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come to its place when even with the point on the out- 

 side, and a cut. should be made in the landside just at 

 the place where the point of the mouldboard rests on 

 same, this cut will also be a guide. 



Now a few words concerning the clamp. Figure 8, 

 No. 7 illustrates a clamp for this purpose. The set 

 screw at the bottom serves to hold the landside from 

 leaning over or under, while the setscrew at the upper 

 end holds the share against the point. If this clamp is 

 rightly made it works splendid. The clamp should be 

 placed over the plowshare up at the joint, because the 

 first heat or weld should be on the point. Some smiths 

 — well, for a fact, most smiths — take the first weld up 

 at the joint. This is wrong. The point should be 

 wielded first. Then you have a chance to set the share 

 right and fit it snug to the point the whole way up. 

 You cannot make a good weld if the share does not fit 

 snug against the landside point, to prevent air and cin- 

 ders from playing between. Further, the share should 

 be upset over the weld, when this is not done in the 

 blank share; the lower corner of the share will pro- 

 trude over the landside. This should be dressed down 

 smooth. The next weld should be taken up at the 

 joint. For welding compound use steel borings and 

 scales from either steel or iron. 



After you have moistened the place where the weld 

 is to be taken with borax, then fill in between the share 

 and point with steel borings, and on top of this a little 

 steel or iron scales. Do not buy any welding com- 

 pound of any kind, because if you learn to know what 

 you have in the shop you will find that there never was 



