#Railroad track anvil pics full

The plan was to weld or bolt them to the 12'x12' I-beam (also cut to length), dig about a 1' deep hole in the ground, fill the bottom 4'-6' or so with concrete (this way it's removeable), then refill the hole. The rail track pieces are approximately 3' long plus or minus (I'm cutting them to length so I have a choice). But, my question is.will the below drawing work? If so, what type of shapes would you put on the three available 'anvil' faces? I chose a perfect dome, a mild convex, and a mild concave.as well as flat of course. It will make a great door stop for the shop door lol. I'm going to setup a rail track anvil to replace my junk harbor freight 55lb piece of crap. Basically the choices are endless, and he gave me free reign within reason.Īnyhow, this brings me to my question. He also trades work for various pieces etc. The cool thing is, he knows what the majority of it is metallurgically (by knowing where it came from etc) so while it's 'scrap' a lot of it is 'new scrap' that I can use. He gets all sorts of stuff, new steel included. The owner told him whatever he needs, take.

He repairs heavy equipment and rents a shop downtown that's basically a scrap yard with a shop included lol. Kind of hit the jackpot on accident when he came by to pick up my nephews pads for football practice.

#Railroad track anvil pics full

I think he even has some parts for a propane forge as well as well as cylinders I can make into a full length heat treating can. So, tomorrow I'm going to my brother in law's yard/shop to pick up some rail track, I-beam, stainless steel chunks, a 3hp electric motor, some parts for a belt grinder, and whatever other junk he's got laying around that I can use for blade smithing.