James Waldby on Tue, 26 Aug 2014 07:30:31 +0000
(UTC) typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:43:47 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:45:25 +0000 (UTC), James Waldby wrote:
On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 18:51:15 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:04:54 -0500, Ignoramus7070 wrote:
The rails are submerged up to the webs, digging out nails
is costprohibitive.

Here's an idea. Lotta gall, that guy, eh?
http://tinyurl.com/qbfuxh7
$75 plus s/h for a couple inches of rail and 1/100oz paint?

Let's see, at $37.50 per inch (10 in/ft after grinding losses, $30 for
paint, $50 for grinding discs), you'd clear up to $37,420 for every
100' of track. Multiply by 18 for several hundred yards of track.
Gee, you'll clear 2/3 million easily, Ig! $673,560 for 300 yds!

If "submerged up to the webs" means that the bottom inch or so of the
rail is below ground surface, I imagine the ground is soft and wet on
occasion, and that the lower parts may be badly rusted. Depending on
how badly rusted the track is, cutting out sections for anvils may be
pointless.

Why? You beat on the bottom of an anvil??

Typically the top surface is the work surface. But heavy rust on
supporting parts would kill a lot of sales, and removing it might
take more time than would pay off.

If the rails are that rusted - then they are not worth salvaging.
Yeah, sure, I'd like a pristine section of rail, 'shining like a
national guitar'. I'd also like ice cold lemonade on hot days and to
be able to take my sweety out for dinner more than once a quarter. "So
what?"
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