the stake's shank in tight.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Izigodo zomuthi olukhuni (i-oki, i-mapula, i-beech)Izigodo zomuthi olukhuni (i-oki, i-mapula, i-beech)1 ucezu

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isaha yabantu ababiliIsaha yabantu ababili
Ibhola lesandlaIbhola lesandla
Isethi yezisebenziIsethi yezisebenzi
Isando esikhuluIsando esikhulu
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Why the flatter smooths

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