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Title: American Blacksmithing, toolsmiths' and steelworkers' manual
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Holmström, John Gustaf Holford, Henry, 1876-
Subjects: Blacksmithing Tools Steel
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., : Frederick J. & Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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bout the landside to give thebeginner a good idea of how to make one. And if thelandside is right, it comes easier to do the rest. Inmaking a plowshare there are many things to remem-ber, and one must be on the alert right along, for itwill give lots of trouble if any point is overlooked. We will now weld a share to a long bar landside.The landside having been finished and bolted to thebeam or its foot, or to a standard, the share is to beshaped to fit. Hold the share up to the plow. Firstlook if the angle for the point is right in the share; ifnot, heat the share, and if under the angle wanted MODERN BLACKSMITHING 95 upset up at the joint; if over the angle wanted, driv€it back at the point. In doing this hold the edge ofthe share over a wooden block instead of the anvil, soas not to batter the thin edge of the share. If theshare has been upset so that it has a narrow rib alongthe point where it is to be welded, draw this down andmake it level. In most blank shares the point should
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Pig. 9 be raised to fit the landside point, so that when thesame is placed on the floor the edge of the share willfollow the floor or leveling block (if you have it), fromthe heel right up to the point, then it will be easy tomake the edge come down to the square in finishing itup. If this is not done the edge of the share from thethroat back will generally be too high. In Figure 9 two shares are represented, one with thelandside point on ready for welding. In this share thepoint of the same has been raised so that the share 96 MODERN BLACKSMITHING comes down to the square in the throat. The other isa blank share, straight in the point between Nos. 4 and5, resting on the extreme heel and point with gapbetween the edge of share and floor at No. 3. In mostblank shares the point is too straight, and the pointtoo much bent down at No. 4. Bend the share so thatthe whole length from heel to point will follow thefloor. When the share is held in a position as shownin this cut, dont fit the sh

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