by Brady Stover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n en-us 2016-02-08 16:33:34 UTC 2026-01-14 03:26:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/crane_yellow.png Blacksmith bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93839319 You own your blacksmith shop. You work long hours, sometimes 10-12 hours a day. You make horseshoes for the local farmers and for the British soldiers.]]> 2016-02-08 16:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93839319 Produce bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93840126 Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils and weapons.]]> 2016-02-08 16:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93840126 Forging bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93840979 Blacksmiths work by heating pieces of wrought iron or steel until the metal becomes soft enough for shaping with hand tools, such as a hammer, anvil and chisel.]]> 2016-02-08 16:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93840979 Welding bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93842126 Welding is the joining of the same or similar kind of metal.

In forge welding, the pieces to join are heated to what is generally referred to as welding heat. For mild steel most smiths judge this temperature by color: the metal glows an intense yellow or white. At this temperature the steel is near molten.
]]> 2016-02-08 16:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93842126 Importance in life bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93843497 Medieval blacksmiths were important in the community because they provided people with a variety of metal tools. They fabricated weapons for war and constructed household items. Blacksmiths not only created these tools by molding raw metals, but they also repaired and maintained them. Although they were laborers who worked with their hands, blacksmiths held a high social position in medieval and early modern societies.]]> 2016-02-08 16:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93843497 Chiseling bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93844480 Cut or shape something with a chisel.]]> 2016-02-08 16:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/93844480 Definition bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94096573 A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut.]]> 2016-02-09 16:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94096573 Striker bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94097282 A blacksmith's striker is an assistant whose job it is to swing a large sledgehammer in heavy forging operations, as told by the blacksmith.]]> 2016-02-09 16:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94097282 Iron bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94098678
  • Iron is a naturally occurring metallic element. It is almost never found in its native form (pure iron) in nature. It is usually found as an oxide or sulfide, with many other impurity elements mixed in.
    • ]]>     2016-02-09 16:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94098678     Wrought Iron bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94098905
  • Wrought iron is the purest form of iron generally encountered or produced in quantity. It may contain as little as 0.04% Carbon (by weight). From its traditional method of manufacture, wrought iron has a fibrous internal texture. 
    • ]]>     2016-02-09 16:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94098905     Steel bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94099444
  • Steel is a mixture of Iron and between 0.3% to 2% Carbon by weight. Steel with a higher carbon percentage may be brought to a higher state of maximum hardness.
    • ]]>     2016-02-09 16:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94099444     Cast Iron bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94099845
  • Cast iron is iron that contains between 2% to 6% Carbon by weight. There is so much carbon present, that the hardness cannot be switched off. Hence, cast iron is a brittle metal, which can break like glass. 
    • ]]>     2016-02-09 16:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94099845     Present Day bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94101493 During the 20th century various gases have also come to be used as fuels for blacksmithing. While these are fine for blacksmithing iron, special care must be taken when using them to blacksmith steel. ]]> 2016-02-09 16:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94101493 bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94104532 2016-02-09 16:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94104532 bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94105455 2016-02-09 16:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94105455 Why would you be a blacksmith bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94370598 Anyone who wanted to become a blacksmith had to be prepared for a long, hard, sooty apprenticeship mostly spent next to a blazing fire. Also to make weapons and tools for people. It was a very profitable job.]]> 2016-02-10 16:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94370598 Tools bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94376615
    • Forge
    • Hammer
    • Tongs
    • Anvil
    • Drills
    • Latches
    • Hinges
    • Farm Tools
    • Nails
    • Axes
    • Chisels
    • Carving Tools
    • Made parts of wagons
    • Repaired stuff on the ship



    ]]>     2016-02-10 16:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94376615     Forge bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94376998
  • A forge is like a furnace but it's made for crafting tools out of  iron bars that turn yellow hot from the coal that is burning in the forge.  
  • Which are smashed to create weapons and more tools.
    • ]]>     2016-02-10 16:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94376998     Weapons bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94377142
  • Guns
  • Harpoons
  • Grappling Hooks
  • Knifes
  • Swords
  • Daggers
    • ]]>     2016-02-10 16:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94377142     Blacksmith Tools bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94377379
  • Billy Knife maker Tongs, Z V-Bit Style
  • Billy V-Bit Tongs
  • Billy V-Bit Bolt Tongs
  • Billy
    • ]]>     2016-02-10 16:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94377379     Traveling Forge bstover https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94377630 A traveling forge would've contained 1200 pounds.

    540 kilograms of tools such as coal and supplies.

    45 kilogram Anvil.

    A battery wagon accompanied each traveling forge carrying an additional blacksmith, wheelwright, and carriage repair supplies.

    A wheelwright is a person who builds or repairs wooden wheels.]]>     2016-02-10 16:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bstover/b1opksfrzz5n/wish/94377630