sfDuck Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 How many things can be made from a RR spike, and still be recognized as a RR spike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Anything you can leave the head on. How good is your imagination is the real question.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingXS Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Knives, Forks, Axes, Coat hooks, Fire pokers, Figurines, are the obvious ones but as Frosty said almost anything you can imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Only one thing and still look like a railroad spike---a railroad spike.Now, recognized as made from a railroad spike---what Frosty said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george m. Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I saw an interesting RR spike implement somewhere on the web the other day. The head had the usual twisted handle but the rest was split in two and drawn out into two claws. It was a garden cultivator, something I wouldn't have thought of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfDuck Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 I wouldn't know about garden tools the last time I tried gardening I got arrested,never again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) that because ya forgot to get the growers permit Duck. Edited March 11, 2015 by Steve Sells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george m. Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Being in Colorado all kinds of herbaceous gardening won't bring me any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlson Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Hmm...wonder if you could forge with charred hemp stalks. Apparently hemp is pretty much good for everything . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 With proper credit to the Kootenay Blacksmiths Association. I keep a print of this out in the smithy for inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsShip Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 The Dragonfly is awesome, how do you think they cut that prior to forging? If you cut down the length on 2 sides, that would be 4 pieces for the wings, but how did they get the body? Maybe cut twice down on side and then cut only 1/2 of those the other way? Hmmm, I'll have to think about that...And what is that in the upper right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 when I've done dragonflys I'll hacksaw down from one end at an angle, the wider end of the cut leaves more material for the wings. That wide section is then bent up out of the way of the "tail" and, after it cools off, sawn in half again to make the two sides of the wings. I've seen guys do it with a thin hot cut chisel but I have to use the saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Upper right is a small post vice. I have experimented wit drawing them out to make steel axe and hammer handles ala Eastwing. With scales and using the head as a heal cap. i love the garden tools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winginit Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 (edited) what I like about rr spikes is it helps you learn how much material you have and how far it will go, and they are dirt cheep to play around with .why was the print so small ? Edited March 12, 2015 by winginit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimenickel Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 for me, its about the perfect amount of material for making very handy small tongs ! i usually nip the head off the spike but i guess you can leave it at the end of the rein, if you want to show its origin very useful material Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Gardening tools? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winginit Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 for me, its about the perfect amount of material for making very handy small tongs ! i usually nip the head off the spike but i guess you can leave it at the end of the rein, if you want to show its origin very useful materialwow that's great I didn't think they would go the far . I have yet to make a set of tongs guess I am chicken .I know they will be ugly . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 You want pretty tongs? Good luck with that.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 there is a great Bill Epps set of scrolling tongs made from rail road spikes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnicusJoe Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Bolt tongs are already on the list I see. But here's my version of bolt tongs from (2) railroad spikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozenforge Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 An old friend of mine asked me to make a rail spike knife for him, I normally tell people that I don't make knives so this is my first. I don't have the experience and materials to make what I would consider a proper knife so I told him its more for the look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winginit Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 frozenforge good job that knife looks great !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibrariaNPC Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Technicus, thanks for sharing that video! A local blacksmith just told me about it this past weekend, and I'm looking at attempting this when I fire up the forge this weekend (need a set that's a bit more reliable for spikes).Frozenforge, that's a really awesome handle. Care to share how it was done for us newbies? As for the original topic: the others already put in a lot of good details. My wife found that a number of people make hatchets and gardening tools, so she's been pestering me to get more practice in to make these things. I've seen some snakes, wall/coat hooks, and I might be using spikes to make handles for my tool stump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozenforge Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Research a staircase twist, Im sure there are some videos on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malice9610 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 There is a video on Youtube showing how to do that twist that explains each step. Search " Rubix Cube twist blacksmith " will pull up a few. Also check out " Pineapple Twist Blacksmith" also, that one is pretty cool as well and the guy shows how to do it very clearly.I have yet to try either one, but that is due to my complete lack of being able to hot cut anything even remotely straight, Need to work on that skill first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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