The history of metalworking stretches back over 7,000 years and marks one of humanity’s most important technological achievements. Early civilizations first discovered how to shape native metals like gold, copper, and silver using simple hammering and heating techniques. Around 4000 BCE, the development of smelting allowed people to extract metals from ores, leading to the Bronze Age, when bronze tools and weapons revolutionized agriculture and warfare. By about 1200 BCE, the Iron Age began, introducing stronger and more abundant materials that fueled expansion and innovation across ancient societies. Over centuries, blacksmithing evolved into a respected craft, while advances in casting, forging, and alloy development gave rise to modern metallurgy. The Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries transformed metalworking through machines such as lathes, presses, and rolling mills, enabling mass production and precision engineering. Today, metalworking remains essential in industries from construction to aerospace, blending ancient techniques with cutting-edge technologies like CNC machining, laser cutting, and 3D metal printing.
All of the book titles that are included in this DVD are listed as follows:
Underwater Cutting & Welding Manual (1995).pdf
Welding Operations - U.S. Army.pdf
Welding Theory and Application (1993).pdf
American blacksmithing, toolsmiths' and steelworkers' manual (1911).pdf
Blacksmith shop practice (1910).pdf
Elementary metal work a practical manual for amateurs and for use in schools (1894).pdf
Farm blacksmithing (1904).pdf
Farm blacksmithing_ a textbook and problem book for students in agricultural scho_20120301114614503.pdf
Farm shop work, practical manual training (1915).pdf
Machine blacksmithing (1910).pdf
Machine molding (1906).pdf
Modern blacksmithing rational horse shoeing and wagon making (1904).pdf
Practical blacksmithing (1889) Volume 1.pdf
Practical blacksmithing (1890) Volume 3.pdf
Practical blacksmithing (1891) Volume 4.pdf
Practical Horseshoer (1890).pdf
Standard blacksmithing, horseshoeing and wagon making (1907).pdf
Steel working and tool dressing_ a manual of practical information for blacksmith_20120301114614843.pdf
The art of horse-shoeing a manual for farriers (1898).pdf
The blacksmith's guide (1907).pdf
The complete guide to blacksmithing, horseshoeing (1902).pdf
The mechanician (1879).pdf
The smith's pocket companion, containing useful information and tables on iron an_20120301114615073.pdf
The value of science in the smithy and forge (1916).pdf
A Manual of the Hand Lathe (1869).pdf
A Treatise on Lathes and Turning, Simple, Mechanical and Ornamental (1876).pdf
Barnes Lathes (1912).pdf
Drilling _ Lathe Work _ Boring-mill Work _ Working Chilled Iron _ Bench (1901).pdf
Elementary lathe practice (1917).pdf
Elementary machine shop practice (1918).pdf
Elementary Machine Shop Practice (1921).pdf
First year lathe work (1917).pdf
First Year Lathe Work (1920).pdf
Hartness Flat Turret Lathe Manual (1915).pdf
High speed tool steel on lathe work (1906).pdf
How to Make an 8-inch Bench Lathe in the School Shop Prepared for Students (1920).pdf
Lathe and planer tools (1912).pdf
Lathe bed design (1913).pdf
Lathe Design for High & Low-Speed Steels (1908).pdf
Lathe design, construction and operation (1919).pdf
Lathe work for beginners (1922).pdf
Lathe-work (1883).pdf
Modern American lathe practice (1907).pdf
Practical Metal Turning (1906).pdf
Text-book of advanced machine work (1910).pdf
The complete practical machinist (1887).pdf
The Lathe & Its Uses (1868).pdf
The screw-cutting lathe_ how to select, set up, adjust and operate (1907).pdf
The Wood Turner's Handybook (1901).pdf
Turning & Boring (1915).pdf
Turning lathes (1890).pdf
Metal spinning (1909).pdf
Metal spinning (1912).pdf
An Introduction to Metal-working (1904).pdf
First lessons in metal-working (1890).pdf
Handcraft in wood and metal (1913).pdf
Metals and metal-working in old Japan (1915).pdf
Brazing and soldering (1917).pdf
Manual of instruction in hard soldering (1895).pdf
Simple soldering, both hard and soft (1910).pdf
Soft soldering, hard soldering and brazing (1919).pdf
Solder, its production and application (1908).pdf
Soldering how to do it (1917).pdf
Soldering Kinks (1917).pdf
A practical manual of autogenous welding, (oxy-acetylene) with a chapter on the c_20120301114617553.pdf
A practical manual of oxy-acetylene welding and cutting, with a treatise on acety_20120301114617573.pdf
A text book on welding and cutting metals by the oxyacetylene process (1915).pdf
Autogenous welding and cutting (1915).pdf
Autogenous welding of metals (1908).pdf
Electric arc welding (1918).pdf
Electric arc welding (1921).pdf
Electric heating (1895).pdf
Electric welding (1914).pdf
Electric welding (1916).pdf
Electric welding (1921).pdf
Electric Welding and Welding Appliances (1920).pdf
Gas torch and thermit welding (1921).pdf
Imperial welding and cutting hand book_ oxy-acetylene, oxy-hydrogen, carbon burning (1916).pdf
Instructions on welding and cutting of metals, oxyacetylene process (1914).pdf
Modern methods of welding as applied to workshop practice (1922).pdf
Oxy-acetylene welding and cutting (1916).pdf
Oxy-acetylene welding manual (1919).pdf
Soldering, Brazing, and welding (1918).pdf
Tests of oxyacetylene welded joints in steel plates (1917).pdf
The strength of oxyacetylene welds in steel (1910).pdf
Underwater Cutting & Welding Manual (1995).pdf
Welding and cutting metals by aid of gases or electricity (1909).pdf
Welding Operations - U.S. Army.pdf
Welding Theory and Application (1993).pdf
Welding_ theory, practice, apparatus and tests, electric, thermit and hot-flame processes (1910).pdf