id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 45004 Sleffel, Charles Conrad The Library of Work and Play: Working in Metals .txt text/plain 70350 6746 95 The shaping or driving hammer is flat at one end and rounded at the Place the rounded end of the peg on the circle of the copper plate use of the round end of the raising hammer and a flat-iron. _Tool:_ Soldering iron (can be made out of a piece of half-inch round Place the end of the copper rod in the fire and heat it red-hot. of round rod, file a small shaped ornament (to taste) on one end of the Place this piece of copper on the flat end of the hard wood Place each piece of copper on a hard wood block and with the round end cut small pieces of iron and soft steel while hot or cold. piece of iron may be heated a dozen times while working it into shape. Staples are small U-shaped pieces of iron with pointed ends. ./cache/45004.txt ./txt/45004.txt