Metalwork For Craftsmen (1942) - Plans For Sheet Metal Work - Republication

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  • Mebane, North Carolina, United States
  • Jan 30th
Metalwork for Craftsmen, by Emil F. Kronquist, originally published as Art Metalwork in 1942 by McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, NY. Republished by Dover Publications, Mineola, NY, 1972, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 softcover, 202 pages, with 28 additional photographs of completed projects. ISBN 0-486-22789-8. Please note this book is a new reprint, not used. This book, by a master craftsman who has devoted much of his life to teaching, is an exceptionally useful handbook in the techniques of sheet metalcraft. Presenting easy-to-follow and complete instructions on pages opposite to carefully executed drawings and diagrams, he makes it possible for anyone to learn the basics of this art form and to fashion objects which are at once beautiful and useful, and which display the individual expressiveness of the maker. Beginning with fundamentals, the author lists and pictures all of the necessary tools and carefully explains basic techniques for cutting stock, annealing and heating, pickling, shallow hollowing, raising, planishing, bending and shaping, leveling, soldering and welding, making molds, pattern making, and all of the steps and processes in the fine art of chasing. There follows a series of specific projects for making candlesticks, coasters, fluted platters and bowls, beakers, pitchers, serving trays, lamps and a host of other articles in a wide variety of designs. A selection of thumbnail sketches for further exploration is included, and complete instructions are given for finishing and oxidation. The compact and graphic method of presentation makes this an extremely handy book, and the projects contained in it will engage the accomplished craftsman as well as the amateur. The approach is consistently from the craftworker's point of view, and the descriptions of workshop methods are clear and direct and result from the author's lifelong experience in actual work and in instruction.

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