Mike Ameling Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 There was a question about what to do with horse shoes. Here are a couple pics of that horseshoe "cowboy" sculpture. I did not come up with this idea. This one was made by a farrier down to Des Moines who would shoe the race horses at the track. He would "tinker" around with things like this to pass the time and make a few more bucks. Here he used some LARGE Draft Horse shoes! The "lasso" looks like it was made from some #9 brace wire used for fence repair. And the cowboy is tilted back just a bit - to balance on that bottom shoe and keep from tipping forward too easily. Mikey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkunkler Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Pretty nifty, thanks for the photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Mike- you always so such good work. Thanks for the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ameling Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 Mike- you always so such good work. Thanks for the post. Sorry. I did not make these. A farrier working at the race track down to Des Moines made these a bunch of years ago. In between shoeing the race horses, he would make up "sculptures" from old shoes to pass the time and to make a few bucks on the side. I just took the pics to show an example of something to make with those old horse shoes. Mikey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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