Metalworking
Blacksmithing
Blacksmithing transforms metals in its physical structure by heating and hammering.
Neil Noble for Practical Action, 2006, 7 pages
Blacksmithing transforms metals in its physical structure by heating and hammering.
Neil Noble for Practical Action, 2006, 7 pages
How to Make a Strengthening Ridge in a Bucket
One or two ridges around the rim of a bucket will increase its strength and make it more ridged making it easier to use. Two methods are shown.
Practical Action, last modified: June 2005, 2 pages
One or two ridges around the rim of a bucket will increase its strength and make it more ridged making it easier to use. Two methods are shown.
Practical Action, last modified: June 2005, 2 pages
Metalworking
Making a living from a small-scale metalworking depends on being able to make products that customers want. This is partly based on technical skills and partly on understanding customers.
Neil Noble for Practical Action, 2006, 7 pages
Making a living from a small-scale metalworking depends on being able to make products that customers want. This is partly based on technical skills and partly on understanding customers.
Neil Noble for Practical Action, 2006, 7 pages
Pipe bending
This technical brief describes the construction of a pipe-bending tool that you can make with only a small number of tools. It was originally field-tested in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Practical Action, last modified June 2005, 4 pages
This technical brief describes the construction of a pipe-bending tool that you can make with only a small number of tools. It was originally field-tested in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Practical Action, last modified June 2005, 4 pages
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