[TheForge] Treadle Hammer Anvil Stand

[robert hensarling]

Dave, how did you reduce it to the size you wanted?  Seems that torching it 
would be rather messy, but then again I'm not good at all with a torch.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Treadle Hammer Anvil Stand


> 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  Many older outdated 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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>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 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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