stuckmotor
Super Member
- Joined
- Sep 23, 2009
- Messages
- 5,302
- Location
- Lower Up State S.C.
- Tractor
- AC WD 34 hp/3500 lbs MF 261 60 hp/5380 lbs
The building I work in has overhead cranes and they run on the same rail. A few bits leftover were quickly swept up by the blacksmiths!
When I used to lurk on a couple of blacksmith's sites someone went into detail about how rails made good anvils because the top of the rail was hardened giving the smith's hammer bounce and resulting in less arm fatigue. After hammering out a piece of cold steel on a cheap anvil with no bounce, I went and bought one with a hardened top. It's a pleasure to pound on.