Wesley Chambers

Sounds good Ill be there next Tuesday!

Capture test http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QGIEW1MB Not sure about file hosting yet, I'm recording at 24fps so about 6meg/min so.. 360 meg for a 1 hour session, I can upload them to megaupload like I did this file, and also post a bittorrent if people like, I could drop the FPS to lower size but I want good enough quality to read the txt of the chat session. This look ok?

I didnt even know you guys did this!, but sadly lost was on last night and my fiancee wasnt about to let us miss it lol.

Now that I know you guys do this on Tuesdays, I could do a screen cap video of the sessions and post them for those who missed out.. if anyone would be interested.

Caulks are a traction device for horseshoes, there are many different forms that suit different needs:

These are copper brazed diamond ( for the shape ) "Jar" caulks used to aid with traction, and speed up the heel strike phase of stride in a horse but not hamper the slide phase.




Theses are standard heel caulks on a mule shoe, more bulk to add grip on anything from cobblestone to dirt for a pulling team of mules. Unlike the "jar" caulks these are built into the shoe rather than brazed on after the shoe is built.

nice Job on the video. I was part of one that was on tv here you can check it out on my web site www.nokomisforge.com It was done by a tv crew. The bigest part is the sound and picture timing when it comes to editing.

Thanks for the tips, Im still getting my feet wet with pinnacle studio so I have a ways to go with my editing and transitions. I like the ground up info from your vid, I hope to do a lot in that area for our students that have no smithing background.

Got caught in mid Captain Morgan pose while I was a student at KHS

I made a short video with the director of KHS (Kentucky Horseshoeing School) as part of what I hope to be a series of forging videos. The vids made for the KHS will focus mostly on horseshoes and the design and modification of, as well as shoeing and trimming. I hope to do other vids with myself and other instructors of the school that might show basic to advanced forging and welding techniques, tool building, tempering and anvil repair. Till the videos section is up and running I used youtube, the video I uploaded is around 400mb and 9min long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uonkj0U28ZI
Straightening a Horseshoe filmed at the new Kentucky Horseshoeing School in Richmond Ky.

I didn't go to school to be a filmmaker but I hope the videos improve over time, please let me know what you think, and anything thoughts on what could make these videos better, as well as any requests you might have for future videos, Thanks!

Wesley


Edit: The video is still being processed by youtube and may need some time to get cleaned up, also sorry for the background noise, its the forge blower, if we can afford some wireless mic's we should have that problem fixed.

Brian-

Thanks! I don't have enough clients at the moment to call for keg shoes lol I also find it much easier to build shoe modifications from scratch compared to modding a keg shoe, just keep some bar stock handy and I'm good to go! I have some photos of my shoes from my 24 week board but I'm running into errors with my gallery options~

I made a few for myself and others while in school, sadly I forgot to get pics of them all but these are some that I use, mostly the skull as they dubbed me Pirate at horseshoeing school on account of my bandanna obsession heheh though most people call it a pacman ghost lol anyway mostly made with very small punches and some dremel work on S-7 steel, I mark every handmade shoe I make thats worth using



16 week handmade shoe board modifications brass brushed with touchmark

Ahh but ya see there is the problem, Im a blacksmith first that is also a farrier, the horses put the food on the table and pay for my smithing and while cams can make things very quickly, I was a student at the Kentucky Horseshoeing School and we had to do 24 weeks not being allowed to use a cam or stall jack, just horn and heat heheh that and I just cant seem to part with my old swede, was my first anvil ya know? though Ill be getting a smaller JHM I think for my new rig whenever I find a new truck that is~ thanks for the info though :)

Thanks Jack, a good starting point for this project, the chill form to fix the hardy will come in handy. Now all I need is the will to try it out!

So does anyone have any knowledge about Soderfors as far as time line? I'm going to guess that the marks on her waist 43''6 is June 1943? only things I have found online is that they were established sometime around 1200 ad, Postman notes the oldest he dated was 1903 and the newest at 1934... so I'm just wondering how to place mine.

More detail would be great Jack, the more I can do on my own before I send her off would be great. I have tried drawing on her clip but as thin as it is she rings like a church bell, and that's with ear protection in heheh

Just out of curiosity, how much do they charge for this anvil repair service as compared to say one of these http://www.oldworldanvils.com/anvils/kanka.html

to be honest Im not sure how much they charge I just know the service is available, sorry

The notches I have a problem with are these "blown out" areas on the face and edge of the anvil, not the test nicks on her legs~ The main issues I have with the condition is that as a farrier its not that easy to get a level shoe when your working in a bowl as compared to a flat face, a slight bevel might not be such an issue but I could eat soup from her face... that and there is not one cornered edge on her that I can pull a clip on, much less make a half decent step down/half face blow to say build tongs~

So I have owned this anvil for almost five years and because of her condition I've never done a lot of work that might further damage her face/edges. I was looking for any info on production run times of Soderfors anvils and some insight to the number and hash marks on her side. I am looking at getting her fixed up through Anvil Brand as I'm told they will properly heat treat once repaired. The face is a bit swayed and her edges are badly chipped and for some reason that upsets me greatly she must have been used as a torch cutting table... I purchased this anvil at an estate auction for 385$ and am quite happy with it in the current condition but would love to put her back to work full time. Any thoughts or info would be great.

Thanks all, after all this cram work our deadline was extended a week Doh! ah well character building indeed heheh 3:30am time for bed~

I just finished my 19.5 hour forge day and Im a lil spent, though I agree with most, you learn something new just about every time you drop the hammer~ anyway just trying to cool down so I can get in a nap before I start again!

my midterm 16 week board

yea.. they call me pirate so I figure brass brush the shoes and they can be my "Pirates Gold!" YAR!!!

had some questions about track myself, I have about 8 foot, but no markings at all.
So far I have made a flatter from the lower half and a halfround hardie with the top, anyone have any thoughts on tempering? I would like to try a hammer out of it...
only thing I know about this RR track is that its pearlitic steel..

I think we have about 15-20 of them here at school and they hold up very well to those working on there hammer control, nice horn and good strength, I give them a thumbs up

if I had my camera handy Id go take a pic, but all I did was cut the top round section off a chunk of railroad to use the bottom section, slap on a handle and poof a 2lb flatter, its about 3.5"x3.5" square and works like a top

I think the schools students and instructors competition record can speak for itself, but I must say what we are taught is far from cowboy shoeing, Ive been to the tracks and farms here in Ky enough to have seen that type of work and its not what we are train to do.

Im not tryin to start anything, just a little pride in my work and those of my fellow students and workers of the school, Chris Gregory does do very nice work I watched him and his son compete last week, as well as sat in on a few of his lectures.

Glad to hear your interested in becomming a farrier, or at least the craft, I will caution you there is a huge volume of info you just wont find in one book or one apprenticeship.
Im only 2/3rds the way through my time at the Kentucky Horseshoeing School, the longest ( and most costly ) as far as I know in the states, and we use the butler book, P3, but we also trim on cadaver legs and need to test out with them before we can even get under a horse, in our setup we dont actualy shoe a horse for about eight weeks, it seems like a lot when you can be taught to nail up in a week but the school is very thorough in the safty of the horse.

if your looking for a school, I must recommend this one, we have students from around the world and the top anatomy studies in the states hands down
Kentucky Horseshoeing School they also work hand in hand with the AFA to certify us students, and actualy Im in Chattanooga right now for the convention, where three of our "CJF" instructors are in the contests one of them tryin out for the american farriers team, and another doing a disection and some lectures
GL bud! if you have any questions Ill do my best, toss me a pm

waddy here, at the Kentucky Horseshoeing School, but normaly in lou or lex, about 2hours from here

found the forums on google, was hunting for a place to order a cast 6150 hofi hammer any help would be great! a lot of info on this forum Im glad I have a new place to read ;)