CHAPTER 11. 



SPECIAL TOOLS USED BY HORSESHOERS. 



The different devices described and illustrated in this 

 chapter have been found useful in many sliops and will 

 doubtless prove valuable acquisitions to many others. 



Making a Shoeing Hammer. 



In making" the hammer shown in the accompanying* illus- 

 trations, I first take a piece of |-inch steel, six inches long-. 



Fig. 5.— Making a Shoeing Hammer by the method of " C. N. S." The Piece of 



Steel used. 



as shown in Fig. 5, w^hich is then '^ stove up," as shown in 

 Fig. 6, then a f-inch hole is drilled in it and w^orked out with 



Fig. 6.— Showing how the Steel is Shaped. 



an eye punch. I next cut out the slit for the claw and then 

 finish with a file. This hammer is better than anj^ that can 

 be bought. Fig. 7 represents it completed. — By C, N. S. 



