ironworking
Shaping heated steel
Ironworking is the craft or industry of shaping iron into useful objects—tools, weapons, structural components, decorative pieces.
The term covers everything from a blacksmith forging horseshoes to industrial production of steel beams.
An ironworker is someone who practices the trade, whether at a forge or on a construction site connecting structural steel.
Metal-shaping block
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- hearthFireplace floor area
- fireCombustion with flames
heat · molten · quenching · hammering · tongs · crucible · bloomery · charcoal
Industrial metal production facility
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- foundryMetal casting facility
- millGrain-crushing facility
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
fabrication · galvanizing · mining · sintering · pelletizing · casting · ingot · billet
Tool for striking nails
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- chiselEdged carving implement
- swageTool for shaping metal
fuller · punch · drift · hardy · flatter · sledgehammer · mandrel · shears
Shaping heated metal; faking documents
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
- temperingControlled heating and cooling
- annealingHeat-softening of metals
- quenchingRapid cooling process
bending · hammering · shaping · riveting · folding · carburizing · hardening · grinding
Mixing metals together
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
brittleness · corrosion · rust · oxidation
One who shoes horses
- horseshoeCurved metal hoof protector
- shoeingAttaching hoof plates
- hoofHorny foot covering
- nailsMetal fasteners, finger coverings
rasp · clinching · stable · equine · wheelwright · coachwork · gate · hinge
Spiral ornamental design
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- chasingFollowing to catch
- patinationOxidation film on metal
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
inlay · etching · engraving · ornamental · railing · chandelier · candelabra · weathervane
anvil
Metal-shaping block
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- hearthFireplace floor area
fire · heat · molten · quenching · hammering · tongs · crucible · bloomery · charcoal · coke
steelworks
Industrial metal production facility
rolling · fabrication · galvanizing · mining · sintering · pelletizing · casting · ingot · billet · manufacturing
hammer
Tool for striking nails
swage · fuller · punch · drift · hardy · flatter · sledgehammer · mandrel · shears · vice
forging
Shaping heated metal; faking documents
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
- temperingControlled heating and cooling
- annealingHeat-softening of metals
quenching · bending · hammering · shaping · riveting · folding · carburizing · hardening · grinding · finishing
alloying
Mixing metals together
malleability · brittleness · corrosion · rust · oxidation
farrier
One who shoes horses
nails · rasp · clinching · stable · equine · wheelwright · coachwork · gate · hinge · latch
scrollwork
Spiral ornamental design
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- chasingFollowing to catch
- patinationOxidation film on metal
gilding · inlay · etching · engraving · ornamental · railing · chandelier · candelabra · weathervane · balcony
rebar
Steel strengthening concrete
scaffolding · riveting · bolting · structural · joist · column · truss · crane · hoisting · bracing
- dangerous jobsfirefighting, bomb disposal, crab fishing, offshore drilling, oil rigs
- blacksmithinganvil, anvils, forge, forges, bellows
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- ancient metalworkingsmelting, forging, smithing, casting molds, crucibles
- Eisenwurzenblacksmithing, forges, charcoal burning
- craftssewing, knitting, painting, glue, scissors
ironworkingwoodworking
Craft of shaping lumber
woodcraft · carpentry · stoneworking · stonemasonry · pottery
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