Michael Cochran Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I have been on a hiatus from the shop for months now. More than I care to count to be honest. I’m getting stable again and have started scrounging for some materials and stumbled across a couple interesting pieces. I know if I had my forge or at least my grinder running I could narrow this down a little and probably wouldn’t have to bother you fine folks with such a silly question. Attached I show two pictures of one piece that shows and interesting feature on what looks like a broken end. I’m thinking it’s cast iron but would like someone else to tell me to throw them back instead of doing it without me getting prior consultation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Welcome back. Good to see you again. Can we get a picture of the side of this mystery object? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 Sure thing, John. It’s round all but this one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Looks kind of like the sprue left over from thermite welding two sections of railroad track together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 Here’s the other one. John you’re probably right as I was told it was railroad related scrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Yep. I picked up one of those myself once. Can’t remember what I did with it; it’s probably lurking in the bottom of a scrap bin somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 Well I might play with it but I might not. Thank you for your expertise John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 More experience than expertise, but I won’t quibble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Good to see you posting again Michael. How you doing? Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Frosty, I’m doing well. Lots of new things going on in my life and busy like I haven’t been in years but things are going really well. Thanks for asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Glad to see you are doing well and back to posting too. You have been missed here, keep at it. Be interesting to see if that piece can be forged into something and at what heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 When the time comes and I get my forge set up again I’ll definitely see what happens with it and I’ll post about my experience with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave in pa. Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 On 10/26/2018 at 6:40 PM, Michael Cochran said: Michael, I have a piece that looks exactly like yours that I got in a milk crate full of railroad related metals. I took a grinder to it and found it to be crumbly and falls apart easily. Like a bar of slag. Regards, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 Thank you, Dave, I’ll keep that in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 ++ with it being a sprue; especially with the large coarse grain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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