Brian, i ll post some this week along with a useful trick that I saw an Amish farrier(John Byler) use, he cut two pieces of 1/2 conduit to slide over his 14'' nipper handles when he wanted them longer, then could remove them when he didn t want them, might be an idea for your daughter before dad goes bout cutting and welding her ge s. ray
as a mattewr of interest , how many of you havveput a piece iof hose pipe on one handle to make thingseasier w?
every couple of years, I get dragged into one that I can't get my 15" GEs through, so out comes my handy dandy toe knife and we pound our way through. Now it might take a while to find it in the truck...
Anyone ever think about starting at the heels on the big ones? Then you can take smaller bites all the way around. Or taking your first toe nip at an angle to the wall, 1/2 the width of the nippers? ie nip your way in to the white line a bit at a time? Regards
Rick I vary where I start the trim with the cutters, heels, toe, quarters it helps me stop putting the same faults in feet.
I look down all feet Rick, if I'm not happy with the view first time on all feet I change the order I do the trim.. It's a bit OCD
LOL, Thanks David. But I wouldn't be able to remember where I started the last time. I tend to start where ever things look bigger/longer, on one hoof ( usually the toe ), or between two hooves, I start on the larger hoof. Regards
Brian, Pictured are a 12" pr. Lopez and my everyday 18", I ll check to see if I can identify my original modified ge's,I run a rotation of 4 pair. Other pix is the pr of Lopez 12 s with a 4 ft. Piece of 1/2" electrical conduit slid of, off the shelf the conduit comes 10 ft, if your daughter needs longer than that they would probably need to special order,but with 20 ft. Handles, David Hall could stay in the pub,never mind outside the shed and trim hooves! Regards Ray
did you re heat treat the reins or leave them as forged? I'm assuming you kept the business end cold during the process.
cut,grind weld,grind,weld,grind etc etc,polish, i leave the head off the weld table and move the tool to a new cold surface after welding to take the heat as a sump, new extensions ends taken from old tools,have not needed need to re heat treat the tool. ray
darn, I was thinking you had drawn the additional length from what was there. oh well. still a sweet job though.
Brian, I got the idea from Al, the proprietor of and Master of Alamo nippers in San Antonio,Tx. . he did the 1st pair for me, i ve done several since Ray
