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13th May 2014, 03:19 PM #1New Member
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Looking for some railway/railroad track for an anvil
Hi everyone,
as the title says, I'm trying to get my hands on an old offcut of railway track to use as an anvil. Only need about 1 ft of the stuff. Anyone in Brisbane area or surrounds able to help out?
Thanks!
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13th May 2014, 04:54 PM #2Product designer retired
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Go for a walk
There's always tonnes of old railway lines beside the track. You just have to pick a remote area armed with a torch and battery powered angle grinder.
I'm sure they wouldn't miss 300mm.
Ken
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13th May 2014, 06:07 PM #3Senior Member
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13th May 2014, 10:10 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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And the postage is.........lots
Hmmmm I keep getting the dialogue box stating that my message is too short, and to please extend my message by at least one characters. (Now that is a first for me.)
I added "lots" and it still gave me the same message. I'll see what happens this time.
Rob.
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13th May 2014, 11:24 PM #5New Member
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Bob that would be awesome!
Will PM you (once I figure out how to do so) to get some details - such as your fav brew (I don't have an oxy torch & we'd be fossilised before I finished trying to cut a piece
cheers
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14th May 2014, 12:18 AM #6Senior Member
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Anvil substitute
I have found short offcuts of Universal Beam (I beam) to be very suitable. Have made several "anvils" in the past. Current one is cut from beam about 125mm wide by 200 deep and maybe 700 long. Have cut a long point on one end of the top face and undercut the web below the point for convenience. Upper and lower flanges are about 12mm thick and have survived much punishment with 3 or 4Kg hammers. Nice square edges are great for bending sheetmetal and other light sections over.
The whole thing sits on three splayed pipe legs and can be carried with some effort, so I can plonk it down and it sits steady where i want to work, (where the shade is!) Steel fabricators often scrap tonnes of this stuff, and scrapyards will have plenty in various sizes. Regards, Combustor.Old iron in the Outback, Kimberley WA.
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14th May 2014, 10:23 AM #7New Member
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Thanks Combustor, that's another great idea!