Happy New Year from beautiful, warm, sunny Southwest Florida. Wish y'all were here.
No pictures?
And a mile up hill from the horse to the anvil both ways, no doubt.
High of 37F tomorrow, then 48F on Thursday. Friday I'm headed back home to Florida . . . :p
That's easy for a tall man like you to say, Ray.
I'm pretty sure it was some kind of "balance" issue. But it's too small to fix with tire weights. ;)
I tried a diamond rotary in my Dremel, but it got pretty unstable at 10k rpm which is the slowest speed on my Dremel. It would probably work great...
Brian they didn't clog, the coating holding the diamond on those inferior hones peeled off like old paint on both of them and I discarded them a long...
Thanks, I'll try that Chris. It didn't occur to me because the steel never appeared to get hot enough to change color, but I can see where that...
For a long time I have been using s Scotch Brite wheel on my drill press to sharpen hoof knives. Recently I saw something that caused me to question...
Naught Two (TM). It's imported! :D
The best way to shoe these small footed QH types is never trim the heels, keep a good amount of toe flare on the foot, then short shoe them. As long...
The problem is the breeding of the judges.
I think Chris would find watching paint dry more interesting than watching AQHA western pleasure.
Chris I don't care how many pounds the horse is worth. I get paid in dollars. ;)
Chris, I've met a few quarter horses with 000 feet and 1/8" to 5/32" wall thickness. You'll maybe get 4 1/4 slim race nails in the toe and 3 1/2...
Something you might find useful in this situation is a temperature probe. It reads the surface temperature in a pinpoint area and it has a laser...
David, mental is a prerequisite to survive being around me. :p
Ryan, there are several theories about shoe placement and all of them have been reduced to some kind of cook book process. But the ultimate judge of...
I disagree, but since you said this, it did cause me to go back and read the entire thread from the beginning before responding.
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