Show us your handmades

But we should use metric! It's a whole lot easier to use than the system we use here in the states. I can't believe America has had such a grip on such an archaic system of measurement.

I think it is just depends on how your eyes are used to. I remember when I started working in the UK I found it really difficult to understand all the inches fractions. At least with mm and cm you know that 12 is bigger than 10. with inches 3/8, 5/8, 7/16 meant absolutely nothing to me. My favourire section was 3/4 by 3/8 because it is near 20 mm by 10 mm .

It has been so long since last time I made a shoe, to the extent I was wondering if I can still make a shoe . So I decided to put myself to the test. And here is the result. I can see that there are a few mistakes there but I was kind of pleased that it remotely resemble a shoe .

looks good to me!

I'm not switching from dollars to euros either.

Thanks guys, it was a bit of a challenge make in it on an anvil that has a triangular horn. Also the first clip (not in the picture ) came out as what you guys would label as a "mouse's ear".
I had the choice to make it in a Cliff Carol Pro Forge and the forge I made. I found the one I made gets up to temperature a lot quicker than the Pro Forge and at a lower gas pressure (5 psi).

Just go get a meter stick and look it over. Once you really start using it, you will like it. Know that formula we use for measuring a hoof to determine how much stock to use to make a shoe? It works alot easier with metric. No fractions to figure out.

Zouhair , how about some more pics of your home built forge, especially the burners. I like the sound of your gas mileage!

Brian, check this post. It has a lot of pictures. Getting burners right is the most difficult thing.
http://farriersforum.com/threads/things-youve-made.813/

thanks. I go with 2" of kaowool painted with ITC 100 with a sacrificial brick in the bottom. I use mig welding tips for orifices.
Tom is correct, with the angle in my burners, they won't hold a flame at less than 8psi.

One from today. I am in a cast from ankle to thigh at the moment with torn knee ligaments so all I did was make and fit the shoe, my side-kick did the rest. I didnt rasp it up, by the time I had the shoe made the sweat was dripping down the inside of the cast so I had enough. Could have been better fit is a bit wide on the lateral heel for a TB yearling and a bit untidy all round but first effort to make a shoe in more than 6 months so happy enough .

Thanks David, no hinge unfortunately it would make life a lot easier. Its not very painful now its in the cast but my knee was hinging in three directions before the cast went on which is not good. I am delighted i am not self employed at the moment.

My biggest worry now is laminitis in the weight good leg Ray