The practical horseshoer Being a collection of articles on horseshoeing in all its branches which have appeared from time to time in the columns of "The Blacksmith and wheelwright" .. . Fig. 10.—Horse Nail Clincher. Fig. 11.—A Rivet Cutter. many of these followed the old plan of twisting the nail offwith the claw-hammer, which always leaves a rough anddangerous stub. But about ten ^^ears ago my hammerbroke and being in a hurr^^ I adopted a new plan with suchsuccess that I have adhered to it ever since. It is this: As 46 THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. soon as the nail comes through a httle, I pull t
The practical horseshoer Being a collection of articles on horseshoeing in all its branches which have appeared from time to time in the columns of "The Blacksmith and wheelwright" .. . Fig. 10.—Horse Nail Clincher. Fig. 11.—A Rivet Cutter. many of these followed the old plan of twisting the nail offwith the claw-hammer, which always leaves a rough anddangerous stub. But about ten ^^ears ago my hammerbroke and being in a hurr^^ I adopted a new plan with suchsuccess that I have adhered to it ever since. It is this: As 46 THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. soon as the nail comes through a httle, I pull the point overa trifle, then drive the nail up and instead of twisting theend I hit it a light blow, wliicli bends it around in the shaperepresented in Fig. 12 of the accompanying illustrations, inwhich the position of the nail is shown before and afterbending. This leaves it in a safe position to draw down. Fig. 12.—Bending Horse Nails by the Method of P. B, G. The Nail Before and After Bending. and one not dangerous to man or horse. Since I followedthis plan I have never torn in\^ apron or pants or scratchedmy hands. My customers often wonder why my hands arenot scarred like those of other smiths. The pincers I useare shown in Fig. 13. They have a spring in them which
Size: 1717px × 1456px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1889
