A little rail anvil I made.
- Thread starter LuckeyLoser
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nice !
steaks&anvils
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That is great! Really really great!
We have a thread for railroad rail anvils and a thread for real anvils/RR anvils. Could you post your pictures to one or both of these threads? That way your cool RR anvil will be preserved for posterity! Single small threads tend to fade away, a big thread will last for ages.
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We have a thread for railroad rail anvils and a thread for real anvils/RR anvils. Could you post your pictures to one or both of these threads? That way your cool RR anvil will be preserved for posterity! Single small threads tend to fade away, a big thread will last for ages.
railroad rail anvil
saw this at a local swap meet/flea market. was about 18" long, prolly 20 or so pounds. had $7.95 price tag on it, should i have grabbed it?
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Show me your ANVIL
So I went to this auction and bought numbers of items dicounted to my liking, and while I was there I also picked up this anvil... So I made a small stand for it tonight. Nothing crazy but just a good base for whacking things on. Lets see others, dont be shy. This one is just 55lbs... Its gonna...
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Crabman
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Beautiful!
Jayman17
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LL, that’s a real nice job you did making that anvil.
Jay
Jay
58Yeoman
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A couple months ago, I sold a bench vise to a guy who said he was getting into fabricating and maybe blacksmithing. He asked me if I had anything else that might work for him. I showed him a 54" chunk of rail, and sold it to him for $25. He was happy to get it, and I was happy to get it out of my way.That is great! Really really great!
We have a thread for railroad rail anvils and a thread for real anvils/RR anvils. Could you post your pictures to one or both of these threads? That way your cool RR anvil will be preserved for posterity! Single small threads tend to fade away, a big thread will last for ages.
railroad rail anvil
saw this at a local swap meet/flea market. was about 18" long, prolly 20 or so pounds. had $7.95 price tag on it, should i have grabbed it?
Show me your ANVIL
So I went to this auction and bought numbers of items dicounted to my liking, and while I was there I also picked up this anvil... So I made a small stand for it tonight. Nothing crazy but just a good base for whacking things on. Lets see others, dont be shy. This one is just 55lbs... Its gonna...
LL, that is really nicely done, but exactly how was it done? With that long horn, what work are you intending to do on it. I’m selling my Hay Buden and have an 8’ section of heavy rail I’m going to go after. Have to wait for winter though as I can’t run the grinder outside until it starts raining, if it ever does.
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LuckeyLoser
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Band saw right angle grinders sandpaper on said grinders ceramic grit worked the best. Polishing wheels on the grinders to finish. I used different grits to polish and try to remove grinding and sanding finish. I don't ever plan on using it. They adorn my bedroom. My wife has her jewelry and I have mine.
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LuckeyLoser
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I took a junky Delta 2 speed bandsaw I got for 10 bucks at an auction from a machine shop they treated it like a pile of trash. I worked on it I replaced everything that it needed to work correctly. Then took the biggest pulley I could fit on the slow speed shaft and one of the smallest pulleys I could find for the motor. Laid that track on it and started sawing. Then hours of grinding, sanding then polishing. It was so much work I can't find any good reason to strike it. So I just look at it. I have a 80 pound section of Crane rail I hammer on.
The other one was mushroomed from excessive use. Never use these for doing what I have done. You will spend countless hours questioning your decisions. Use rail that has a clean top nice and even and you will save hours of your time. H o u r s. The ceramic discs may be the ticket to finish one much faster. I have yet to actually use one from the start. But from my time with one it looks promising.
I still have 9 sections of standard rail. These are much taller and wider than the others. They have a date marking of the 1920s if I remember correctly. The rail has a beautiful even rail crown. They took about a half hour to crosscut.
I made six cuts two on each rail section I had.
The other one was mushroomed from excessive use. Never use these for doing what I have done. You will spend countless hours questioning your decisions. Use rail that has a clean top nice and even and you will save hours of your time. H o u r s. The ceramic discs may be the ticket to finish one much faster. I have yet to actually use one from the start. But from my time with one it looks promising.
I still have 9 sections of standard rail. These are much taller and wider than the others. They have a date marking of the 1920s if I remember correctly. The rail has a beautiful even rail crown. They took about a half hour to crosscut.
I made six cuts two on each rail section I had.
nadogail
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The last time I saw some track replaced the crew loaded the whole rails onto a flat car and replaced them with a long length of continuously welded rail. The replacement rail was not new material, but old rails welded into long lengths.