Hotshoein4 (Mark) Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 A fellow farrier and friend from southern Illinois is fighting brain cancer. At a horshoeing clinic, they also had a fundraiser for him. This was my contribution. Melted copper wire down to make it. Its a sidebone shoe. Therapeutic horseshoe. It raised some decent money for him. I just wanted to share with everyone. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 It's really cool and, as usual, I'm bummed you didn't take some "in progress" photos so I could learn how you did it. Really good on you for putting all,that work in to help someone else. Top quality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotshoein4 (Mark) Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 What kind of progress pictures? Making the shoe or melting the copper? I can get some next time of either. I should ask, anything in particular you'd like to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Very nice contribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Well done, in every sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotshoein4 (Mark) Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 Thanks for the compliments. It's always a pleasure to help out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionel h Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Very nice work indeed. Even nicer that you helped out your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Beautiful work. Feels good to help doesn't it? Well done. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I can't tell if you cast it into a billet or cast the shoe and then did the detail work. I have no knowledge of how to work copper like that. But, ho early, this doesn't seem the forum to ask you to explain yourself. This was about something more important than me learning a technique. Thanks though. Lou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotshoein4 (Mark) Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 I poured it into a mild to make a billet. It was about 16" long, 1 1/4" wide and 1"thick. Abouts. I also included another picture of what happens when you work it cold. Kind of a neat grain structure. It likes to be hot and loses heat quick. A lot of heats and not many blows. It's time consuming, but awesome when you figure it out. It likes to crack and split. Keep it hot. Red. I couldn't find much on the internet about it, so I figured it out on my own. Lots of failures. Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Yeah, I was pretty sure that copper works hardens really easily. It can't be fun to forge. A testament to how awesome your horse shoe is. Thanks for the lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotshoein4 (Mark) Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 Thanks for the compliments folks. It meant a lot to make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Stephens Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Mark, beautiful piece of work. Seems we always do our best, for a gift. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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