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Downloadable Blacksmithing Books

8 Different COSIRA Blacksmithing Books (these are GREAT)
They are in Adobe PDF format.

http://www.countryside.gov.uk/NewEnterprise/Economies/craftpublications.asp
 
The Blacksmith's Craft 
The Blacksmith's Manual Illustrated (3mb pdf)
Wrought Ironwork: a manual of instruction for craftsmen
Catalogue of Drawings: Wrought Ironwork Gates
Catalogue of Drawings for Wrought Ironwork (3mb pdf)
Catalogue of Drawings: Weathervanes (1mb pdf)
Decorative Ironwork 
Metals for Engineering Craftsmen (2mb pdf)

 

Blacksmith Practice
 http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/blacksmith/farmshop.html

Blacksmithing (James Drew)
 http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/chla/chla-idx?notisid=abp3222

Blacksmithing (Selvidge & Allton)
 http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/chla/chla-idx?notisid=abn5768

The Brazing Book Online
 http://www.handyharmancanada.com/TheBrazingBook/bbook.htm

Basic Techniques of blacksmithing: a Manual for Trainers  (Peace Corps)
http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/3wdev/CD3WD/APPRTECH/T0021E/B62.HTM

BLACKSMITH PRACTICE   EM 862
War Department Education Manual: CHAPTER XVIII  BLACKSMITHING EQUIPMENT; FORGE FIRES
( click here )  

Early Blacksmith's and Metalworking E-books on CD
http://www.blacksmithingebooks.com/