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TomNBanderaTx
 
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Default Railroad Track Anvil, Built

Looks good, but now you need to temper the face or top so it doesn't dent or
cut as easy. grind and sand it till all the gouges, dents are gone and the
surface is smooth and shiny. Then heat it to about 450 degrees then set it
face down in either water or oil, if you use oil be careful of possible
flash fire. Then you can paint the sides and bottom. Good luck

"Shawn" shawn_75ATcomcastDOTnet wrote in message
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At the objection of some, I finally got around to building the anvil. It
needs a paint job but is basically completed. Sorry about the .txt file,

I
had word wrap on so most of it is one VERY long line. I'll post it below

so
you can skip the hassle of the one in the dropbox.

Shawn

http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/RR_Track_Anvil.txt
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/...ck_Anvil_1.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/...ck_Anvil_2.JPG
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/...ck_Anvil_3.JPG

Contents of "RR_Track_Anvil.txt" are as follows:
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Railroad Track Anvil



Files:
RR_Track_Anvil_1
RR_Track_Anvil_2
RR_Track_Anvil_3


Description:

These are pictures of the railroad track anvil I built. There are really
only two purposes for this anvil. The first is to hammer out over bends I
make on my Hossfeld bender (pictured in the background) and the other is

for
ease of changing sickle (sp?) bar cutter sections. The track is approx.

18"
long and is 115 lb/yd. The base was built from 3/16" x 2" x 1 1/2" angle
iron in a pyramid shape. All eight edges have re-bar welded at the

midpoint
into the concrete. The footprint of the base measures approx. 12" x 16"

and
is filled with concrete for weight and stability. The anvil is bolted to

a
piece of 3" x 1 1/2" channel iron welded to the top of the uneven leg

angle
iron. There is a 1/8" thick layer of rubber sheet between the anvil and

the
channel iron to keep the noise down. To finalize this project I will be
painting it and attaching a piece of 3/4" plywood to the bottom of the

base
with TapCons, this will keep the metal edges off the floor. This anvil is
fairly heavy but VERY easy to scoot around the floor as most of the weight
is at the bottom.

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