Railway blacksmiths used to make beautiful small anvils of this type in their spare time. They have all the heavy gear and large forges, they'd knock one up in 40 minutes and sell them for beer money.
I started on a piece of RR track tonight. There was significant pitting on the rail which took some effort to grind out and buff. But after looking at yours I've gotten some ideas of what I need to do with mine! Thanks!
@alwaysmrknifeguy you would be better to try and find someone in your own country to do it for you. It would be far too expensive to do and ship out to you! Probably cheaper to buy a good second hand anvil.... :0)
@alwaysmrknifeguy lol i feel like an idiot figured u were in the u.s. for some reason the voice didnt throw me off thanks for being nice and not railing on me (excuse the pun) for bein dumb lol
@STREETRAT211 I found several pieces at the bottom of a railway embankment when out riding my trials bike. I went back later and picked them up. I guess they had been doing some repairs.
Hi Gary: Beautiful ... I just bought a piece of track at a garage sale and love what you did with your piece - what kind of tools or machinery do I need to do the same with mine (cutting the horn and bottom, drilling the hole, polishing). Any advise would be very appreciated.
@phpoland I used oxy-propane cutting torch to cut the basic shape all round then lots of grinding. First with a big 9 inch grinder then a 4 1/2" followed by flap discs to finish it off. The hole was simply drilled on a drill press with a morse taper drill of about 5/8" as I recall.
Since the video I have ground the whole top surface really nice and flat on a powerful 6" belt sander, came up real nice..
Good video, and good job on the grinding and cutting. I have one of these but not as nice. Just a section of track mounted to a section of railroad tie instead of a stump. Makes a good anvil.
tthis video just helped me realize i could probably make the anvil ive been looking for to make a knife out of a rail road spike with a rail road piece lol
@Adictingairsoft I found several pieces at the bottom of a railway embankment when out riding my trials bike. I went back later and picked them up. I guess they had been doing some repairs.
Nice work! My grandfather made an anvil like that back in the 1920s. I still use it today. He was a conductor for Union Pacific railroad and had all sorts of railroad related stuff. Thanks for posting that video.
@knifeofwar I guess you could at a push but the top of a rail is usually convex and not flat so you would have no level surface to work on and with out a beak you may struggle when bending.
@Joujin101 Not sure, but off the top of my head it's about 14" long, at the base about 5" wide, the table about 3" wide 8" high and must weigh about 10-15 kg.
Railway blacksmiths used to make beautiful small anvils of this type in their spare time. They have all the heavy gear and large forges, they'd knock one up in 40 minutes and sell them for beer money.
ozzirt 1 week ago
I wish things were still made like this in the UK.
Zlyzer 2 weeks ago
I started on a piece of RR track tonight. There was significant pitting on the rail which took some effort to grind out and buff. But after looking at yours I've gotten some ideas of what I need to do with mine! Thanks!
texasmulisha 1 month ago
anvil on anvil...
generalmajot 1 month ago
Great idea! Always amazes me what home workshop guys come up with. :-) Thanks
stillbashingmetal 1 month ago
Well done...I think every home workshop should have something like this...everyone needs a place you can pound on something when needed!
pheenix42 2 months ago
i dont have the tools i would need to do this is there any way i could get you to do this for me? if so how much would u charge?
alwaysmrknifeguy 2 months ago
@alwaysmrknifeguy you would be better to try and find someone in your own country to do it for you. It would be far too expensive to do and ship out to you! Probably cheaper to buy a good second hand anvil.... :0)
garyhuston 2 months ago
@alwaysmrknifeguy lol i feel like an idiot figured u were in the u.s. for some reason the voice didnt throw me off thanks for being nice and not railing on me (excuse the pun) for bein dumb lol
alwaysmrknifeguy 2 months ago
@truthisyesu I used a gas cutter, oxy-propane, not as hot as oxy -acetylene but does the job!
garyhuston 2 months ago
thats a nice *little* anvil you got it sitting on, hehe
349duffman 3 months ago
where did you aquire that piece of track? if you bought it how much?
STREETRAT211 4 months ago
@STREETRAT211 I found several pieces at the bottom of a railway embankment when out riding my trials bike. I went back later and picked them up. I guess they had been doing some repairs.
garyhuston 2 months ago
@garyhuston thanks now i know where to look
STREETRAT211 2 months ago
purdy!
kurnous34 5 months ago
Hi Gary: Beautiful ... I just bought a piece of track at a garage sale and love what you did with your piece - what kind of tools or machinery do I need to do the same with mine (cutting the horn and bottom, drilling the hole, polishing). Any advise would be very appreciated.
phpoland 6 months ago
@phpoland I used oxy-propane cutting torch to cut the basic shape all round then lots of grinding. First with a big 9 inch grinder then a 4 1/2" followed by flap discs to finish it off. The hole was simply drilled on a drill press with a morse taper drill of about 5/8" as I recall.
Since the video I have ground the whole top surface really nice and flat on a powerful 6" belt sander, came up real nice..
garyhuston 6 months ago
Good video, and good job on the grinding and cutting. I have one of these but not as nice. Just a section of track mounted to a section of railroad tie instead of a stump. Makes a good anvil.
christopher5361 6 months ago
tthis video just helped me realize i could probably make the anvil ive been looking for to make a knife out of a rail road spike with a rail road piece lol
wowfreak141 7 months ago
Where did you get your piece of railroad track???
Adictingairsoft 9 months ago
@Adictingairsoft I found several pieces at the bottom of a railway embankment when out riding my trials bike. I went back later and picked them up. I guess they had been doing some repairs.
garyhuston 9 months ago
Nice work! My grandfather made an anvil like that back in the 1920s. I still use it today. He was a conductor for Union Pacific railroad and had all sorts of railroad related stuff. Thanks for posting that video.
Garcansdad 10 months ago
I am looking into blacksmithing and bladesmithing in particular, would I be able to use the track as an anvil without modifeing it?
knifeofwar 10 months ago
@knifeofwar I guess you could at a push but the top of a rail is usually convex and not flat so you would have no level surface to work on and with out a beak you may struggle when bending.
garyhuston 10 months ago
whats the length height and width and weight of this?
Joujin101 11 months ago
@Joujin101 Not sure, but off the top of my head it's about 14" long, at the base about 5" wide, the table about 3" wide 8" high and must weigh about 10-15 kg.
garyhuston 11 months ago