61. a lower nail
The soles of the horse's feet are the same as the fingernails of people, they are to grow, if they are uneven, if they are not nailed, they will affect their movements, let alone run, so the horseshoe is like a shoe for the horse, protecting the horse's hooves.
For horses, a proper horseshoe is an important piece of equipment for them to prevent injury.
Therefore, the care measures of the horseshoes must include the regular replacement of the horseshoe on the basis of shaving and trimming the hooves, and the horseshoe used should be suitable for the shape and size of the horse's hooves, appropriately wide and thick, leaving a residual edge and tail, not too close to the horse's hooves, and if in special circumstances, special horseshoes are selected.
Wang Tiehammer had changed the horseshoe for the alloy slug before, so he naturally knew the situation of the alloy slug and it was not special, and the horseshoe he customized for the metal slug in advance, although he did not measure it in advance, but in his experience, the basic made will not be inappropriate compared with the horse's hoof.
When the bodyguard brought in the heated horseshoe, Wang Tiehammer did not stop moving, but used the grinding piece he brought to polish the horseshoes, in order to make the horseshoes look good, and more uniform and smooth, so as to ensure that when the horseshoe is loaded, the horseshoe can be better nailed with the horse's shoe.
As for how to ensure the flatness of polishing the horseshoe surface, it all depends on a poke taken from Wang Tiehammer from his body and his eyes to check the flatness.
"Professor! Excuse me, bring the horseshoe! After feeling that the flatness was about the same, Wang Tiehammer suddenly shouted.
Robert was reminded by Han Tianlin's translation, took the big iron tongs from the bodyguard, and carefully sent the horseshoe to Wang Tiehammer.
Wang Tiehammer took the big iron tongs, and then, with his vision and feeling, he quickly put the horseshoe on the left hind hoof of the alloy warhead.
I could only hear the sound of "Z", and the horseshoes that had been burned red were steaming and combined with the hooves of the alloy slug, probably feeling that the horse's hooves were a little hot, and the metal slug was also a little uneasy to hiss.
Even though it has changed its hooves many times, the sudden hot temperature still stimulates its uneasy feeling, which is like a person soaking his feet, even if he soaks his feet in hot water every day, but the hot water will still make him feel unaccustomed to the moment he touches the water, which is the current situation of the metal slug.
Fu Jun looked at the horse's hooves that were burned into the skin by the red shoes, and couldn't help but think of a dish - iron plate horseshoe.
After cooking, add some salt and pepper and cumin, and it will taste good!
It's a pity that this horseshoe can't be scalded, and it can't be eaten or chewed at all.
During this period, Wang Tiehammer has been trying to clamp the left hind hoof of the alloy slug with his legs, ensuring that at the most critical time of the horseshoe, the installation will not be installed in a suitable position due to the shaking of the alloy slug and the installation will fail.
Fu Jun knew the strength of the horse's kicking, and seeing that Wang Tiehammer could directly clamp the alloy slug and couldn't move, he secretly praised his strength in his heart.
Think about it, if you don't have this ability to install horseshoes, Wang Tiehammer will not be able to make the reputation of horseshoes abroad, this is not those domestic stars, data fraud abroad, and then boast that they are comparable to international superstars in China, people install horseshoes, but they are really powerful.
After the temperature of the horseshoe decreased and the color changed from red to black, Wang Tiehammer first gently felt the temperature with his fingers and felt that it would not be hot, and then began to prepare to nail the left hind hoof of the alloy slug.
The nail is also known as the nail nail, is the process of fixing the horseshoe on the negative side of the hoof with the hoof nail, and the quality of the nail is directly related to whether the hoof will have hoof disease, falling iron and hoof collapse and other problems.
Therefore, the nail is the last step in the hoof loading, and it is also the most important link.
A series of "confrontations" with the alloy warhead, Wang Tiehammer's face was already dripping with beads of sweat at the moment, but he didn't dare to wipe it, he was afraid that this redundant action would make this hoof loading fail.
The horseshoe has been seared into the horse's hoof, and the horseshoe is not immediately fixed with a nail at this time, if the horsehoe is displaced due to his redundant movements, then the horsehoe can only be reinstalled because of the searing in it.
It's just that if the surface of the horse's hooves is uneven because of displacement, then it still has to be trimmed, and if the horse's hooves are trimmed because of this, the hooves are cut too deep and the horse's hooves are injured, then it is not easy to do.
Therefore, Wang Tiehammer is extra careful, and at this time, he will constantly recall the key points of the nail in his mind to avoid mistakes and fall short.
Normally, the number of nails is not as much as possible, too many nails not only can not keep the horseshoe firm, but will damage the hoof wall, resulting in falling iron or bladder disease.
Of course, if the number of nails is too small, the sieve iron cannot be completely fixed, resulting in loosening of the horseshoe or falling iron, so it is necessary to nail the horse appropriately.
In general, 3 nails are laid on each side of the ordinary horseshoe, 6 nails per hoof, and for larger horseshoe. 4 nails can be lowered on each side and 8 nails per hoof.
When nailing, not the deeper the better, the nail is too deep to nail the horse's hooves, but not too shallow, the nail is too shallow to cause iron fall or hoof collapse.
The suitable depth of the lower nail is that the hoof nail is nailed by the outer edge of the white line of the horseshoe, and the nail is nailed at the junction line of the lower third and the middle third of the length of the side wall of the hoof.
When nailing, pay attention to the distance between each nail should strive to be equal, to avoid two nails too close or too far apart, the rear hoof nail load is larger, here pay attention to the nail firm.
After all the nails were lowered, Wang Tiehammer squinted his eyes slightly to reduce the fatigue when the nails were lowered, and then began to trim the length of the nail knots more with more eye effort and more care.
The so-called nail length refers to the length of the hoof nail body and the length of the broken end of the hoof nail bent upwards after the hoof nail is nailed out of the hoof wall when nailing.
The length of the nail section should not be too long or too short, and the length of the nail section should be roughly the same as the width of the nail body, approximately square.
It's easy to say, but it's actually very difficult, and it requires a very high level of vision and carefulness from the nail master.
Anyway, Wang Tiehammer's appearance of the big man trimming the nail joints made Fu Jun think of a post-break sentence: Zhang Fei pierced the needle - staring at the small eyes with big eyes.
However, Wang Tiehammer is not Zhang Fei, and the hoof nails are not as thin as the eye of the needle.
I saw that Wang Tie hammered one by one, cut and bent the nail knots, and tried to trim them to the best length.
With rich experience in nailing horseshoes, the length of the nail knots trimmed by the Dewang hammer is moderate, and each nail knot is almost about the same length.
Someone once tested the nail knots trimmed by Wang Tiehammer and found that the length difference between the nail knots he trimmed was not more than 1 mm, which was very difficult to do, and many people were amazed that it was impossible!
However, Wang Tiehammer did it, and he did not give up the craft of nailing horseshoe in his family, day after day, year after year, although it will make the body and mind tired of the eyes and brain, but also exercise his terrifying skills.