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Any pictures of the molds for babbitt tips?

Snapmom - I was referring to the weight of the rail in lbs/yd. How tall is the rail? That is an indicator of what type of rail it is (in lbs/yd). I'm going to be on the hunt for a chunk of head hardened 136 or 141 lb/yd rail and fashion one of these.

What weight of rail is that rail-anvil? Nowadays if you can get your hands on some 132, 136, or 141 lb/yd that was used in a curve, it's almost always head-hardened.

I've been eyeballing some storage at my local Sears Outlet, and after a month and a half of the same price, and even relocation of the product within the store, they wouldn't negotiate. Ask though, it's worth the shot.

Amen to that. One time I had to thread the end of a heat-treated gearbox shaft with a 3/8 NF uber-unobtanium tap. It was late in the day and I was rushing to get out of there, and broke that sucker clean off. An EZ out was not going to be of any help here, so we broke out the plunge EDM...