How much wear before you replace the plow point or plow share
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Unfortunately I will not be close to the plow for awhile
Nothing wrong with that, Run it!
When I was a kid I used to put hard facing on cultivator points for dad. I may play with this some
As a small family farm, my dad told me that he used to weld beads and grind them to build up his plow points when I was growing up because he was so tight on budget...
"Back in the day" they were welded, heated in a forge, hammered back into shape on a drop hammer then sharpened and polished on a huge floor grinder/polisher.
The Blacksmith shop in my town did a land office business restoring share points in the spring and fall and it was usually my 1st stop on the way home from school every day. (in the 50's). Big thrill for a 10 or 11 ten old boy was when he would let me don a huge helmet and watch as he welded. Many times I watched this process from start to finish and I can still picture Old Herb when he would fire up that big drop hammer you could hear it all over town WHAM, WHAM, WHAM!!!
Although I suspect the Amish folks may still do some of this but, sadly, now days I'm afraid that's pretty much a lost art and just another thing of the past and fast becoming a distant memory for a lot of us small town folks my age.
The blacksmith shop still stands, was closed in the late 60's IIRC, contents auctioned off and the last time I looked inside, the forge was still there right where it had been built it into the north wall of the bldg. The city owns it now and it's used for storage.
The Blacksmith shop in my town did a land office business restoring share points in the spring and fall and it was usually my 1st stop on the way home from school every day. (in the 50's). Big thrill for a 10 or 11 ten old boy was when he would let me don a huge helmet and watch as he welded. Many times I watched this process from start to finish and I can still picture Old Herb when he would fire up that big drop hammer you could hear it all over town WHAM, WHAM, WHAM!!!
Although I suspect the Amish folks may still do some of this but, sadly, now days I'm afraid that's pretty much a lost art and just another thing of the past and fast becoming a distant memory for a lot of us small town folks my age.
The blacksmith shop still stands, was closed in the late 60's IIRC, contents auctioned off and the last time I looked inside, the forge was still there right where it had been built it into the north wall of the bldg. The city owns it now and it's used for storage.
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