Home made anvil

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OK Zap I know you will chime in..its as straight as i could do with an angle grinder ,actually two , My miny yellow jacket 4 1/2 bosch that I bought new in 1982 , and my fake 9" hilti. (knock off I got a police auction). I went to the local scrap yard and got a few pieces of angle and saw this 2 foot piece of rail road track..$3.50 for the track. I had a dream...Chinese anvil, or antique USA steel , build your own.. Well here it is. All it took is a torch , a vice, and a lot of grinding....Wrench
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Reply:Sorry guys, been awhile for me to upload a pic, anyway, here it is. Rail road track anvil. $4.00 for the piece , two  grinding disc, some torch work, spray paint, dust mask, 6 pack of Bud, and a whole bunch of grinding..... Attached Images
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Reply:That's a peice of art, I like it! Enjoy!! City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:It's nice but I heard RR track is brittle and cracks really easily.
Reply:RR track does have problems when used as the face material for an anvil.  There's several good articles on home-made anvils on the 'net.  Check out ABANA's website and I'm sure you can find links, or search on 'making anvils'.In brief, the recommendations on these other websites come in 2 varieties:1)  Weld a piece of tool steel onto the top of the RR track.  This will wear much better and give you good, hard, straight edges for working metal on.  2)  Run a pad of hardfacing material on the top surface of the track.  You might also need an intermediate layer of a better grade of steel between the track and the layer of hardfacing.A nice looking start, by the way.  A couple last suggestions, take a look at some pictures of other anvils for additional features.  'Hardy' holes and Pritchard (?) Holes in the anvil's face will add some additional capabilities to the tool.  [edit:  just looked at the photo again, and I'm not sure but it looks like you put a hardy hole in the anvil.  Apologies, I missed it the first time around.]  You might also want to give some thought to the foundation for the anvil.  The right base will make it much more comfortable and safe to use.-DaveLast edited by A_DAB_will_do; 11-16-2007 at 06:52 AM.