[TheForge] Suggestions needed for scroungeable steel

Tue Nov 18 15:27:01 2003

How about using the whole rail. the bottom is a nice flat surface to mount
guides or pivots or whatever.
Randy Mundt
----- Original Message -----
From: "David E. Smucker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Suggestions needed for scroungeable steel


> Bruce,
>
> Don't know how you are thinking of guiding the ram but how about cutting
> (burning) the rail head from the required length of railroad rail.  This
> steel is very similar to a 1080 steel and can be heat treated if you want
or
> even just flame harden the working end.  I know it is not round or square
> but it is very damn good steel.  You could then also cut up the web and
base
> of the rail to make treadle hammer tooling.  Should not be too hard for
> folks to scrounge scrap railroad rail.  Now about using another length of
> rail for the anvil?  (No need to remove the web and base for the anvil.)
>
> Dave Smucker
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Freeman" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:52 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Suggestions needed for scroungeable steel
>
>
> > I'm designing another treadle hammer, a lightweight job.  I want the ram
> > to be 20#.  What would be ideal is square or roundstock of about 2
> > sq.in. in cross-section (i.e., 2" square or 2.25" round) and about 18"
> > long.
> >
> > Ideally, the material would be suitable for use as a hammer, with
> > ordinary hardening & tempering.  Exotic materials not needed, but mild
> > steel wouldn't be appropriate unless faced with tool steel (a
> > possibility I'd prefer to avoid).
> >
> > Since I prefer to design in scroungeable materials, I could use some
> > suggestions as to sources of such steel.  The truck axles I've seen are
> > of smaller diameter than this (though I've seen tractors with axles of
> > 3" dia.).  Track pins seem to be shorter than this - like 8" or so.
> > Anyone have any other suggestions - preferably of materials you'd have
> > no particular trouble scrounging yourself?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Bruce
> > NJ
> >
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