The art of forging dates to at least 4000BC and probably earlier. Metals such as bronze and wrought iron were forged by early man to produce hand toots and weapons of war. Forging of wrought iron and ...

In this video, I forge a cross peen hammer, a unique project that explores two new techniques: the "pilot holes" method for punching the eye, resulting in a straight eye but requiring substantial ...

A 50,000-pound hammer has become operational at Canton Drop Forge in Perry Township. The hammer is part of an $18.5 million investment, allowing the company to produce larger parts. Canton Drop Forge ...

Toolmaking has long been part of blacksmithing tradition. This episode focuses on forging a hammer designed specifically for ...

This section of the industry may be classified as jobbing with quantities generally small varying from one off to perhaps 100 off. Tooling for producing open die work may consist of flat or shaped ...

First, welding began to replace riveting in ship-and plane-building (TIME. Dec. 15). Now cast steel is replacing forged steel, and in tanks it is replacing both riveted and welded armor plate.

Remember those really mean, really big, really powerful stone blocks in Super Mario that just repeatedly try to smash the living hell out of things whenever you’re passing underneath them? Yeah, the ...