Tejun, Ultimately a good high nail line on the wall is the result of a good fit of nail holes in the shoe to the white line. When you fit your shoe so that the nail holes (crease in the shoe) lies directly over the white line, then you will start getting a better nail line on the wall. As long as you are using keg shoes you need to learn to accommodate the nail holes in the shoe to how you fit the shoe. Some shoes have coarse nail holes and some have fine nail holes. The advantage of hand made shoes is that you can control the nail hole placement regardless of the section of the shoe. In the video that David posted, the clinician is demonstrating how to trim so that the wall has a consistent width from the white line all the way around the foot. This makes it much easier to fit the shoe because the shape you need is there in the trim. Adjusting the shoe for nail fit after you have the shape matched to the foot is much easier because you are only going to open or close the shoe by about a millimeter or two and that will be cleaned up with final finishing and dressing when you finish the clinches.
Thank you Tom Very informative and well written. Considering a text book at some point? Today will be challenging. 11 trims and 4 shoeings between three locations. The only plus is they are in ten miles from each other. This will easily be the biggest day I have had personally or at least in the top five biggest. Exciting
Tejun, what I wrote is pretty much verbatim from a clinic I attended with Craig Trnka over a decade ago. I retained it because I started using it in my daily work. Knowledge is like manure. It does nothing but stink and rot away if left in a pile. You need to spread it around for it to do the most good.
to be honest, I don't see what's wrong with this job. Sure, it could be more polished, but the angles look good in the trim, the shoe looks well positioned and the nails look like they will keep the shoe on for the duration. Even if this was the best job you ever did Tejun, it's a lot better that some I have seen (and probably done) and it shows an improvement on some of your previous work. It's really easy to talk people down, but hard to improve when you are out there on your own. Good work, keep at it and keep on improving.
With respect to Mr. Grant Moon. here it comes, "measure break over before the foot is collected'". I personally do not make "shoeing apps" before a trim and the evaluates. The vid needs a better producer....
I think what jaye is trying to say is that. you make the shoe after you have properly trimmed the foot.
Thanks Linda. Jaye is a smart individual but some times, the way it's worded, me thinks its over my head a bit yeah.
I did what I could but I know I need to do more when I revisit this. Egg Bar maybe? More support out the back? My after. (Nervous i hope you appreciate how much I agonized over posting this)
