90 MODERN BLACKSMITHING 



shin for the plate use a ship upsetter. See No. 3, 

 Figure 8. 



Not one out of 500 blacksmiths have this tool. E very- 

 smith should have one. You cannot do a good and 

 quick job without it. 



When you shape the point of the landside hold it 

 vertical, that is, the edge straight up and down, or 

 plumb. If you don't do this, there will be trouble in 

 welding, especially if you have held it under. Then 

 it will lean under the square when welded, and in such 

 a case it is hard to get a good weld, and if you do you 

 will break it up when you attempt to set it to the 

 square. Another thing, don't make much slant on the 

 landside up at the joint, for, if you do, you can never 

 weld the share good up there. Give more slant 

 towards the point. Be sure to have the right curve. 

 It is very important to have the landside right: i, 

 Because it is the foundation for the plow; 2, if the 

 landside is right the start is right, and then there is no 

 trouble to get the share right. When finished place 

 the old landside on top of the new, with the upper 

 edges even; don't go by the bottom edges, as they are 

 worn. Now mark the hole. You may leave the front 

 hole for the foot of the beam this time. When holes 

 are drilled, then put a bolt through the hole of the foot 

 of beam and landside ; now place the plow on the land- 

 side and measure 14 inches from the floor up to the 

 beam. In this position mark the front hole of the foot 

 of the beam. If the beam has been sprung up you 

 will now have remedied that. So much about a new 

 landside. On the other side, if the old landside is not 



