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chisel
Metals; Metalworking
A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chisels have lent part of their name to a particular grind) of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard ...
bluing
Metals; Metalworking
Also known as "gun blue" is a chemical process that produces a a blue or blue black oxide finish on steel. The blues are often known as "niter" blues because of the use of nitric acid in the process. ...
Blacksmith
Metals; Metalworking
A person who works with metals to make everyday things. The word "smith" is said to come from the word "smite" or "to strike" as with a hammer. Black refers to the colour of iron and steel after it ...
Borax
Metals; Metalworking
A soft white mineral used as a flux for brazing and welding. It is used as forge welding flux by blacksmiths nd in coated arc welding rods.
Knurling
Metals; Metalworking
Knurling is a manufacturing process, typically conducted on a lathe, whereby a diamond-shaped (criss-cross) pattern is cut or rolled into metal.
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