Rational Horse Shoeing and Wagon Making
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with rules, tables, recipes, etc., useful to
manufactures, blacksmiths, machinists,
well-drillers, engineers, liverymen,
horse-shoers, farmers, wagon-makers,
mechanics, amateurs and all others who have
occasion to perform the work for which this
book is primarily intended.
share to the extreme end of the point, should be II inches, not
longer, and for a I6-inch lay, 12 inches, not longer. The point
acts as a lever on the plow, and if it is too long the plow will
not work good, and it is liable to break. Shape the point so that
when you hold it up against the plow it will be in line with the
bottom of the landside, but about half an inch wider than the
landside to weld on. If it is a plow where the point of the
mouldboard rests on the landside point, and it is a double shin,
then cut out in the land~de point for the point of the
mouldboard to rest in. See No. I, Figure 9. This will be a guide
for you when welding the share, and it will slip onto the plow
easier when you come to fit it to the same. I think enough has
been said about the landside to give the beginner a good idea
of how to make one. And if the landside is right, it comes easier
to do the rest. In making a plowshare there are many things to
remember and one must be on the alert right along, for it will
give lots of trouble if any point is overlooked. We will now weld
finished and bolted to the beam or its foot, or to a standard,
the share is to be shaped to fit. Hold the share up to the
plow. First look if the angle for the point is right in the share;
if not, heat the share, and if under the angle wanted upset
up at the joint; if over the angle wanted, drive it back at the
point. In doing this hold the edge of the share over a
wooden block instead of the anvil, so as not to batter the
thin edge of the share. If the share has been upset so that it
has a narrow rib along the point where it is to be welded,
draw this down and make it level. In most blank shares the
point should be raised to fit the landside point, so that when
the same is placed on the floor the edge of the share will
follow the floor or leveling block (if you have it), from the
heel right up to the point, then it will be easy to make the
edge come down to the square in finishing it up. If this is not
done the edge of the share from the throat back will
generally be too high.
Slipshare
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