Rail track anvil.

An anvil made from a piece of salvaged rail track.

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• anvil
• rail track
• cutting
• making
• forge
• smith
• blacksmith
• farrier
• Gary Huston
• howto
• UK
• art
• craft

[alwaysmrknifeguy]

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?

[garyhuston]

@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)

[STREETRAT211]

where did you aquire that piece of track? if you bought it how much?

[garyhuston]

@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.

[phpoland]

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.

[garyhuston]

@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..

[ozzirt]

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.

[Zlyzer]

I wish things were still made like this in the UK.

[texasmulisha]

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!

[generalmajot]

anvil on anvil...



[stillbashingmetal]

Great idea! Always amazes me what home workshop guys come up with. :-) Thanks

[STREETRAT211]

@garyhuston thanks now i know where to look

[pheenix42]

Well done...I think every home workshop should have something like this...everyone needs a place you can pound on something when needed!

[alwaysmrknifeguy]

@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