Thread: railroad track anvil

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

First a draw on this bad boy and show where I want to cut this for the horn...: then I'm cutting underneath it to give some room... More pictures to come to show where the cuts will be... Pictures of that I'll be posters shortly... I got about 5 cut off wheels for this adventure i hope that's enough lol!

One thing I would like to point out is that the steel appears to be tilted to the right? Now I'm not sure if all rail road track is supposed to be that way...

Nope pretty typical on the leaning.
Its beginning to wear out, and thats why you have it. Other than that, a train would still be using it.

By the way......your gonna need more wheels, and full face protection. Glasses wont be enough.

A little something to chew on....
my track was 21" long, I had a guy cut it into 3" pieces, using a industrial electric band saw.
He told me, each cut took 45 min.
So it took roughly a whole work day to cut up. And took me around 4 1/2 hrs, to make one small pinning anvil, not including the time painting.


"HAVE FUN"!!!!

Wow that anvil looks great! Is it the picture or does ur track seem taller? With shorter side on the top piece... Or is that how u ground it

Boy do I feel like I embarked on more than I can chew now... Well non the less I still had chosen to take this journey and I'm going to try my best to follow though...

Don't forget some kind of breathing protection as well. A dust mask as a minimum, but a respirator would be better.

And your piece of track was in a curve. The side closest to the center of the curve wears out quicker.

Have you checked craigslist for an anvil? A friend of mine got one for free on that site by just hauling it off for them. Could be worth a look.

Originally Posted by criswilson10

Don't forget some kind of breathing protection as well. A dust mask as a minimum, but a respirator would be better.

And your piece of track was in a curve. The side closest to the center of the curve wears out quicker.

Have you checked craigslist for an anvil? A friend of mine got one for free on that site by just hauling it off for them. Could be worth a look.

I purchased a respirator recently which has been a blessing... I never realized how much all that steel was stuffing me up... When I blew my nose and it was black I knew it was time hahaha...

That's a great point, man I really wish my track wasn't the curve, so I think I'm just going to grind on it until I get a flat surface all the way across...

Yeah I was on Craigslist, eBay, estate sales social media all to no availZss I tried for about a month before I gave up..:

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

I purchased a respirator recently which has been a blessing... I never realized how much all that steel was stuffing me up... When I blew my nose and it was black I knew it was time hahaha...

That's a great point, man I really wish my track wasn't the curve, so I think I'm just going to grind on it until I get a flat surface all the way across...

Yeah I was on Craigslist, eBay, estate sales social media all to no availZss I tried for about a month before I gave up..:

Got mine by walking the RR tracks till I found a piece small enough to carry.

That one was over 20' long

What?! There is just random tracks laying around? I'm about to start walking the tracks... Maybe I'll walk around with a stick wth a hankey tied to it so it's less suspicious hahaha...

Funny thing is I googled bum walking with hankey tied to stick and first picture was at a railroad track!

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

What?! There is just random tracks laying around? I'm about to start walking the tracks... Maybe I'll walk around with a stick wth a hankey tied to it so it's less suspicious hahaha...

Funny thing is I googled bum walking with hankey tied to stick and first picture was at a railroad track!

Repairs have to be made every now and then. [emoji57]

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

Wow that anvil looks great! Is it the picture or does ur track seem taller? With shorter side on the top piece... Or is that how u ground it

Boy do I feel like I embarked on more than I can chew now... Well non the less I still had chosen to take this journey and I'm going to try my best to follow though...

It may be taller, my pinning anvil is shorter than those.

Here's a pic of mine to the right of the one I had cut.

Originally Posted by outback

It may be taller, my pinning anvil is shorter than those.

Here's a pic of mine to the right of the one I had cut.

Wow, I wish I found the taller one you have... I don't know why I just like it more... Well you get what u get... I'm going to go play in the shop for w while gents!!! Thank you all!!!