I had made a shop tour video of my woodshop. I finally decided to do one of my smithing area. This is about a week old, so I have already changed the design of how the railroad track is sitting. I also have an appointment to get more coal thanks to the local guild. Hope you all enjoy. Click here for video

Can wait to see what you did with the track.  Saw your video of the spike opener and thought I'd share the tool I use for twisting spikes.  It allows you to twist from the head or anywhere on the spike as I cut grooves in the jaws and then welded steel plates to keep the head from being able to slip out.

 

I like your determination & resourcefulness.  Keep it up!  Here are some of the openers I've made.  I also go to pawn shops and buy the cheap wrenches made in China to turn into openers which I sell at places like Auto parts stores.

Looks like you're in a good position to start making stuff.
If you can get your track mounted up in some way it will save your back.

Best of luck mate!

dcraven- Thanks for posting the picture of your wrench. It is kind of like a pipe wrench except with an additional handle. I like the wrench bottle opener as well.

everything mac-thanks for checking out the video!