Excerpt from Forging of Iron and Steel: A Text Book for the Use of Students in Colleges, Secondary Schools and the Shop

Forging is the process of shaping hot iron or steel by means of a hand hammer, a power hammer, or a press.

This process of shaping may involve any one or all of the following operations.

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