PROJECTS IN BLACKSMITHING 



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Supplementary Instructions: 



181. Open-End Wrench. Heat 4" of one end of 1-1/2" 

 x 7/16" soft steel to lemon color, and draw it out to shape and 

 dimensions shown at A, Fig. 197. Mark the stock 1-1/2" 

 from the point where 

 the forging of the han- 

 dle was begun, as shown 

 by the dotted line (A, 

 Fig. 197). Cut the stock 

 off on the anvil hardie 

 (Fig. 198), or with the 



handled hardie (Fig. FlG 196 completed clevis. 



173), cutting, first, from 



one side and, then, from the other, and, finally, breaking off 

 over the edge of the anvil by striking the stock not to be used 

 a sharp blow with the hammer just beyond the anvil edge. 



Heat the stock to lem- 

 on color and forge to 

 shape, as shown in- 72, 

 Fig. 197. The wrench 

 end should be rounded 

 up, keeping stock to 

 original thickness, by 

 first forming an octa- 

 gon, then a sixteen-sid- 



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ed figure, and, finally, a 



FlG. 197. Steps in making wrench. 



circle. This work should be done over the corner of the anvil 

 and by moving the edge being formed into different positions 

 as the hammer strikes the iron. Reheat the metal and punch 

 a hole 1/2 " out of center toward the wrench end and expand 



