[TheForge] Treadle Hammer Anvil Stand

[David E. Smucker]

It all depends on what the rebar was made from and how.  A surprising amount 
of small dia. rebar has been and is being made directly from recycled 
railroad rail.  In the process the rail head is cut from the web and base, 
(flame cut) and the head rerolled into the rebar.  The Tee section that is 
removed is rerolled into Tee section fence posts.  This rolling set up was 
common in the USA for a number of years until we ran out of most of the 
older scraped rail line.  The equipment may have been moved to the low labor 
cost market of Egypt.  Many older outdated manufacturing lines don't die, 
they just move to a lower cost labor market.

Railroad rail makes good blacksmithing tools.  It is a 1080 steel with the 
addition of about 1 percent manganese.  I just made some drifts from rail.

Dave

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Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Treadle Hammer Anvil Stand

>
> On Jun 9, 2008, at 10:59 AM, ries wrote:
>>  I am guessing the rebuild demands on the rebar market will affect steel 
>> prices for a year or two.
>>
>> Ries
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>
> I'm welding some simple trellises out of 3/8" rebar marked EGYPT.
>
> Seems crazy that they can haul rebar all the way from Egypt and make 
> money.
>
> Bob
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