MANUAL FOR ARMY HORSESHOERS. 97 



I and strike a few light blows on one point, then reverse the shoe and 

 fj strike on the opposite point. This will bind the points together. 

 ' Reheat the bar to the welding heat and, taking the same position, 

 complete the weld by hea^der blows, reversing the shoe so that both 

 sides will be flattened. After the weld is completed the bar is 

 shaped by holding one corner on the point of the anvil and striking 

 on the center of the bar and then reversing. This will set the center 

 of the bar forward, give it the correct shape at the heels, and pre- 

 pare it for beveling. The front half of the upper surface of the bar 

 must be hammered down (beveled) to the point, thus forming a 

 cradle for the frog. 



98. Fitting. — The bar shoe is fitted as is the service shoe, and 

 the same heats are used. A little more allowance, however, is 

 made for expansion on account of the added frog pressure. 



99. To open the toe. — The shoe is heated throughout to an even 

 heat and held upright with the bar on the face of the anvil. The 



blows are struck along the toe, thus opening the toe and quarters 

 without changing the bar. 



The toe may be opened as in the service shoe. 



100. To widen the heels.— By lengthening the bar. 



(a) When the quarters are too long.— Heat the bar and the 

 heels to a cherry heat. Hold the shoe in the tongs at the toe and 

 place inside edge of the heel on the point of the horn, resting at 

 the point from which it is desired to turn the heel into the bar. 



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