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should be only one pound and less. No smith should 

 ever use a hammer like No. 3, in Figure 5. This 

 hammer I have not yet been able to find out what it is 

 good for. Too short, too clumsy, too much friction in 

 the air. I have christened it, and if you want my 

 name for it call it Cain's hammer. It must surely 

 look like the hammer used by him, if he had any. 



HOW TO MAKE CHISELS 



A chisel for hot cutting, see Figure 5, No. 4. This 

 chisel is made of ij{ square tool steel. Punch a hole 

 i^ X i^ X }^ about three inches from the end, the eye 

 should be narrow in order to leave material enough on 

 the sides to give it strength. When eye is finished, 

 forge down below it, not on the head-end, with top 

 and bottom fullers, like cut. This gives the chisel a 

 better shape. Now dress down the edge, then heat 

 to a low cherry red, and harden, brighten it and when 

 the color is brown cool off. 



COLD CHISELS 



Use same sized steel as above referred to, make it 

 like No. 5, Figure 5. To distinguish it from the hot 

 cutting chisel, and to give it more strength, in harden- 

 ing this chisel, draw the temper until it is blue. This 

 is the right temper for all kinds of cold chisels. 



