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Old 11-13-2008, 09:46 AM
Amoroso 82 Amoroso 82 is offline
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Has any one ever made any tools like an axe from a piece of Railroad track, I need a squaring axe and I have alot of pieces of Railroad track as a matter of fact I have a pile of Railroad metal including spikes tie plates and track, I have discoverd that spikes made after 1970 something are considered by the Railroad to be high carbon and accually say "HC"on the head and they say that these are equal to 1040 steel but I cant find any info on the track, it is probably use hardend but is it suitable for an axe.
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