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MODERN BLACKSMITHING 



be watched so that they will not be allowed to freeze 

 or clog, as an explosion might follow. These tuyers 

 never clog. I now use one that I have made as above 

 described. The dealers now have them to sell. Any 

 smith can get them as they are hard to make by the 

 average smith. 



BLOWERS 



I have tried many kinds of blowers and I shall give 

 my brother smiths the advantage of my experience. 



Portable forges run with fan blowers are fair blow- 

 ers if you are strong enough to pump away at high 

 speed, but it takes a horse to do that, and as soon as 

 you drop the lever the blast ceases. Root's blower 

 works easier, but the objection is the same, as soon as 

 you drop the crank the blast stops. Besides this 

 trouble, this blower is often in the way. I have never 

 found anything to beat the bellows yet, if you only 

 know how to use them. 



Never take a set of bellows less than 48 extra long. 

 Cut the snout off so that it will give a hole ij^, and 



