Well I thought I'd show a picture of some stuff available at the local scrap yard:

this is some 3.5" sq stock 9' long and about 90 pieces a bundle. I assume the 38000 marked on the side is the weight of the bundle. (scrapyard owner said he'd be happy to sell by the piece rather than the bundle...) the other is the first part of a naval gun barrel  Looks like the local University was cleaning up a bit in the explosives areas

that's a stack of anvils hand or power

Slip a little 15n20 between the bars and that's a large pattern weld billet. I wonder how much propane it'd take to get it to welding temperature.

Frosty The Lucky.

All of it Frosty!

Congrats on getting a camera Master Powers, the scrap yards around here are boring compared to that.

I should have taken a picture of the pile where I got this from:

~6.5"X11.5"

165x295 mm

Nice score. Lets just not start posting pictures of our piles! PLEASE?

Frosty The Lucky.

this is the stack of chunks I brought home to use as student anvils + another medieval anvil I want to make...2 of my students have already placed dibs on "theirs"

At 375lbs those squares would make great anvils lol. Wish you could put one in a box for me. :)

375# is the total weight, the big squares are about 75 pounds each minus any holes I have not weighed the rectangles on the second level yet and there was a bit of 1" round stock I picked up too.

I was referring to the 9 footers lol. Seriously though you makin me jealous with all those 'anvils' you have.

I'd love to use that section of gun barrel as the base for a power hammer!  

I think the Navel gun barrel would better used as a rivet header. although it would take a couple rather good sized boys to head the rivet that size

Edited April 9, 201511 yr by jeremy k

This is all so much naval gazing.

I think the Navel gun barrel would better used as a rivet header. although it would take a couple rather good sized boys to head the rivet that size

Dress the end and it would make a good monkey tool.

if King Kong is your monkey...