Better basics, better horseshoeing : a step-by-step approach to mastering farrier skills /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gregory, Chris
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brookfield, Wis. : Lessiter Publications, 2004.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Starting out on the right foot
  • A farrier's responsibility
  • Winning the mental game
  • Select "right" hammer handles
  • Securing your hammer handles
  • Tong position, forging zones
  • The simple front shoe
  • Personalizing anvil height
  • Hoof trimming and the wooden Indian
  • Where there's smoke, there's hot fitting
  • Hot tips for hot shoeing
  • Simple tricks for setting shoes
  • Rocker toes ease breakover and maintain support
  • Prefecting the useful art of hammer clinching
  • Drawing clips
  • Fitting clips
  • The art of heel fitting
  • Heel practice tips
  • Anatomy of a nail hole
  • Nail lacing
  • Firing up the forge
  • Welding aluminum in a coke fire
  • Forge welding made easy
  • Measuring feet for handmades
  • Practice makes the shoe fit
  • That finishing touch
  • Handmade shoe helps
  • It pays to get upset
  • Tips for working concave stock
  • Square-toe forging and fitting
  • Overcoming your fears of aluminum
  • Simplifying aluminum welding
  • Longer life for your aluminum welding
  • Longer life for your aluminum shoes
  • Building a user-friendly hospital plate
  • Forging the patten shoes
  • The Z-bar factor
  • Building the Z-bar
  • Forging your shoe display
  • Passing the bar
  • Raising the angle
  • Square-toe shoes with trailer
  • Getting a grip for safety
  • Toe clip and pad finish your shoe board