After proper safety equipment and good training, a blacksmith may want to invest is power hammer to replace at least some of the heavy hammer work needed to shape hot metal. Power hammers aren’t ...

Like the Temple of Hephaestus perched on the outskirts of Athens, the slightly less-ancient Blacksmith of Trenton shop sits in a remote corner of the city, well away from the State House and the ...

After proper safety equipment and good training, a blacksmith may want to invest is power hammer to replace at least some of the heavy hammer work needed to shape hot metal. Power hammers aren’t ...

But blacksmithing never felt alien ... along with equipment ranging from anvils and tongs to air-driven power hammers. First, I needed a forge. I considered buying a gas-powered model, but ...

Crowded into the small workshop are the tools essential for blacksmithing. An anvil sits in the center of the space near a grooved swage block for shaping metal and a power hammer for pounding it.

While some blacksmiths came to the craft as part of ... If I’m working at the forge, using heat and a power hammer, I charge $145 an hour; straight-up fabrications are $75 an hour.

A far north Queensland blacksmith is pivoting his business after a surge in interest from people wanting to learn the ancient trade. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather ...