Editing Forging (section)

==History==
[[File:Forging a nail. Valašské muzeum v přírodě.webm|thumb|Forging a nail. Valašské muzeum v přírodě, Czech Republic]]
Forging is one of the oldest known [[metalworking]] processes.<ref name="Degarmo389"/> Traditionally, forging was performed by a [[Blacksmith|smith]] using hammer and [[anvil]], though introducing water power to the production and working of iron in the 12th century allowed the use of large [[trip hammer]]s or power hammers that increased the amount and size of iron that could be produced and forged. The smithy or [[forge]] has evolved over centuries to become a facility with engineered processes, production equipment, tooling, raw materials and products to meet the demands of modern industry.

In modern times, industrial forging is done either with [[machine press|presses]] or with hammers powered by compressed air, electricity, hydraulics or steam. These hammers may have reciprocating weights in the thousands of pounds. Smaller [[power hammer]]s, {{convert|500|lb|abbr=on}} or less reciprocating weight, and hydraulic presses are common in art smithies as well. Some steam hammers remain in use, but they became obsolete with the availability of the other, more convenient, power sources.