building a Railroad Anvil

[Candidquality]

thanks Glenn, I will keep an eye out for a real anvil. first local group meeting is on the 14th and i'll be there with bells on. I'm sure one of the locals can get me a fairly good deal. I'm still researching the business end before making any real purchases. I might just break down a buy a new 165# peddinghous. depends on how much damage I do untill I get my hammer control back (one reason to have the free rr-track anvil i'm playing with now.) everything else I have available is free to play with. have pieces of h-13 h-2 p-20 some 310ss and that Luster die that I can't seem to find out anything about(writing to a few steel suppliers for information today) have access to milling machines. ac/dc welders, tig, plasma cutter(which if set up right can also weld, or so i've read). If I wanted to get crazy I even have access to a CNC and some old bits that they don't mind being used up since they buy new bits for every new job. I wanted to get a bit of experience with grinders the other day and spent a few hours polishing a cheap engineers hammer to a pretty nice shine. it's not perfect but the experience I gained will help me later with knives and other shiny do-dads.


just enjoying experimenting with all of these wonderfull toys untill I get crazy enough to buy my own and do this right.

[ThomasPowers]

"The Complete Modern Blacksmith" has detailed instructions for making anvils from RR rail including heat treating instructions!

Note: a Rail Road Anvil is not the same thing as an anvil made from Rail Road rail...just like a bridge anvil is not made from bridges and a shoeing anvil si not made from shoes...

Thomas

[one_rod]

I hope it's ok to do this.

I made a RR anvil a while ago and posted the details of the making up on another forum where I am a member.

Don't know if any of this info may be useful to you.

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/...ad.php?t=10065



one_rod.

[meco3hp]

One-Rod,
Thats a BP for IFI alright! If you want, I'm sure Glenn would like to add it to the BP section!

[Candidquality]

Great information one_rod. Really helps to have a great visual like that to work with. This is very helpfull in my opinion.


BTW Glenn, if you think that this would be better suited in another branch of the forum it won't hurt my feelings to move it. I was thinking it might be of general interest but it's swinging more towards metal fabrication. Though I would love to forge weld this puppy up. Just sounds like fun.

[Glenn]

Keep the thread intact.

Weld that thing up and have fun. That is the purpose of doing all this anyway - to have fun.

[Nolano]

Originally Posted by ThomasPowers

"The Complete Modern Blacksmith" has detailed instructions for making anvils from RR rail including heat treating instructions!

Note: a Rail Road Anvil is not the same thing as an anvil made from Rail Road rail...just like a bridge anvil is not made from bridges and a shoeing anvil si not made from shoes...

Thomas

The Complete Modern Blacksmith is an excellent book to pick up under any circumstances, also. Its a great book.