Zaxmyth

Duley noted... My foraging days are done... Just looked into the local laws and I was completely dumbfounded... I had no idea but I guess it makes perfect sense... Thanks for the education. I'm going to have to tell the guy that have me that stuff that I'm not interested in acquiring anymore...fml

Thanks for the video and suggestions... All were very helpful... The forge is super solid and the rail spike Klinker breaker works awesome... The deck is an old lawnmower deck with a break router welded on. I burned my first few fires to remove the galvinization on the pipe fittings I used to attach the air system... Works great and total cost was 16 dollars for the pipe fittings. Anvil was completely free as I found the pieces walking the rail line.

I'm a beginner blacksmith and I have made my own forge and anvil from scrap parts and thrift store purchases. The forge is awesome and I have no complaints about that investment but the anvil has some serious draw backs. I didn't know about this resource before I constructed it so I'm throwing this out to the forum to see if there is any advice on improving what I already have. I have read through many of the previous posts and all I hear is that rail anvils are worthless. I'm definitely a baller on a budget. This works and has many tool configurations that are extremely useful however it is noisy and has a depleted rebound. If there anything I can do to improve that? Here are a few pics... Let the beatings begin