SWE_Karl Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Hi every one. some peopole i have talked to in this site. says it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Zietman Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 In some states (or is it all?) in America, walking along the train tracks and picking up the spikes is illegal. There is no law about what you can or cannot heat up and hit, though (is there?! :shock: ) Carbon levels can be different in spikes, so some might not be the best knives, but if you have some and want to heat and beat them, nobody is going to throw you in jail. my 2 probably misinformed cents Archie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Swe_karlArchie has it right for here in the United States, BUT you live in Sweden I believe. There are a few smiths in Sweden that could help you I think. One posted on Ian s world tour forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallsme Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I forged a "small" spike today,28inch, just for fun Kallsme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Thomas Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Beautiful. Simply beautiful. :mrgreen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Can you give us the dimentions of that spike ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallsme Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 The head of the spike is about 100mm (four inches) and the height of the head, 15mm. The shaft directly under the head of the spike is 28mm square and 710mm (28 inches) long. Kallsme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallsme Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I made a beer bottle opener from a railroad spike today, but it ewen works on coke :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drason69 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 you can legally buy RR spikes from many scrap dealers. i ran into a guy last summer who had purchased the rights to a load of spikes and scrap rr stuff. he was hauling it north about 45 minutes away to a 'recycling center'. as long as the rr splikes are not on railroad property, i believe they are ok for the taking. unless you locate them while trespassing that is :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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