Pete Stanaitis' Blacksmithing Crossword

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3.  Steel shavings are often used as    1. A hammer with its pein at right angles

    _______ an  ingredient in welding      to the handle.

4.  ____ means "from the back" .        2. ____ welding requires a clean fire.

5.  Work is often cooled by placing     3. A ____ is used to remove hammer marks.

    it in one of these.                 5. A small, flat faced struck tool is  a

7.  Most blacksmiths don't wear one on     called ____hammer.

    their hammer hand.                  6. Blacksmiths can make most of their

10. Rings and other circular articles      own ____.

    are often trued up on a ___ mandrel.8. A ball pein hammer is often used to set

11. The small round hole in the top of     these.

     manyanvils is called the ___ hole. 9. Used to form the head of nails, bolts, 

14. A ___ is used to create an abrupt      etc.

    shoulder.                          12. ______ is a process used to push metal

16. Some blacksmiths ____ horses.          down from the front.

18. Iron is a ___ metal.               13. A white heat is often refered to as a

19. One joinery technique is called        _____ heat.

    ___ and tenon.                     15. The tapered part of the anvil is called 

22. Most decorative work is made with      the _____·

     ____steel these days.             17. A ____ is a tool used to stretch metal

25. To change the diameter of round        in one direction.

     rod, you must first ____ it.      20. A trade name for blacksmith coal.

      flow.                            21. Always adjust your ___ to fit the work at

27. ____ iron is a form of very low        hand.

    carbon                             23. A famous American Blacksmith of the

    steel containing silica fibers.        early 20th Century from the eastern USA.

28. In medival times, iron was called  24. Blacksmith coal is sometimes called this.

    the ____  metal.                   25. A hammer with its pein parallel to the

29. A post vise is often called a ____     handle.

    vise.                              30. The ____ zone of the forge fire is

31. Tenons are often trued up with a       where you want to place your work.   

    ___  tool.                         33. You ____ a hole to the correct size and      

32. A ___ fork is often used to shape      shape.

    scrolls.                           35. Anvils are often secured to one of these.        

34. Chisels are often tempered to this 36. Before forge welding two pieces together,   

     oxide color.                          we ____ them.             

37. Anvil tools are often attached to

    the anvil at the ____  hole.

38. Tools meant to be hit by other tools.    The Metalsmith thanks  Vice President,

39. _____ is the name given to a class      Pete Stanaitis for  the time  he took to

    of powered hammering machines.             develop the Blacksmith  Crossword

40. Use a ____ chisel to cut metal if no      Puzzle.   Answers in next issue. (MM)

    hack saw is available.