POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

At the end of Main Street, past P & B’s Sweets and Eats, sat a lone tent with two blacksmiths covered in the smell of ...

From molten heat to graceful form, we push steel past its limits to create something impossible: a leaf, hand-forged and hardened. With each strike, the metal bends into nature’s design - but it never ...

One of their leaders, Tracy Lauricella of Lakewood, showed the confidence of several years of blacksmithing, pounding a sledge hammer to shape hot steel. By the end of the morning, Lauricella sported ...

DUBUQUE — In the early stages of his career, Ted Schuster had the opportunity to take over a successful business in a massive urban market. “I met an older blacksmith, and he invited me to take over ...

On one of the coldest mornings in memory, I found myself in a big red barn in Port Allen taking a blacksmithing class. "Strike while the iron is hot," has gained new meaning since the two-day workshop ...

HARTSVILLE — Three things — a fire, a fashion and a fondness — account for the final change of Raymond A. Whitney's career from horseshoes to automobiles and back to horseshoes. Brought up by his ...