The Reaper

Will do, thanks.

Well the thing about the train track by my house is that I've never actually seen a train running on it and I've been living here for about 15 years. Kinda weird because the tracks seem up to date even though I'm only using the tracks that have been pulled off and the old spikes that they put under the old tracks, but it looks like it makes a stop by the scrap yard here so I'm not sure what that means but I would definitely explain myself if someone asked. Also, about the location I will definitely add that to my profile, thanks for the suggestion.

Thank you very much for the replies everyone, funny you should say that because I have 2 stock springs sitting in my garage that I was going to scrap because they were sagging. Never though of using them for anything else. Also, any tutorials or ideas on making the forge out of a rim or disk brake? Also, I have a railroad down the road from my house where they just kind of leave the scraps on the side of the tracks. That's where I got the spikes, I live in Orlando, Florida as far as my location goes. :D Looking forward to it being addicting by the way! I suggest reading through some of the forum, your questions have already been answered in the approprate sections.

I've never tried to really forge anything myself, but always have been into the medieval swords, armor, ect... I also really like knives, I recently have been looking into the railroad spike knives and thought it would be a fun hobby for me to pursue. I am an automotive technician so I have access to a lot of metals that are normally thrown away. Which I personally think is just a huge waste. Anyways, along with blacksmith/bladesmith I would like to learn to weld. I have already gathered some of the supplies, I have a hammer, gloves, and rail road spikes so far. I would like some ideas on making a forge out of things I could maybe get from working on cars (like brake discs or maybe a steel stock rim). I also need an anvil but I was thinking maybe I could get a rail road track and cutting the corner off and trying to drill out a hardie hole. Similar to this :