Christmas Ornament Stand

Re: Christmas Ornament Stand

John K Jordan

That is nice, Jake!

Now I want to make some (smaller ones) for some "horse" friends. I bought several boxes of new horse shoes at a negotiated price when the farmer's co-op had an excess.

JKJ

Re: Christmas Ornament Stand - horseshoes

Rum

Trade them 2:1 for worn out ones from the local farrier. We always had a surplus of those laying around and they clean up pretty well; a quick heat in the forge burns off the dross and then dip in used motor oil to get a nice black coating.

Re: Christmas Ornament Stand - horseshoes

John K Jordan

>Trade them 2:1 for worn out ones from the local farrier.

Actually, no need to trade - my farrier will bring me buckets of worn shoes for the asking.

The supply I got is great because of the variety. There are some larger than would fit my biggest horse and a box full so tiny they would fit, well, I have no idea what kind of horse they would fit.

I have a queue of people who want to learn to weld, all women for some reason. One and one-half horseshoes make an easy first project - weld the half horseshoe to the whole shoe and make a hook for hanging a coat or umbrella or lead rope.

I didn't know about heating and quenching in old motor oil for a black coating. Sounds better than painting.

BTW, our ferrier also likes to heat and pound steel. He made me a handful of hoof pics from old horse shoes; I'll give them to some horsey friends.

JKJ

Re: Christmas Ornament Stand - horseshoes

Rum

They make dandy bottle openers as well

You can also make saddle stands out of them - screw one horse shoe onto the end of a 4x4 and make a hook like the umbrella/bridle hook and then hang the 4x4 off of that (hopefully that made sense). Works a charm.

Re: Christmas Ornament Stand

Ralph Watts

Jake,

I don't know which I like better the stand or the ornaments. A fine job on all. Happy holidays, Ralph