I put clips on every horse I shoe and I can't ever remember losing a chunk of wall because of clips.
[ATTACH] the anvil is a Cliff Carol 70 lb travelling anvil - I do all my work from this set up as I don't have a forge/workshop.
Just to try to get things back on topic. .. [ATTACH] Anyone else care to post pics of their every day work?
Do tell!
why should you charge extra for making them?
A couple from today - just to prove that I don't shoe every horse up to my elbows in crap (and that I don't always get my clenches in line...) :)...
Did you charge for the first visit?
My wife asked me to make a Christmas present for some friends so I thought I'd have a go at a ram's head poker. .. [ATTACH]
Eh?
Yeah - and to get home from that yard I have to pass the village pub! :)
Just re visited this. .. no way I'd ever put 3/4 3/8 on a six inch foot, I usually use inch by 3/8. (Note to self. .. never post anything...
For me that would normally be 7/8 3/8, smitty. Or 20 by 10 if metric section. However I carry 3/4 3/8 and 19 by 10. 6 inches is a 'crossover '...
Shortens the life of the farrier! :)
Well yes, whilst the effect of the widened branch is floatation (if we accept the premise) on a prepared surface, it has the effect of a...
When I choose to use wider section, 'float' is not something that I really consider because, like Chris, I'm not convinced that it makes that much...
I told you you should have come to that last Handmades' clininc David! :) David Varini demonstrated how he would alter a handmade shoe by...
"I put some mats out for you..." (but didn't train the horse to stand on them!) :) [ATTACH]
To be honest, there's so little posting going on these days that I'm just happy to read peoples' posts - on topic or otherwise! :)
It feels good to me Smitty. I had some 3/4 3/8 and 7/8 3/8 I could have used, but they both felt a little small in my hand. I usually use a...
Concave is not that expensive here, but I mainly used that because it was a 12 inch off cut of inch by half and since I could never see myself making...
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