{"id":31633,"key":"Blacksmithing_in_practice","title":"Blacksmithing in practice","latest":{"id":1205353,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T15:25:25Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"This article is intented to provide a bit more practical information than what is available at [[Blacksmithing]]. In time, the two articles may perhaps be merged.\n\nFor blacksmithing, lower temperatures (than what is common with ie [[casting]]) can be used ie for iron:\n\n* 430°C (soft red) --> hardening carbonsteel\n* 870°C (red) --> bending, light pounding\n* 1100°C (bright yellow) --> most forging work\n* 1600° --> welding heat (comparable to melting heat, ie 1535°C)<ref>Practical Projects for the Blacksmith by Ted Tucker</ref>\n\n== References ==\n\n<references />\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Fabrication]]\n[[Category:Metal working]]"}