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Thread: Railway Line for Anvil
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24th October 2014, 10:37 AM #16
You might try the larger scrap merchants for railway line. probaly in the capitol cities.
The smaller ones will not see it as they wont be getting a sniff of the contracts and they wont have the ability to handle the massive weights and volumes.
BTW the absolute limit for australia post is 30KG and many offices will only handle 20Kg.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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24th October 2014, 10:54 AM #17Member
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Forge is finished and waiting for some coke to burn, the forklift tynes cost me $100 for the pair and $60 for cutting them into the different pieces. I'll stick with these until I come across a reasonable priced anvil or save for a new one. I've been looking on all the sites but not too sure on overseas import sites due to all the hassle of arranging the export from another country. I'm off to the UK next year and there much cheaper on there EBAy at about $400 for a heavy one then $300 to export to Aus. I'm going to go to the Blacksmith meet in Brisbane and look at the 95 kilo O'Dwyer one at $1200.
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24th October 2014, 12:02 PM #18
If ya looking fo an anvil, you would be wise to keep a close eye on ebay.
There are quite a number on there at the moment.
heaps of pissy little jewlers anvils.....a few anvil shaped objects...a couple that look to be pretty well made out of railway line ..AND..a few real full sized anvils of reputable make and parentage.
There is a fairly decent railway line anvil running at $60...right up to a large, reputable, australian made item asking $1300.
Learn the lesson of the vulture....patience and diligence......keep circling, be quick off the mark & I recon you will get what you are looking for.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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25th October 2014, 09:13 PM #19“We often contradict an opinion for no other reason
than that we do not like the tone in which it is expressed.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
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28th November 2014, 09:02 PM #20
If anyone in Sydney is determined to make an anvil with railway line, I have good news.
There is a scrap metal merchant in Riverstone that has a very large pile of crane railway line chopped in 3m lengths piled up 2 meters high.
The railway line is massive and has a web that is 40mm thick. This has some mass and will do a decent small anvil if you had the patience to cut it to shape and grind it to your liking.
The company is called All Steel Merchants - 02 9838 1533“We often contradict an opinion for no other reason
than that we do not like the tone in which it is expressed.”
Friedrich Nietzsche