EJRailRoadTrack

after remaking this anvil the best I could I tested it against my RR track. I thought the sqaure edges on the plates was nice to have BUT it had NO WHERE NEAR the rebound of my track. The plate was also very loud, which made it hard to want to work, so I quickly moved back to the track. Now my Dad built me an awesome stand for the track and it has about 20-30% rebound, not as good as an anvil but it does work well enough -EJ

I know this is a bit late on asking, but i'm going to ask anyway. How do you like the treadle hammer? What pound power hammer would you say it compares to? Re-building my shop and I think having one would be a good add-on since I can't pay for a power hammer.

And all the BOA members tell me to stick with leaves, hooks, bottle openers, etc.... I'll have to just do it to get it out of my system.....

Welcome, I can't really say I have any knowledge to share but welcome and stuff. Now I shall copy things asked and said to me! Do you have anything to beat metal on like a rail road track? (they work great). Join some kind of Smithing association in your area, theres so much you can learn first hand from a blacksmith instead of watching a YouTuber about it. It also helps the community when you have your location on your profile You probably know all of this if you've been lurking for awhile but maybe this helped. -EJ

Those are beauts! I can see it with a bell hung from it on top of an old English pub door.

Yep, been done before with other neat and small or not so small projects so looks keep going with hooks! I love hooks, made a simple one pounded into wood. But not worth showing, hehe.

Yes. I've remembered that I know a blacksmith in West Plains he can teach me a bit, I think he's a bit 'inactive' though. I will try to join BAM and Arkansas Blacksmithing Association but may not be able to show up at get-togethers much sadly. But I'll try! -EJ

Yes, I am interested making knives, axes, spliting mauls, small decorative peices like hookes, and rings, but I'm open for anything neat. (Do rings count as blacksmithing?) I do not believe we have smithing coal close. Fairly far, I'd say 2-300 hundred yards to the closest one.. Oh, one more thing, I do have a freind that is amking me an anvil oit of some rail raod track! -EJ

Hi, I'm Elijah, but you can call me EJ for short. I'm 13 years old and have always loved to build things and go to flea markets to look at all the old stuff I could find ever since I can remeber. Blacksmithing is a new interest I have found that I can create something amazing out of what most people see as a heavy piece of trash. For right now alI have is a 3 foot peice of rail road track for an anvil (hence my name), a small ball peen hammer, gas torch, and a cheap and broken vise(Oh, I can't forget my nonexistent skill). I look forward to talking to all of you old timers about this wanderful pass time and I hope I never get bored of it! -EJ