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.
There are two reasons for a plow running too deep: I, If the
beam is more than fourteen inches high from the floor up to the
lower side of it, then the beam should be heated over a place
as far back as possible, and the same set down to its proper
place. 2, If the point of the share has too much suction the plow
will also run too deep. The right suction to give a
plowshare is from ~ to h of an inch. If a plow don't run deep
enough with this much as a draw, there must be something
else out of shape; or, if it goes too deep, the fault must be
looked for in the beam or in the tugs with small-sized horses.
The point of a share should never be bent upwards in order to
prevent the plow from going too deep. Set the share right, and
if the plow then goes out of its proper way the fault must be
found somewhere else.
WHEN A PLOW TAKES TOO MUCH LAND
If a I4-inch plow takes too much land the fault is either in the
should stand about three inches to the right. This will be right for a I4-inch plow and two horses. If for a I6.inch plow
and three horses, the beam should be in line with the landside.
HOW TO FIX A GANG PLOW THAT RUNS ON ITS NOSE
When a gang or sulky plow runs on its nose and shoves itself through the dirt, the fault is with the share or in the
beam. In most cases this fault is a set back beam, but it might also be the result of a badlybent-down and out-of-
shape landside point. If it is in the beam, take it out and heat it in the arch, then band it forward until the plow has
the right shape, and it will run right.
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