horseshoes

[Trevor]

I just got home from a long ride on a treasure hunt. I only got lost twice and it was a thirty five minuite ride there when I finely found this place way out in the sticks this good old boy comes out and hands me three five gallon buckets full of horseshoes now I'm heading out into my shop to try my second try at some neat little horseshoe art projects I'll post some pics soon

[Scott S]

Trevor,
That was a lucky find! I saw some pics fro a guy who made a nice pool cue rack. I look forward to seeing yours. :)

[Trevor]

note this is not my design i borrowed it from the net but here goes
lets see if you know what it is

[Scott S]

Napkin holder? or walking stick oranament?

[memfuzz]

It's a cowboy warming his hands in front of the fire. Or maybe some of us younger weldors paying homage to the old heads!

[Sticky]

The leg looks crooked because of the angle
http://sticky46341.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p10100051.jpg

[Sticky]

Sorry, I can't figure out how to load a picture to the site

[Planet X]

those things make good gifts :cool:

[Rocky D]

Sure looks like a cowboy to me, but I can't tell what it's made out of. I had a buddy who used to go to a swap meet / flea market and make little figures out of horse shoe nails and used a OA torch and brazed em together.

[Franz]

Rocky, I'll deferr to your years of expertise in the arena of shoeing horses & mules, after all theArmy did teach you that part of the business, and I've heard you single handedly are responsible for long wearing shoes onGeorge Washington's horse, or was that his false teeth.

[Rocky D]

Originally posted by Franz
Rocky, I'll deferr to your years of expertise in the arena of shoeing horses & mules, after all theArmy did teach you that part of the business, and I've heard you single handedly are responsible for long wearing shoes onGeorge Washington's horse, or was that his false teeth.
It was the shoes....Washington's teeth were made of wood, certainly you must remember that, Franz.
:D

[Jim314]

Nice Trevor. How did you heat the shoes to bend them?

[Sticky]

The leg is straight, it is the camera

[Sticky]

another pick

[Rocky D]

Originally posted by Sticky
another pick

Sweet table :cool: what size is the rebar? I can't quite see how you positioned the gussets at the top of the legs...can you shoot a pic if them? Rebar furniture is so too cool!! :cool:

[cutter]

Originally posted by Trevor
note this is not my design i borrowed it from the net but here goes
lets see if you know what it is

Looks more like a soldier warming his hands to me. And the material appears to be mule shoes rather than horse shoes?

[Trevor]

memfuzz is right its a cowboy warming his hands by the fire candle holder theres lots of pis on the net just do a net search on horshoe art i've done a few differnt projects but ran out of horseshoe till the other night A oldtimer buddy of mine says i should sell these things in local craft fairs or at the sevral craft malls around here
Sticky maybe i'll borrow your design on that table to if you dont mind

[fla jim]

Remember the three things you have to know to be a Cowboy.
1. Don't spit into the wind
2. Don't drink downstream from the herd
and
3. Don't squat with your spurs on:D

[Trevor]

heres one i made last night once again found idea on the internet the guy called it drinking buddys

[Trevor]

jim314 I heated the legs with a propane torch and whacked em with a small sledge I would like to get a anvil and make a forge and realy heat and beat some metal

[Sticky]

Rocky D,

Used 1x 1/8 inch angle frame for the legs to conect to the wood. Top of legs on the side view is11, bottom is 15. Seat is 16 inches high. Top is 22.5 x 12. Rebar is 7/8. The 3 shoes came to 13.25 inches and I welded them together first.

[Rocky D]

Originally posted by Sticky
Rocky D,

Used 1x 1/8 inch angle frame for the legs to conect to the wood. Top of legs on the side view is11, bottom is 15. Seat is 16 inches high. Top is 22.5 x 12. Rebar is 7/8. The 3 shoes came to 13.25 inches and I welded them together first.

That's interesting...I thought it was taller,from the pictures. As suggestion, maybe put something in the picture we can use to judge as a comparison, like a dollar bill or coke can, or dog, or the like. Real nice job! :cool:

[Rocky D]

Originally posted by fla jim
Remember the three things you have to know to be a Cowboy.
1. Don't spit into the wind
2. Don't drink downstream from the herd
and
3. Don't squat with your spurs on:D

You forgot: "Don't eat yellow snow" :D

[Sticky]

Rocky D,

That is real horse poop on the boots.

[Sticky]

Check this out

[Franz]

Thank God for that boot jack!

Should we discuss the difference between Cowboys & Drovers?

[fla jim]

Whay's snow?:cool:

[fla jim]

The difference between Engineer boots, and cowboy boots:
Cowboy boots has the bulls**t on the outside:confused:

[Franz]

I wouldn't touch that line with a 14 foot Serbian, let alone a 10 foot Pole.

[Customwelds]

looks like one of those kokapeli dudes you see in colorado all the time, but warming his hands instead of dancing around! Cool candleholder...?

[minitribal]

I recently went to a wedding in a back yard where they had the altar(?) made out of horse shoes. Cool, but interesting as well...