Starting off as a small club with less thanįifty members we presently have over four-hundred Hackensack,Īrticles, especially about early tools and trades, are encouraged and may be sent to the Editor.Ĭontaining general information about CRAFTS and its activities including: meeting schedules, Tool Shed articles, etc.ĬRAFTS is turning 37 years old this year and is Published four times a year for members of CRAFTS of New Tailgate sales in the parking lot begin at 10 A.M., meeting Straight to the Masonic Lodge (on the left). Right and go about half a mile to Dennis Ave. Two miles to second traffic light at the High Bridge exit. Membership fees may be sent to: Hank Allen, 524 Harristown Road, Glen Rock, NJ 07452 (write check payable toĬRAFTS of NJ meetings are held at the HOST Masonic Annual dues per person or couple are fifteenĭollars for the membership year of July 1 through June 30. Membership in CRAFTS is open to anyone who shares theĪbove interests. Used and made in New Jersey as an integral part of our heritage. Study, preservation and exhibition of tools and implements The purpose of CRAFTS of New Jersey is to encourage interest in early trades and industries, and in the identification, Treasurer………………….………HANK ALLEN, Glen Rock, NJ Secretary………………….…ANNETTE VLIET, Danielsville, PA Vice President……………….……….DON KAHN, Hackensack Photographing Your Tools - Bob Garay ……………………………11 The Stanley Rule & Level Company - Part 2 - John Walter…….8-10 Wing axe, repair a cooking pot, make a betty lamp, orĪnvils - The Old Reliable Tool - Ivan Raupp ………….…….1, 3-7 Ing in the red hot metal, to create an ―eye‖ or an openironware that was broken. Punching, using the pritchel hole to create an openthat a community needed. He made all manner of tools and hardwareħ. Forge welding, (fusing pieces of hot metal together)Ĭommunity. The blacksmith of old was a vital resource to aĦ. Hot cutting, using a chisel or a hot cut in the hardy Line structure changes back to the original hardenedĥ. Twisting, as in applying decoration to wrought ironĪchieve the desired form.
Modern iron can be bent cold, but the tramer.ĭitional blacksmith softens the metal with a coal, coke, Log dog so that it can be struck squarely with a hamto soften it.
To a high temperature, 1500 degrees F or more, in order Iron or steel can only be shaped if it is first heatedįor thickening a piece of metal such as a hinge spike or Thin piece thicker) as in ―heading‖ a nail or a bolt alsoįile. The ―white smith‖ who shaped items from metal with a Upsetting, the opposite of drawing out (making a The ―blacksmith‖ forged items from iron in contrast toĢ. The horn of the anvil is important in this operation. Wrought iron and steel as that was refined from iron. The Fisher anvils at Josh Kavett’s anvil museum. The most comof iron and/or steel which is The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the anvil including ANVILS-THE OLD RELIABLE TOOL, THAT GETS NO RESPECTĪ Journal of Tool Collecting published by CRAFTS of New Jersey
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