Yigal Sharaby <div class="jnlc-container" id="jnlc-container"> <img src="http://static1.shopify.com/s/files/1/0014/5692/files/Forging.jpg" width="360" height="200" class="floatLeft" /> <p class="JNLC-title">forging</p> <p class="JNLC-copy">Forging is the act of plastically deforming metal into desired shapes by hot or cold fabrication methods, utilizing the ductility and malleability of metal by exerting compressive force upon it, mainly through the intermittent blows of a hammer. Forging is also done mechanically.</p> <p class="JNLC-copy">Hot forging is essentially a blacksmith's technique by which metal objects mainly of iron and steel are formed while in a red to white-hot state. Traditional hot forging techniques are used today by the jeweler in making hand tools of the simpler types, such as chase punches, chisels and gravers.<br /> </p> <p class="JNLC-copy">Though the jeweler may occasionally work hot metal, more generally it has been annealed and cooled to room temperature, and then is worked by cold forging. This is still one of the most basic techniques used in jewelry making.</p> <p class="JNLC-copy">Some of the most common tools used in forging are anvils, stakes, mandrels, hammers, mallets, cold punches and chisels.</p> <p class="JNLC-copy"><a href="/pages/other-techniques"><img src='http://static1.shopify.com/s/files/1/0014/5692/files/Back1.png' alt='' /></a></p> </div> 2008-10-13T12:24:14-04:00 forging 500032 2008-10-13T12:24:14-04:00 145692 2008-11-04T12:17:16-05:00 <notextile> <div class="jnlc-container" id="jnlc-container"> <img src="http://static1.shopify.com/s/files/1/0014/5692/files/Forging.jpg" width="360" height="200" class="floatLeft" /> <p class="JNLC-title">forging</p> <p class="JNLC-copy">Forging is the act of plastically deforming metal into desired shapes by hot or cold fabrication methods, utilizing the ductility and malleability of metal by exerting compressive force upon it, mainly through the intermittent blows of a hammer. Forging is also done mechanically.</p> <p class="JNLC-copy">Hot forging is essentially a blacksmith's technique by which metal objects mainly of iron and steel are formed while in a red to white-hot state. Traditional hot forging techniques are used today by the jeweler in making hand tools of the simpler types, such as chase punches, chisels and gravers.<br /> </p> <p class="JNLC-copy">Though the jeweler may occasionally work hot metal, more generally it has been annealed and cooled to room temperature, and then is worked by cold forging. This is still one of the most basic techniques used in jewelry making.</p> <p class="JNLC-copy">Some of the most common tools used in forging are anvils, stakes, mandrels, hammers, mallets, cold punches and chisels.</p> <p class="JNLC-copy"><a href="/pages/other-techniques"><img src='http://static1.shopify.com/s/files/1/0014/5692/files/Back1.png' alt='' /></a></p> </div> </notextile>