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Blacksmithing and Forge Project Log
A free printable forge project log sheet — stock used, every heat and operation in order, heat treatment and finish, for one forged piece from bar to bench.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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Fill it in type and save
The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Turn a piece that came out right into one you can make again, by having the steel, the sequence of heats and the quench written down against it.
Who it is for
Blacksmiths, bladesmiths and hobby forgers working alone or in a shared forge, and students keeping a record of set pieces.
How to use it
- Fill in the piece, the fuel and the forge before you light up.
- List each bar of stock with its section, grade and where it came from.
- Log the heats as you go — the operation, the tooling and how it went — even if that means a pencil stub on the anvil stand.
- Record the heat treatment and finish at the end, in your own terms.
- Note the one thing you would change, while it is still fresh.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One forged piece from bar stock to finish — what steel went in, every heat and operation in order, how it was heat-treated and what it looked like at the end.
Your steel, your quench. No quench media, tempering colours or steel grades are printed here. Which steel, how it is hardened and what it is quenched in come from your stock, your supplier's data and your own experience — write down what you actually did, so the next piece in that steel starts from a record rather than a memory.
Write-on lines: Piece / project · Date started · Smith · Forge & fuel · Stock: section, size & grade · Source · Length cut · Drawing / pattern ref.
Heats and operations — one line per heat, in the order they were done
Table, 7 rows: Heat no. · Operation · Tooling · Heat colour · Result
Heat treatment and finish — in your own terms, from your own steel
Write-on lines: Normalised / annealed · Hardened in (medium) · Tempered to (colour) · Finish applied · Would change next time
Questions
Why are there no tempering colours or quench media listed?
Because they depend on the steel, and the steel is yours. The same colour means different things in different grades, and the right quench comes from your supplier's data and your own tests. The sheet gives you the blanks; you supply what you actually did.
What counts as a heat?
Each time the piece goes back in the fire and comes out to be worked. Numbering them is the quickest way to see afterwards how much of a piece's forging was productive and how much was reheating.
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