18th Century Trade Secrets Relative to Metals « http://www.old-crafts.com/metals/secrets_relative_to_metals.htm | | Detailed instructions of the methods used by metal workers in the 18th century. |
Anvilfire « http://www.anvilfire.com/ | | Blacksmiths' and metal workers' reference. questions answered daily by the guru. meet and chat with other smiths at the slack tub pub. buy , sell , and trade at the virtual hammer-in. |
Foundry 101 « http://www.foundry101.com/ | | Hobby metal casting. learn to cast aluminum and brass in sand molds. includes step by step instructions with pictures. |
The Blacksmith's Compendium « http://www.elektricanvil.net/compendium/index.htm | | A collection of mailing list postings gleaned primarily from abana's " theforge" mailing list. threads of discussion have been pieced together from hundreds of postings and organized into a single document , according to topic. |
The Hawley Collection « http://www.shef.ac.uk/hawley/ | | An edge-tools and cutlery collection housed at the university of sheffield , in the u. k , and a description of the project. |
The Metalworking FAQ/Compendium « http://w3.uwyo.edu/~metal/ | | Based on the faq and other information for the usenet newsgroup rec. crafts. metalworking. |