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indian george

indian george

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Well if anyone want to come over this Saturday, come on down. I'll have BBQ chicken cooking and rice for lunch. I'll be doing up cable and motorcycle chain Damascus if anyone wants to watch. Louis will be drawing out W/I. Dave will be flatting some W2 and Justin we got to find him something to do. ;) Should be a interesting day. ;) :D :thumbup:
 
Can't wait! Hey i have a 4-5 foot section of rusty railroad track if anyone wants it...i can bring that as well. I have no good way of cutting it or using it and planned to make an anvil from it before i found a real one. If anyone wants it, just post here and i'll do my best to somehow get it into my car...its heavy.
 
What size track is it? (ie base width, head width.. or weight /yrd)

I've cut smaller track with an oxy-accetalyne torch before (took a long time, but worked alright) Track is usualy too hard for a hacksaw, but i know someone who's used a combination of hacksaw + angle grinder to cut sections from an 8 foot length they had once. (grind through the top where it's thickest, hacked through the stem, ground through the base)

If you want I can bring some 4.5 cutting disks and my grinder if it's something that you want help cutting down. (assuming it's not the really heavy rail that wouldnt be feasible with)
 
Its not that big, im just very small, haha! Id have to measure but its maybe 3" wide on the rail and 6" wide at the base. It prolly weighs about 200 pounds.

I personally dont have much use for it. i was going to cut a single slice off it to make a fuller tool for my anvil, but I simply dont have the patience to cut it and once the anvil arrived, i forgot about it. Ill bring it along and we can see what we can do. I saw a nice tutorial on iforge on how to make anvil tools from railroad track pieces:
http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor/jdrrtool/index.htm
 
IG do you think you could move to the midwest for a few years?? You are always doing something and inviting folks over. Things are really bare here in mn and theres no one around to learn from.
 
TikTock said:
Can't wait! Hey i have a 4-5 foot section of rusty railroad track if anyone wants it...i can bring that as well. I have no good way of cutting it or using it and planned to make an anvil from it before i found a real one. If anyone wants it, just post here and i'll do my best to somehow get it into my car...its heavy.
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Hey!!! Just bring it. Jerry Adams just picked one up that someone left here today for him. I hope it fits in your little gay car.:jerkit: :p :rolleyes:
 
rkwalker said:
IG do you think you could move to the midwest for a few years?? You are always doing something and inviting folks over. Things are really bare here in mn and theres no one around to learn from.
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Bubba!!! You got to move your butt this way.;) ;) Even if it takes you two trips. HEHEHEHEHE!!
 
It sounds like a good time. Wish I were coming. Maybe next time!:thumbup:
Fred

Thats a great idea on the primary chain. I'll give that a try when I get some powdered steel.
 
Fred.Rowe said:
It sounds like a good time. Wish I were coming. Maybe next time!:thumbup:
Fred

Thats a great idea on the primary chain. I'll give that a try when I get some powdered steel.
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I'll send you out a care package very soon.:thumbup: :thumbup: It will be less the toilet paper.:confused: :confused: ;)
 
I am so charged,:eek: Can't wait. My paper supply is running low:(
 
indian george said:
Hey!!! Just bring it. Jerry Adams just picked one up that someone left here today for him. I hope it fits in your little gay car.:jerkit: :p :rolleyes:
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It should fit. Haha. You should have seen me taking the anvil out of the back. I thought it was going to flip over.

Im bringing:
-Beer
-some 1" x 1/4 1084
-couple bars of 1" round W2
-Railroad track section (it may be really old...we should verify that its not wrought....wasnt some old track made of wrought iron?)
 
don't think i can make it....

i've been promising Taylor we can go and sign up to the gun range and go shooting this weekend. Damn she's a good shot. i picked a good one huh?:)
 
If she ever gets really good and wants to compete in 3 pos smallbore or something like that, let me know. I used to compete heavily and still have a very nice Anschutz 1913 Match rifle that i no longer use as well as a bunch of competition equipment that i just never got around to selling.
 
Some very old rail was wrought, but it made pretty poor rail road track. It would have to be from around the 1850s or so for it to be actual wrought iron for a rail. Wrought iron doesnt have the springback and durability needed for good tracks, and rails made out of it were high maintenence as a result. Old wrought rail is rather soft, and quite easy to cut. It's usualy pretty obvious when its wrought, though I've only seen a few sections of wrought rail before.
 
haha okay. Doubtful, then.

See you guys tomorrow. I have to put my junk in the car today so i dont forget when i wake up so early.
 
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