Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: criverkat on January 01, 2010, 09:28:00 pm
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what size horse shoe nail do yall use in your notchers i am going to make me one but don't know what size to get
THANKS
DAVID
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I use #5 nails. That is what I had left over from shoeing horses.
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not tryint ohi jack your thread here criverkat
however i have been wanting one of these,but dont want to try and make it as i already have enough on my plate to keep me busy for awhile
so ifn anyone would care to make me one i am sure we could work out a trade for something p.m. me and we'll talk
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Here are 2 notchers I made today. Nothing fancy just functional. This should give you an idea of how to make one.
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This is one that I made for Jesse (leaping bare)....don't you think about it...it's Patented........... >:D.......not.......... O:)
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El Destructo too late i already made two just like that >:D lol ;D
did you use a dremal to make your notch for the nail if so what bit did you use that is the only problem area i had
nugget ain't noting wrong with those notchers ill have too make one like that now ;D
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El Destructo, how did you make the front cap/sleeve? Was it something already domed, or did you dome that out of regular copper pipe(and how if you did)? Looks sharp.
Swamp
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Swamp....go to the Hardware Store and ask them for a 3/4" Copper Pipe Stub-Out...they use these Fittings on New Construction...especially on Apartment Buildings and such....when one Contractor come in and does the Electrical...another does the Piping...and so on...these Connections are made to come out of the Wall and dead end....this way when the Plumbers are done with the Piping...they can Hydrotest it for Leaks without all of the Fixtures being installed already....then the Installers just use Tubing cutters to cut off the ends and install their Valves and Fixtures
Here is a Picture of everything that you need to build one of these Flakers....but don't tell anyone....OK............ ;D
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I've had that flaker that El Destructo made me for a year now.. and i love it. i have used it allot and changed the nail 3 times and its very easy to swap the nail out.. he also make a little one and thats my favorite for edge work.
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Thanks El Destructo, I've only seen the ones that screw into a threaded fitting that the fixtures are mounted onto after hydro and inspection. I'll have hit my neighbor (plumber) up for one.
Swamp
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I knew that My time involved in making them for You would not be wasted Jesse!! I knew I could count on you to try and wear them out chippin Flint.... ;D
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Dang, guys, those are pretty cool. :o
Wayne
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Dang , thos are nice. One question the horseshoe nails i bought aren't sharp pointed like that, do you file them sharp , mine are flat on the tips i think i got the wrong ones ??? ???
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You can file them since you already bought them. All the horseshoe nails I have ever used all were pointed.
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If they are flat on the front they are probably cut nails not horse shoe nails. Horse shoe hails have to be sharp.
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I use #8 nails in mine, which are a little stouter and less likely to bend than a 5 or 6. Most farrier supply stores sell horseshoe nails by the hundred or by the pound. The bigger ones are usually only used on Draft horses...big feet = big shoes + big nails to hold 'em on. Those big horses need to keep shoes on for all the pulling they're required to do.
Jim