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MODERN BLACKSMITHING 



have material to dress down on ; and if a heat is lust, 

 or a weld, it will make the stock in the article weaker, 

 and to meet these exigencies there must be material 

 from the start, enough for all purposes. There is also 



a wide difference of opinion as to whether the share 

 should be welded at the point or at the joint first. 

 While I was yet a young man and employed in a plow 

 factory, I had an opportunity to see the different ideas 

 set to a test. In the factory the practice was to weld 



