Stock for hook
Directions: The drawing gives all the steps necessary for the making of this hook. Notice in the drawing when the stock is given it is fullered down 11⁄8 ins. from one end. This is the amount needed to make the eye. After fullering the stock it is placed on the anvil and squared up.
Rounding
Finishing
Punching hole
These square corners are knocked down, making it round. When the body of the hook itself is drawn out, like the drawing, a hole is punched through the eye, using the same kind of punch as you did to make the nut. While using the punch keep cooling it off in cold water to prevent its getting hot; if you do not, the end is apt to burr and rivet itself into the iron. It also prevents its sticking into the hole. Place the ring of the eye on the point of the anvil and round up carefully with light blows from the hammer.
