Mark Emig Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 About 150 pounds wrought iron, freshly scrounged, good quality. 3/4 round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FieryFurnace Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Nice! What sort of bolts are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Bolts tend to be a higher grade wrought iron than wagon tyre! What did they originally come from? I once found about 100' of 1/2" WI that was originally stay rods in an *OLD* wooden RR car now just a low pile of rotten wood and rattlesnakes in the desert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunch Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Nice score. I remember as a kid (1960s and 1970s) finding wrought iron spikes etc. (fasteners for old ships?) when digging for sandworms and bloodworms in the sand on the beach in Atlantic Highlands, NJ (just south of NYC). I imagine if you looked in the right place, you could still find it up there. I remember you could bend it like soft wire and it would fracture like wood or laminated fiberglass, exposing fresh metal. I wonder whether wrought iron exposed to saltwater for years like that would be usable for blacksmithing...anybody know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Emig Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 It's from a barge-they are pins stuck vertically in the planking (if 4"x6"-8" can be considered a plank)to add strength. There's probably a few hundred pounds more. Most iron used in nautical construction is usually pretty good grade-but not always. A friend who got some of this found some steel in his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 that is good stock size great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Emig Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 Easy to knock into 3/8x3/4 and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I have some of this same iron it is good quality stuff. I use it for welding on collars and fussy work where using wrought iron will save you time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Emig Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 And ,yes, wrought iron exposed to salt water etc is still usable-just a less amterial where it's partially rusted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason @ MacTalis Ironworks Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Lots of scrap WI is why I LOVE working in a railing shop that does alot of restoration work. I have a standing agreement with the boss... I get all the broken pickets... all tested for soundness with a 5lb. hammer... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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