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Overcoming Your Fears Of Aluminum

Care is needed in working this light and highly useful metal
By Chris Gregory posted on September 1, 2001 | Posted in Forging
When it comes to aluminum, a lot of farriers would prefer leaving the making of a horseshoe to the manufacturer. But there are ways to help simplify working aluminum bar stock into a good, useable shoe.
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Passing the Bar

When starting your shoeing display, the bar shoe is the place to begin
By Chris Gregory posted on July 1, 2001 | Posted in Forging
Cut five pieces of 5/16-by-3/4-inch bar stock, 14 inches long. By making at least five shoes, there is a good chance that you will have one that is worthy of your display, and the rest can probably be used in your business.
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Anatomy of a Nail Hole

Punching a nail hole seems simple, but plenty can go wrong
By Chris Gregory posted on July 1, 2001 | Posted in Forging
Most top forging hands will agree that making a perfect plain stamped shoe can be one of the toughest things to do. While it seems like this should be one of the easiest shoes to make, it isn’t.
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Firing Up the Forge

Building and maintaining coal and coke fires
By Chris Gregory posted on May 1, 2001 | Posted in Forging
Learning this skill was tough. I read every text I could find on the subject, but nothing spelled it out in a way I could get my mind around.
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Forging The Calgary Mail-In Shoes

Co-sponsored by the Calgary Stampede’s World Championship Blacksmiths’ Competition and American Farriers Journal, being part of this unique mail-in exercise will earn you $422 in valuable prizes and a fantastic opportunity to continue your forging skills education
By Chris Gregory posted on May 1, 2001 | Posted in Forging
They picked two great shoes for this year’s mail-in forging exercise that’s part of the Calgary Stampede’s World Championship Blacksmiths’ Competition.
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Forge Two Shoes And You’ll Earn $402 Of Valuable Farrier Supplies!

Mail in these two shoes and win a share of anywhere from $30,316 (with 50 entrants) to $50,466 (with 100 entrants) of valuable products donated by suppliers for this forging exercise
By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 2001 | Posted in Forging
It's not a shoemaking contest or a traditional shoeing competition for elite shoers. Instead, we’re repeating a super educational opportunity that will allow you to see how your forging skills measure up against other farriers from around the world.
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Keep Your Tools in Tip-Top Shape

Hall-of-Famer Gordon Haight gives tips on maintaining shoeing tools
By Holly Gray posted on March 1, 2001 | Posted in Equipment, Forging
From anvils to rasps and hammers to nippers, keeping your shoeing tools in tip-top order and knowing how to properly use them can save both time and money in your shoeing business.
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Forge Welding Made Easy

By Chris Gregory posted on March 1, 1999 | Posted in Forging

 Editor's note: Because American Farriers Journal readers asked for it, we are starting this series of articles that deals with the basics of the horseshoeing profession.


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