Bent A Horseshoe

[Justin Reagan]

...at least it was a horseshoe. So far, I haven't found any more in my pile that I can bend.

What other exercises do any of you guys think help horseshoe bending the most? Kind of like sledge levering is to nail bending. I know some might say horseshoe bending is the best thing to help horseshoe bending, but it's kind of hard if you can't find many horseshoes that you can bend.

Thanks,

Justin Reagan

Edited November 16, 2005 by Justin Reagan

[kerbjr]

Justin buy a 3/4 in x 3in long pipe and put it over one end of your shoes, you can start a harder shoe this way and then finish it normal or bend the whole way with the pipe. As you get a feel for the form, slide your hand farther down the pipe to decrease leverage, eventually you will be strong enough to bend more shoes without the aide of the pipe.........It has worked for me at least.............Brett

[DAN PRAYDIS]

...at least it was a horseshoe. So far, I haven't found any more in my pile that I can bend.

What other exercises do any of you guys think help horseshoe bending the most? Kind of like sledge levering is to nail bending. I know some might say horseshoe bending is the best thing to help horseshoe bending, but it's kind of hard if you can't find many horseshoes that you can bend.

Thanks,

Justin Reagan

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good going justin are you wrapping the ends like a nail or doing it bare handed you could take a grinder to a couple of them or hammer one thinner in the middle and try bending it good luck and have fun

[j.scribner]

Good job, Justin! My experience with bending is very limited, and I was lucky enough to score a box of new horseshoes from a farrier friend. They were so-called "Lite" shoes, meaning they had a groove in them, and were a little easier to bend for a newbie like me. Got 'em for free (the best kind) There's nothing like that first successful bend, huh? Check around with horse-people. They usually have buckets of old shoes for the taking.

Good Luck,

john Scribner

[Justin Reagan]

I use the same leather wraps as I use when bending nails. For some reason I can't get a very good grip on it barehanded. Also, I'm trying to bend very similar to how Brookfield bends in his GMM.

I got these from a guy who shoes horses. It's quite a few. He said I can come back in a couple weeks and get more. It was one or two 5-gallon buckets worth. He had them in a bag, and of course the bottom dropped out once I got it in the house. I spent a couple days cleaning them and soaking them in some cleaner. A little rust won't hurt me, but these had a little more than rust on them (something that I don't particularly like having on my hands and getting on my floor). I'm still working at getting all the tacks out. Some of those things are really stuck.

I might try the pipe idea and/or the hammering idea (I don't have a grinder). Sounds like it might really help.

Also, do any of you know any good resources (other than online videos..I have a really slow connection) related to form, training, etc.? All I've seen is a few pictures. Well, I have the bonus DVD that came with the Slim the hammerman DVD, but the section on horseshoe bending is kind of short. Good, but short.

Thanks,

Justin Reagan