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Ive had this 4" piece of steal.about an inch thick in my toolbox for 20+ years. Used it for beating things on. I was wanting an anvil and dug it out. Polished it up to a mirror finish then figured i needed to drill a 5/64 hole thru it. Tried with a hand drill and broke two bits off in it. Then to it to work where the shop has a drill press. They melted a drill bit made for steal trying to get thru it. Dont know what it is or where i got it but its not going to have a hole. Will need to find something else.
The track pieces are great ideas. Ill look around.
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If you guys are looking for a hunk of rail check eBay. All kinds of rail, big and small. There are also a couple guys that finish them into decent anvils if you don't want to mess with making one.
I picked up a couple pieces over the years, still have a 4' hunk that I picked up in the desert somewhere, HEAVY stuff. It is a bear to work with if you don't have a decent shop to use. I believe its mostly 1080 if I remember correctly and the top rail is hardened, which is why its so tough to work. It cuts pretty easily until the top inch or so of the rail.
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Here's an old Sad Iron I'm converting into a small anvil, I can secure it in a vise or use it flat on my bench.
It's small but I think it will have more than enough mass to do pinning and other small jobs .
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That's cool, MisterClean! Your sad iron make me happy. :rofl2:
