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Railroad spike forging projects. Now i assume you know. Cutting with a band saw is quick. A handy dandy railroad spike.

This project is proof that even railroad spikes can be used as crafty weapons. They’ll have a tendency to. Start hammering half way up the spike and out towards the tip.

See more ideas about railroad spikes, metal projects, metal working. You'll need to cut an open area for the torch and then properly insulate the interior. The purpose of this project was top explore my knowledge and skill with metal working.

Early experiments showed that pulling out a 9/16″ × 9/16″ spike. The forge build starts with welding a metal frame using round or rectangular steel. Railroad spike project videos & advice.

The amount of overlap will determine the size of the hole in the center of the cross. Punch a 0.5” to 0.75” slot in the stock ensuring that the resulting hole centered and away from the end of the material by about 5/16” of an inch. See more ideas about railroad spikes, blacksmithing, spike.

2 good size crescent wrenches (i only have one and a monkey wrench) 8. Although rail road spikes aren't particularly high carbon, so they won't have great. Forging another bottle/can opener from a railroad spike.