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Bryce:
--- Quote from: Ed Brooks on April 26, 2019, 08:08:24 am ---Harbor freight has one 55lbs. $62.99. Good luck!
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Those aren’t made with the proper steel. Do a ball bearing test on it, you’ll see. I don’t recommend em.
Ed Brooks:
Thanks for the heads up Bryce. I’ve got a piece of railroad iron about two feet. I seen you said that you hardened one. I’d like to learn more on how you went about doing that. Ed
Bryce:
--- Quote from: Ed Brooks on April 26, 2019, 06:46:51 pm ---Thanks for the heads up Bryce. I’ve got a piece of railroad iron about two feet. I seen you said that you hardened one. I’d like to learn more on how you went about doing that. Ed
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Of course. First I heat cycled it a bit so it was soft enough to add a 1” hardy hole and mill it flat.
Then I took the oxygen acetylene torch to the top to get a good deep heat. After awhile the whole top of the rail was glowing and was no longer magnetic so I grabbed the bottom with some gloves and oil quenched it. Ball bearing and file test worked out good. Polished the top and I was all done. Mounted it to a stump so that the distance from my fist to the ground was the same as the final height of the anvil.
Hawkdancer:
Enlighten me as to the ball bearing test, please - the file test I am familiar with. Forging interests me, but I don't think I want to invest too much money - time, I got! A piece of railroad tie, I got. (f) >:D (lol)
Hawkdancer
Bryce:
What you do is take a 1” or slightly larger ball bearing hold it about a foot above the anvil, drop it, And it should bounce right back in your hand. The principle behind it, is that they are both so hard that very little energy is lost, bouncing the ball right back where it came from.
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