#RAILROAD TRACK ANVIL HOOK PORTABLE#
Having said that, I have a "free standing" RR track anvil I use for small jobs (setting rivets and such) and for portable jobs (it is easier to haul 30 lbs of RR track anvil than the 200 lb Peter Wright).
4 half inch holes drilled in bottom flange to mount to base of customer making. Ends are saw cut to length and top has been machined flat to be used as is or a great start to add a horn in your home shop. He milled the surfaces flat after a rough shaping with the angle grinder and drilled a hole in it. Railroad track measuring 11 3/4 long approximately 4 3/4 tall base is 5 1/8 wide top is 2 1/2 wide. You would get better results by pounding on the end, with the RR track vertical, although that makes a small working area. The anvil is rough cut into shape with an angle grinder. RR track is good steel, but there is no mass under the hammer, it is springey when suspended by the ends, and it will ring enough to need earplugs. Black Beard Projects 2.1M subscribers Join Subscribe 385K views 5 years ago This anvil can be made from a piece of railroad track with pretty much only one tool: the angle grinder :) I wont. An anvil "works" by having mass under the hammer-the harder you plan on striking/the heavier the hammer/the heavier the iron you are trying to shape, the heavier the anvil needs to be. This stand, or an equivalent differing only in construction details, with the RR track bottom up, is illustrated in the 1946? book "Shop Practice on the Farm". A rock will work as an anvil, just not very long and not as practical. Youve got a good candidate for capping a vertical piece, a lot of the work has already been done on that tail to turn it into one of the welded on caps pictured. Versions of this question have been asked and answered before. AngryDM Really solid advice on the subject of track anvils.
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