The equipments at the store are furnace, air hammer,iron anvil, gravel wheel machine. It takes time and effort to forge iron in such a highly-heated environment. It definitely pays to show respect to these skillful expert.
Furnace
Temperature up to 1,800 degree Celsius
The purpose of the furnace is to melt iron forforging. The cokes within the furnace can help accelerate the heat.
Coke
Coke is the leftover from coal after cooling. The shape appears irregularly. The components for coke are hrdrogen, oxygen, sulfur and other elements. It is a hard substance with color of silver or balck. Widely used in forging industry is coke
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Air hammer
It is usually used in extending, tempering, cutting, linking, twisting, and bending iron. Many industries such as hardware, medical device, manufacturing, agriculture, and brass tube.
Iron Anvil
It is a tool with a board for blacksmith to form the desired shape. Modern anvil are made of steel. The history of anvil can date back to long time ago. The logo of National Chiao Tung University has an anvil in it.
Iron Hammer
In addition to knocking iron, it can also be used for fixing appliances, breaking materials, and shaping irons.
Iron pincer
It’s a hand-used tool for fastening iron when the iron is very hot.
Punching Machine
This machine uses pressure to punch different necessary structures. The functions of punching machine include punch cutting, forming, and extending metal. It is a very important machinery in iron-forging. With sword model, metal can be cut into many blades.
Steel Cutter
A piece of large steel can be cut to the desired size according to different models.
Knife Grinder
After the sword forms into shape, knife grinder will be used to sharpen knife.
Blade Grinder
It is used to make sword blade smooth.
Grindstone
Grindstone is a tool used for sharpening knife and sword. The components of grindstone consist mostly of diamond and ZrO. Grinding is a very important skill. Without practices, a knife will be too blunt to use. Due to repeated uses, the surface of the grindstone will become concave gradually. Different materials of swords need to match certain kinds of grindstone. To use the grindstone, it needs to be soaked in the water for 15 minutes first to let the air out of the stone for better use. After a period of grinding, it needs airdry instead of being dry under the sun.
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