{"product_id":"9781473339675","title":"Drop-Forging Dies and Die-Sinking","description":"This vintage book contains a detailed guide to drop-forging dies and die-sinking. With authentic photographs, helpful illustrations, and a wealth of useful information, this is a volume that will be of considerable utility to novice and apprentice blacksmiths, and one that would make for a valuable addition to collections blacksmithing literature. Contents include: \"Laying Out and Machining Operations\", \"Classes of Drop-forging Dies\", \"Information Required by the Die-sinker\", \"Preparation of the Stock\", \"Laying out the Dies\", \"The Draft Allowance\", \"The Allowance for Finish\", \"Scribing the Outline\", \"Hand Operations\", \"Special Operations in Die-Sinking\", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metalworking.","brand":"Read Books Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129656459504,"sku":"9781473339675","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473339675_p0.jpg?v=1763599908","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473339675","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}