MotoMike Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Picked up 20 pounds of rail car springs today. planning on some punches, drifts and chisels. got a small one straightened. 5/8 cross section. the bigger one is one inch I think, so will be more fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Greetings Mike, They make great anvil top tools with many uses. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Those look like real monsters @Jim Coke these springs are much smaller. small one is 5/8 cross section and the bigger one is one inch. Made these from one of the smaller ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Jim Coke, those ring top tools are a great idea. Thanks for posting the pictures! Great way to form dish shaped objects when one doesn't have a swage block. Several ring sizes like shown and yer good to go! Can't wait to get to the forge and make several. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Dave Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 How long were the two rings when they were straight? Did you straighten them by hand with a hammer or did you use a press of some kind? There doesn't appear to have many hammer marks on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Why straiten them only to curve them again Dave? The larger of the two looks simply to have Ben flattened wile the second one looks to be a smaller spring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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