Old Railway Line

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23 July 2017 at 21:05 #308430
Nick_G
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Great video of using what appears to be a section of old railway line. (looks very nice quality stuff to machine)
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23 July 2017 at 21:05 #18590
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23 July 2017 at 21:21 #308434
Muzzer
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Rail steel seems to be reasonably high carbon (0.4 – 0.8% or so), so can be hardened after machining.

That one's looks a bit chunky in section to me to be made from railway line but making anvils from line seems to be quite a popular activity.

Murray
23 July 2017 at 23:49 #308440
Paul Lousick
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The "chunky" rail is probably used on mobile cranes not locomotives.

Paul.
24 July 2017 at 01:06 #308444
Hopper
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That's quite the milling machine he has there. Expect it to take longer on your SX2 at home.
24 July 2017 at 03:21 #308447
Ian S C
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Here's another railway related anvil, made from the square head of a 1" bolt.

Ian S C
24 July 2017 at 11:58 #308495
larry Phelan
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Can,t see too many guys making one of these,not in our shops,anyway.

Seems a lot of work to put in to produce something so useless,just nice to look at.

As an aside,that is one big,big machine!
24 July 2017 at 12:59 #308506
Peter Sansom
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Definitely crane rail. Used to use a similar profile for overhead cranes in a steelworks where I worked many years ago.

Peter
24 July 2017 at 13:02 #308507
Rainbows
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jy8ZXvB6tg

Likely of more use to the average engineer. The dude must just have a bunch of rail spare. I bet that vice will last a life time.
24 July 2017 at 13:16 #308509
larry Phelan
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Yes,I can see that vice be a bit more useful.
24 July 2017 at 15:00 #308518
mark costello 1
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Excellent skills, excellent machine, with an all angle table. Excuse Me while I go drool over the sink.
24 July 2017 at 15:07 #308519
vintagengineer
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Train railway steel is incredibly hard especially the top were the train runs. Even a disc cutter has trouble cutting it. I assume this has been annealed?
24 July 2017 at 15:14 #308521
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Posted by Hopper on 24/07/2017 01:06:11:

That's quite the milling machine he has…………..

Looks more like a horizontal borer?

Andrew
24 July 2017 at 15:19 #308522
larry Phelan
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Never knew there was such a thing as an angled table. Dont think I,d have room for that. Perhaps if I knocked out the end wall and moved a few things around and ——————————————————— Well,I can dream,can,t I?

Looks like he owns that Gaff and can afford to play around.
24 July 2017 at 15:25 #308523
SillyOldDuffer
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Andrew's right. Looks very like this horizontal boring / facing machine, drool…
24 July 2017 at 18:22 #308541
larry Phelan
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That,my friends,is what we should be aiming for. ! Forget your mini mills and your 3 1/2" lathes,this is the way to go!

No more fooling around with "light" cuts,just get stuck in there and chop lumps off,right away.

So,let us join together and knock out our end walls,side walls,back walls or whatever,never mind SWMBO. or the cost of running such equipment,it,s all in a good cause !

Seems to me that this guy is on the wrong site!

Now,where did I put that lump of 24"X 12" X 6" that I want to work on?,must be somewhere,perhaps behind the 4 High Mill?
26 July 2017 at 08:21 #308752
mechman48
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Nice job; but did he make it in works time, or in his own time with boss's permission to use machine?

George
26 July 2017 at 08:30 #308754
larry Phelan
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My guess is that he owns the joint,simple as that !

Or else,he has a very understanding foreman,not like the ones I remember .
29 July 2017 at 02:50 #309283
Geoff Theasby
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A similar anvil was on Chesterfield Market on Thursday. The foot was left as it came, so it was clearly a piece of heavy duty steel rail.

Geoff
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