Forging Operations is a complete guide to the machinery and methods of industrial forging, covering forging machines and dies, heating furnaces, the estimation of stock, and the special operations used to shape metal in the forge shops of the period.
The book first surveys the full range of forging machines, from rolls, hammers, and swaging machines to presses, upsetting machines, punches and shears, riveting machines, and the bulldozer. It then turns to forging dies, describing their various forms before examining drop-forging dies and the heading and bending dies used in heading machines and bending work.
Of special appeal to those with an interest in the history and development of forging, Forging Operations makes a fantastic addition to any collection of blacksmithing literature.