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The blacksmith's tools were hammer, tongs, anvil, forge, and fire. He also used files, saws, and so on. He heated iron and pounded it into shapes
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Blacksmith Tools of his trade Forge – furnace for heating metal Anvil – heavy iron block used to hammer metal into shape Hammer – used to bend hot metal into shape Tongs – for grabbing hot metal The blacksmith used a brick hearth with bellows to make a coal fire. Coal fire heated iron bars. The blacksmith used hammers weighing as much as 12 pounds to hammer the iron bars into horseshoes.
A the use of an anvil, forge and a hammer to shape iron is still called a blacksmith. Although some of the tools may have changed the job remains the same.
A blacksmith heats and hammers iron into the shape and size required.
A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from iron or steel by forging the metal; i.e., by using tools to hammer, bend, cut, and otherwise shape it in its non-liquid form. Usually the metal is heated until it glows red or orange as part of the forging process.
Wheelwrights used tools such as hammers, chisels, spoke shaves, adzes, and augers to craft and repair wooden wagon wheels. They also used specialized implements like a wheelwright's reamer for drilling holes in the wheel hub and a felloe cutter for shaping the curved outer rim of the wheel.
To shape metal you must hit it when it's hot. The colder iron, the less easily you can shape it. In addition, it can break if it's not hot. When iron is heated sufficiently, it becomes plastic, and it can be deformed without breaking. It can be worked easily and effectively by a smith when it's hot.
The blacksmith made and fixed tools, pots, and other useful items. These items were made out of iron. Blacksmiths needed many tools in order to hold and mold the hot metal they used to work with. The blacksmith would work in a large room with a forge which was a big fireplace. In the middle of the room there was a heavy block of metal called an anvil. The blacksmith would use it to hold the hot metal while he shaped it into a tool or a cooking utensil. Every settlement had a blacksmith because he was a very useful member. The blacksmith was also a dentist and he had only one cure for a toothache. He pulled out the tooth that hurt Iron when it is heated forms an iron oxide that is black in colour. Smith means to strike. Someone who strikes black metal.
There is no real answer for how the first blacksmith made his tools because most of that information is lost in time. My guess is the first blacksmith used wooden tools and kept them wet to limit the burning. the first hammer was probably a rock and the first anvil another rock. Today when i make a tool I take a long piece of steel and heat one end so that i can shape it. Iron transfers heat very slowly down the steel so i can hold it with a gloved hand without burning myself. If i have to shape both ends then I shape and finish one end and then cool it in water so it is cool to the touch. I can then heat and shape the other end.
Because as steel gets hotter it changes color.
Blacksmiths set up shops to make and sell iron tools and saddles. The livery stable and the blacksmith were sometimes operated by the same person. The metal for the saddles was made by the blacksmith, and the leather was usually made by someone else.