Shanemr
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Also I'm not giving it away lol. I see pieces half this size on ebay for around $40-50 but to get someone going on a budget $60 is good. Also if curious Anvilfire has some great plans on using track as an anvil.
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Abita Springs, Louisiana.
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I have a 20" section of rail I don't need now that I have an anvil, if anyone is interested let me know. I will weigh it tonight but assume 50lbs about. -
I just found a fisher eagle that weighs 135 pounds dated 1891. If you look at my post I have pics of it.
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Plan on rounding the edges, squaring up the hardy hole and cleaning up the horn. Not a lot of work.
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Hopefully the images post. After sandblasting its a 135lb Fisher Eagle circa 1891. Randy is gonna help me fix the pitted holes and use hardened welding rods to fix the edges up a little bit. I'm still using his anvils until my forge is finished and I get set up at home. I read these anvils don't ring as loud as most which is a big plus. -
First anvil. They're customers of mine at John Deere. I'll offer $200 cash. Randy who's mentoring me is saying we can weld the edges and grind or mill it back. All I had is a 15 inch section of rail I was gonna shape up. I can recoup probably about 50-80 or more selling the rail. Anvil market here is scarce and expensive.
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Going friday to see it in person 135 lbs. Local scrap yard called me on it. -
my forge build using a half of a rim that came off a large John Deere loader. Heavy metal! No anvil yet but a customer brought me a 16 inch or so section of rail track. Have a hammer. Getting there, now to rig an air source.
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Definitely planned. It's only about a 10 minute for me!
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Hi, I'm Shane, I live in Abita Springs and recently got very interested in smithing when I met a customer who gave me his business card as a "Forge and Machine" service. I have only had the opportunity to get a hammer and metal in hand once. My goal was something simple that used most of the basics just to get an idea. Was going to make a handle for a coal shovel. Near the end due to poor planning and probably poor positioning of my work on the anvil....it broke. But I learned a lot and cant wait to try again.
Looking for rail section?
in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels
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I did I was told it's illegal to scrap rail so I didn't keep looking at scrap yards. I still see people selling it on ebay and sometimes locally on craigslist. I figure if it doesn't sell I'll find a use for it.