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no picts but explains it http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/12176-i-pumped-frosty-for-information-and-made-this/?page=1

The difference is the rate of cooling. normalizing= cooling in still air. annealing= cooling in dry wood ash or vermiculite.

search more junkyard steel facts http://www.iforgeiron.com/index2.html/blueprints/original-series/bp0002-junk-yard-rail-road-steel/

here is a upsidedown pict http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/41799-buffalo-243-coal-forge-fire-pot-rebuild/

yes it works http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/33683-charcoal-retort-very-successful-model-pic-heavy/

do you have a copy of clay spencer tire hammer tools pdf

search steel weight calculator

you con start here google "touch mark; site iforgeiron.com"

3/4"x 6" black iron nipple,

from Frosty post above Following the formula a 1/2" T burner needs: 1/2"x4" black iron nipple,

and this is current as of 2013 page 2 shows astm spec for rr spikes spike.pdf

found this ThomasPowersSenior Moment Member; Master Curmudgeon Members 19,609 postsLocationCentral NM/El Paso TX Area, USA Posted 11 Jan 2007 · Report post From a post I saved away years ago: "American Railway Engineering Association's Specifications for Soft-Steel Track Spikes. Original document, 1926, revised last in 1968 Two classes of track spikes are given specifications, both low carbon and high c arbon. Two sizes of track spike are identified, one of 5/8 inch square shaft and one of 9/16 inch. Page 5-2-1. "A low carbon track spike will not contain greater than 0.12% carbon nor greater than 0.20% copper. Page 5-2-2. Section 6a. Bending properties: The body of a full size finished spike shall stand being ben t cold through 180 degrees flat on itself without cracking on the outside portio n of the bent portion. Page 5-2-2 Section 11. Marking. A letter or brand indicating the manufacturer sh all be pressed on the head of each spike while it is being formed. When copper i s specified, the letters "CU" shall be added. Page 5-2-3: Specifications for high carbon steel track spikes 1968. Carbon not g reater than 0.30%, nor greater than 0.20% copper. Page 5-2-4. Section 6a. Bendin g properties: The body of a full size finished spike shall stand being bent cold through 120 degrees around a pin, the diameter of which is not greater than the thickness of the spike without cracking on the outside portion of the bent port ion. Page 5-2-5 Section 11. Marking: A letter or brand indicating manufacturer and also the letters "HC" indicating high carbon, shall be pressed on the head of each spike while it is being formed. When copper is specified, the letters "CU" shall be added." Additionally included in a fax to Mike Blue by the gentleman at Wellington industries, a division of Sheffield Steel: "Because of the bending tests required, the carbon content will not be greater than 0.30%. After all, brittle spikes would not be desirable as a track spike. Abent spike still holds the rail while a fractured spike would not. The consequences for the industry would be too great to consider. However, we refer to them as high carbon, they are not within the range of steels known as high carbon or hypereutectoid according to the steel industry standards, and have not been since at least 1926, when most track spikes were previously manufactured from wrought iron."" I'd go with the spring stock myself! Thomas Quote

buffers seam to have more clearance around the wheels than grinders

make the guides u shape weld or rivet through the side.

scratch a groove down each side of the brick and wire it together

you could put the back wall in the middle of the forge with a door in it

raise your t burner up out of the forge

mine has a ring with setscrew on the handle shaft.

or you could spin it around and stop upward movement.

bench vise

mine are riveted with a double bow

is it Stephen Gensheimer

on that forge i would bolt a piece of steel over or under it

yes

looks similar to me different mount