Donal Harris Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 It is 5/8” thick. The bottom is 5/8” up to where they snapped it off. That is 1 & 1/8 inches wide. I am thinking it would make a decent stake anvil for making chains? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 RR rail doesn't take well to being hit in thin spots. You can cut rail with a chisel and sledge hammer. Score the line with the chisel an give it a whack with the sledge. It might work for really light stuff like jewelry but I don't know how much you could trust it for harder work. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 I have just made two from that are 1-1/2” wide. Have a couple of 8 year old grand kids who want to come out and “learn” figure a small jewelers stake at their height would work well and they could keep them. haven’t broken the horns of my vertical track anvil so it should me ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 It could work. It would probably only be suitable for small chains. I prefer making stake anvils from rr spike hammers. I just picked one up at the fleamarket for $5. saturday. It has the longer hammer ends. I use a chunk of truck tortion bar for the stake. Shape one end of tortion bar into a spike and the other end shape to fit as tightly to the eye of the hammer head as possible then basically rivet the top side to hold it in place. This will be the third one I'll be making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 The chainmaker's tooling that I've seen has generally been either a much blockier hardy tool or a heavy bar that extends horizontally through the body of the anvil. Something like a T-stake could work, but only for light duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Good Morning Harris, I have taken what you have and made a small stake Anvil that fits in the Hardy Hole. It works well for small tiddly things. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Daswulf (dascastle); is your spike driver one of the clyndrical ones or a sq one? (I've got an old catalog where they sold both kinds and have picked up both types for use. Two of my stake anvils made from both types!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Viking era anvils were often not much larger, so fire chains should be well with in the range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLiner Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 That's a nice looking stake anvil Charles, did you make it or buy it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Thomas, this one is a cylindrical one on both ends. It'll be a little different from the others I've made. I'll try to get a picture in the it followed me home section once I free it from the back of the trailer will all the stuff I didn't sell at the fleamarket. This weekend I went to sell but always walk around a bit looking for deals. I like that stake anvil Charles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Buy? What blasphemy is this?! na, made a pair yesterday for the grand kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 It is a made from the bottom flange and web from a price of heavy rail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Any heat treat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Nice, Charles. I won’t be making any heavy chains. The links I will be making for a schwenker grill will be very light weight. No heavy blows required. I have several jackhammer bits. One of those I am forming a bickern from. It should be tougher. I also plan to use some of my more “splitty” wrought iron to make a stake anvil, much like the stake anvils Joey and the Black Bear Forge guy have done. What is his name, John? His was fabricated. Joe’s was wrought iron with a welded steel face. The Doc’s Hot Shop and Forge guy made one as well, but his was bloody huge. Mine will not be. I am still bummed I was not able to see Joey van der Steeg and Brent Bailey because of COVID and the SCABA conference being canceled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Only pre and post heat to weld, TP. As it’s for a 9 year old I didn’t want to risk chipped edges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Well considered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Now I have to build a stand for his 22 -1/2” anvil hight and a set of tongs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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