CHAPTER III. 

 WORKING AND SHAPING IRON. 



THE PLATE SHOE. 



8. As a preliminary to instruction in shaping and preparing a 

 shoe/or the foot, it is best for beginners to learn the method of making 

 and shaping a plate shoe, using an old shoe as a model. 



The various parts of a shoe are commonly spoken of as follows: 

 The toe is that portion between the first nail hole on one side and 

 the first nail hole on the other side. The quarters ara the portions 

 in which the nail holes are punched. The heels are the remaining 

 parts of the shoe. A side is one-half of a shoe, and includes one heel, 

 one quarter, and one-half of the toe. 



The plate shoe is made of ^ by ^ inch steel which is much more 

 easily worked than the heavier service shoe. 



Take a bar of metal about 11 or 12 inches in length.^ ■ 



9. To bend the bar, where the center of the toe wiU be.— 

 Place the bar in the fire so that the center is directly over the draft. 

 The coals of a properly-made fire should hold the bar about 6 inches 

 above the twyer ball. When cherry red, remove from the fire, 

 holding the nearest end with the tongs and lean the other end on 

 the edge of the anvil farthest from you. The bar is held on edge 

 and at an angle of about 45° with the face of the anvil. The tongs 



1 The length of bar required to make a shoe /or afoot will be found by measuring 

 in a straight line on the sole of the foot from the edge of the wall at the center of the 

 toe to the extremity of either bulb of the frog. A little more than twice this distance 

 will be the length of the bar required to make the shoe. 



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