Know the Anvil is a Short Movie illustrating the various areas of the anvil and some of their uses.Running time 2m 32secs.
Author: Brian Saunders
Figure Of Eight
Darren Bazin demonstrates how to forge a figure of 8 from 8 inches (200mm) of 5/16 inch (8mm) round. This exercise continues the bending development and also introduces the beginner to symmetry,a fundamental skill in shoe making. This exercise forms part of the UK’s forging certificate for pre-farriers. Running time 4m 48secs.To access this content, you must purchase Site membership, or log in if you are a member.
Body Positions
To be efficient when forging it is vital that you adopt the correct body positions this movie shows the basic body positions when forging and shoemaking. Running Time 2m 4secs
Scotch Heel Front Shoe
This movie features Derek Gardner A.W.C.F. and explains how to build a Scotch Heeled 3/4 fullered front shoe from 19 inches of 1 1/4 x ½” Flat Bar Stock, the traditional shoe fitted to the Clydesdale Horse. Running Time 21.34To access this content, you must purchase Site membership, or log in if you are a member.
Shoeing The Front Foot Of The English Shire Horse
This movie features Nigel Fennell A.W.C.F. and explains how Nigel shoes the front feet of an English working shire horse with hand made flat shoes. The movie explains the techniques that Nigel uses when working on these gentle giant. Running time: 23 mins. 33 secs.To access this content, you must purchase Site membership, or log in if you are a member.
Clenching A Hind Foot Using Clenching Tongs
This movie shows Darren Bazin A.W.C.F. demonstrating how he clench’s a hind foot using clenching tongs, shod with a quarter clipped, machine made, concave shoe, and is part of the sequence of shoeing a hind foot. This movie relates to element 3.4 of the National Occupational Standards in the U.K for farrier apprentices. Running time […]To access this content, you must purchase Site membership, or log in if you are a member.
Seated Plain Stamp
Richard Ellis D.W.C.F.(Hons.) demonstrates how to build a plain stamped seated front shoe with a rolled toe from 12 inches of ¾ by 3/8 flat barstock. This style of shoe would be fitted to a horse whose soles are dropped and lacking in concavity, such as a recovering laminitic. The rolled toe allows for an […]To access this content, you must purchase Site membership, or log in if you are a member.
Square Point
Darren Bazin demonstrates how to forge a square point from 5 inches (125mm) of 5/8 inch (16mm) square. This exercise is great for developing basic hammer control , where even drawing of the material is required. This exercise forms part of the UK’s forging certificate for pre-farriers. Running time 4m 7secs.To access this content, you must purchase Site membership, or log in if you are a member.
Round Section, Forged From A Shoe
Darren Bazin Demostrates how to forge a round section from a horse shoe by first forging a square section, then rounding this up to form the round section. The Techniques used in this exercise are fundamentals in tool making .This forms part of the UKs forging certificate. Running time 7m 29secs.To access this content, you must purchase Site membership, or log in if you are a member.
Diamond Point
Darren Bazin demonstrates how to forge a diamond point from 5 nches ( 125mm) of 5/8 (16mm) Square. This Exercise is not only great for hammer control with the steel worked on its edge but the control of the tongs is also developed. This forms part of the UK’s forging certificate. Running Time 4m:30secTo access this content, you must purchase Site membership, or log in if you are a member.