Nobody Special Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 So, saw this http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/41395-trammel-hook/#comment-423789 on bps the other day, and thought I'd try it from a horseshoe, drifting the holes. Worked well........except I kinda got things bent backwards at the bottom. Blame it on lysdexia. Not exactly the way I meant, but works well. Next one'll be right. Glenn asked me to post the other day, and figured I'd put it on, slightly messed up or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsoldat Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Nice bit of work. May have to have a go at a few horseshoes myself. Is that a homemade rounding hammer in the first pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo7 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Its not the wrong way mate, you just havn't done the final twist is all-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JME1149 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I agree with Turbo, a twist between the two sets of holes will fix it right up. Remember, it's not a screw up, it's a design feature and you can charge more for those. Also, it looks like the hole in the dogleg is too far out from the spine. I believe you want the spines from the upper and lower hooks to be parallel when hanging. One other thing you might want to consider is drifting the end hole bigger and making the top part from another horse shoe instead of that 1/4" rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Yah. Prototype. New and improved version will be posted too. Maaaaay have been drinking and forging... Yes, homemade rounding hammer. Took me a minute to respond, still at drill this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Im not sure that a second shoe might not be over kill, but then again sliting and drifting a 3/4x5/16" slot 90 derees to the first shoe might work. i think drifting the #1&4 holes is enugh (from the toe of the shoe). You can alway heat and re bend the end. A decritive twist is always in order ;-)another trick might be to start with a #2 shoe, cut it in half, fuller between holes to strech it, drift each hole, fuller and forge the hook, fuller and slit/ drift the other end, draw a hook on the ends of the other, use the heal for the top hook so its a bit longer. Sorry, thinking out loud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 New and improved horseshoe trammel hook, 2.0. Played with that and tongs today. Looks a good bit better than the prototype I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo7 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Looks good mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Horseshoes always look better with a horse head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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