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A

The shoulder under the eye of this shackle pin is formed by welding on a collar made as in Lesson 20.
Take a NEAR WELDING heat on one end of a ^3/4" bar 18" long and make an upset 2" long. Weld on the collar at the base of the upset.

While still hot, fuller a groove all round like this-

B

Take a NEAR WELDING heat, flatten the end, shape roughly on the rounded edge of the anvil, then punch the hole.

C

Take a fresh heat and work up the eye to shape with the point of the bick through the hole like this -

Complete the pin by slot punching the hole so that it is ^5/8" x ^3/16", and cut off to length.

The finished pin is shown in Lesson 22 C.