The Tools Required For Rudimentary Bent Metal-Work Are Very Few And Inexpensive, But For The More Advanced Pupil Others Will Be Required. Where There Is A Class The Following Should Be Provided, One large square-headed and one smaller hammer.

One vice. A small one will serve for the first lessons.

An anvil, which may be placed on a heavy block of wood. Smaller anvils may be obtained, which can be set in the bench, or held in the vice. Figs. 1 and 2. With these may be classed "stakes" such as the side and hatchet stake, and back iron, which are peculiar forms of projecting rods, or irons for hammering or shaping certain objects. Fig. 3. A bolt stake with a round end is extremely useful in hammering leaves and flowers.

Fig. 1.

Fig. 2.

Fig. 3. Hatchet Stake.