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Jockey Clinches Victory With Farrier Tools

August 21, 2017 | Posted in Equipment
Jockey Craig Williams was fined $2,000 for placing a set of clinching tongs and a buffer in his boots before winning Saturday’s Lawrence Stakes on Hartnell, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Metallurgy: How Much Do You Need to Know?

While not necessary to shoe horses, a working knowledge of how steel is made and reacts to heat and pressure can make a good career great
By Pat Tearney posted on July 3, 2017 | Posted in Equipment, Forging, Safety & Healthcare, Therapeutic Shoeing
If you’re a horseshoer, you work with metal every day. But how much do you have to really know about metallurgy — the science underlying the working of metal — to be successful? That might depend on how you define success and what kind of farrier you want to be.
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Q&A: July/August 2017

What are your best tips for repairing or maintaining your farrier tools?
July 3, 2017 | Posted in Equipment
A: I use a Dremel tool with a cut off blade to knurl the head of my driving hammer. This helps prevent me from bending nails. I only have one good eye and without the knurled head, I’ll bend too many nails.
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Give Your Hammer A Face-Lift

If your rounding hammer has lost its crown, refinishing it will improve your forging work
By Mikel Dawson posted on July 3, 2017 | Posted in Equipment
When maintaining tools, we immediately think of pritchels, forepunches and such. How many of us, though, stop and think about repairing the face of our hammers?
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Remembering Red Renchin with Mark Ellis: Part 3

Remembering Red Renchin with Mark Ellis: Part 3

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