[TheForge] Don't laugh too loud

[Philippa Alderton]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Whiteson" <adam@whiteson.org>


> If you  are determined to make an axe from one piece without welding, why
> not start with a thick piece of tool steel , like a piece of rail cut off
> the web of a RR track?  Best to wait for the RR crew to break for lunch
> before torching their tracks - they can get pretty grumpy if they see you
> doing this.

Even better is to go ask the Yard Master for what you want. If you tell him
straight out, and don't intend to load up your truck with every piece of
loose steel you can find, he'll generally say, well, we've got some scrap
like that, over behind those bushes over there, but I certainly can't give
you permission to take RR property- you go get it, and he doesn't notice-
but you aren't likely to get in trouble, because he knows you're there and
why.

Only time he'd be likely to give you a flat no, is if Home Office is
sniffing around, and then just ask him another day. That's how I got my
first RR rail anvil....

Phlip