ATD.... Attention to Detail...... It cost you nothing but your time and now you have a priceless piece I was taught about ADT 50 years ago and never forgot it Really good Job
Just a tip I learned from a guy who was a rail worker for 37 years, if you cut from the bottom to the start of the cap of the rail, you can stick a large chisel in and it will break clean off, and I mean it gives a very straight shear line if done right. That way you can avoid cutting through that hardened cap section.
That's interesting! So is the cap hardened? I thought so, but then I drilled through so easily I doubt :') If I'll ever find a big chisel for cheap I'll try! Thank you for sharing :)
This suggests that the horn can be roughed in without cutting clean through the cap i.e. score the underside, then chisel two wedges away, then dress. Correct? Would extreme cooling of the cap -- say, with dry ice or liquid nitrogen -- ease the process or ensure a cleaner shearing plane?
I just got a 4 footer FREE for the asking from RR workers at a crossing. At first they were hesitant - "not my department" , but the rail was marked orange for removal and it was around 4PM on a Sunday. Great inspiring video . . . I'm just gonna do a horn on one end.
I know this sounds funny but metal in general just blows my mind. Its the most amazing substance on the planet, and no matter how old i get it will never not be magic to me.
Amazing piece of work!!! I love to work on stuff like this and also I am welder. I can see that the piece of steel was forged in 1931. Keep up the good work !!!
Man, super nice job! I got a railroad track that i use as an anvil, but i don't have the heart to cut it up and turn it into an anvil because of the sentimental value! But great job, i'll keep an eye out for another one of these to make!
To anyone considering doing this: I did this a couple months ago. The end result is nice but, it takes forever to cut these... I have a gas powered saw, one of those big ones that cut steel, and concrete. And it still took some time to cut through it. I tried with a standard grinder but i was eating through cutting disks! So I tried a big grinder like his... It was better , but still not enough. I didnt feel like spending all day cutting my piece of track. So thats when I used the big saw to do straight cuts. Trust me, it looks easy.
That turned out awesome! I got about a dozen 1ft chunks of 130lb track laying around the house. I keep thinking I should try this one of these days. But damn! thats a lot of grinding!! lol I do have an anvil so not sure it would be worth my time =) Track is ok for starting out in smithing or little projects but they just aren't hard enough for everyday smithy work. Rail is made to 38-42 rockwell so not the hardest stuff out there
Ormai non so più che complimento usare. È incredibile come ogni video e ogni lavoro siano semplicemente perfetti e alla fine il risultato è di un livello eccelso. Non sei il solo canale di “fai da te” che seguo ma sei l’unico che produce dei lavori perfetti sia a livello funzionale che estetico. Good job Bro👌
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before or not, but I'll go ahead and repeat it if so. One of your videos popped up randomly on my recommended feed a few months ago and I was extremely intrigued! I don't personally do Smith work, but it is very interesting to me. The way you deliver your content is perfect! The music, the detail, the appropriate times to fast forward... everything is spot on. Keep doing what you're doing and your channel will be known all over the world in no time! Edit: Honestly, each time you upload a new video I will drop what I'm doing just to watch it.
Black Beard Projects the pleasure is all mine! Do you have a Reddit account? I would highly suggest one if you don't. It would increase your exposure drastically, not to mention Redditors love stuff like this.
This is a great video with all the pertinent and important steps - without belaboring anything. Nice! Question: are you at all concerned about that the heat of cutting it so much, and firing it in the forge? As in losing it's temper... Also, that background music is awesome! Thanks for sharing!!
Just finished my first attempt. Came out pretty nice but it was ALOT of work. If I ever do it again, I'll do it outside, in the summer, (it's December now).It's probably going to take me two days just to clean up the black dust that is on Everything in my garage. Also I'll need a bigger angle grinder. Mine is only a 4 1/2 incher and I could'nt get some of the cuts deep enough.
If you cut through only the top. Turn it over with one end propped up, hit it with a sledge hammer. Two hard strikes and it will break. A grinding wheel will clean up the break in minutes. Sounds crazy but it works. Saves several cutting disc.
Nice video. I have a piece of railroad track sitting on a shelf. Its the shear amount of work that stop me from doing exactly what you did here... Question, did you reharden the top after creating the hardy hole which must have annealed the steel?
Yeah it takes some time to get it done :') I'm not sure if my track was hardened, drillbit went through it like butter. Might be interesting to test if this can be hardened at all!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing this! I have a piece of my own RRtrack that will soon be used for jewelry making now! Btw How did you make the base cut ins?
just spent a day locating and bringing-home a 6ft piece of railway :) found near the tracks about a 10 min walk from my house (15min wheelbarrow-push).... quite a mission, but will be worth it.
I know its been 2 years, but THANK YOU for using subdued music in your video! so many DIY videos just blast out music that just doesn't fit the tone of the video.
just a psa do not go on to railroad right of ways for dropping of rail if anything contact a local national railway historical society chapter as its possible they have small cut offs just like this
hey dude nice vid. great work gonna give this ago tomorrow. and do u have a vid of u mounting to a log or something? best way or just pouund ties in the feet?
Okay, so it looks really cool and I get making the horn and the clearance you need under it, but it seems that some of what you did was for for looks then function? Would it not be better to leave as much mass on it as possible? I am not a blacksmith, so I really don't now, just like watching and learning stuff even if I never do it. I did just get a 18" long piece of track that weighs about 25 pounds and I want to be able to beat metal on it so I don't damage my good vise.
The cut out at the horn is needed for obvious reasons. The only reason i'd cut out the back end was if i planned on putting a hardy hole in. I also recently was given a section of the newer beefier railroad rack and am going to make a homemade anvil with it. My version will not have a hardy hole so i won't cut the back part out in order to keep as much mass as possible.
Thanks man! :) Yeah if you don't have any specific need I'm sure the railroad track would work great as is! Also I'm not really worried about weight for this little anvil since I will always have my big one :D
ATD.... Attention to Detail...... It cost you nothing but your time and now you have a priceless piece
I was taught about ADT 50 years ago and never forgot it
Really good Job
best theraphy is to watch this guy on work
Haha! Thank you mate :'D
Kesinlikle haklisin hocam
1000% agreed!
Just a tip I learned from a guy who was a rail worker for 37 years, if you cut from the bottom to the start of the cap of the rail, you can stick a large chisel in and it will break clean off, and I mean it gives a very straight shear line if done right. That way you can avoid cutting through that hardened cap section.
That's interesting! So is the cap hardened? I thought so, but then I drilled through so easily I doubt :') If I'll ever find a big chisel for cheap I'll try! Thank you for sharing :)
This suggests that the horn can be roughed in without cutting clean through the cap i.e. score the underside, then chisel two wedges away, then dress. Correct?
Would extreme cooling of the cap -- say, with dry ice or liquid nitrogen -- ease the process or ensure a cleaner shearing plane?
When your doing the hammering can u do it slow once just so I can see exactly what your doing because I’m trying to learn
@@steelcitybudschannel2804 may help if you click upper right menu and slow the playback speed..
The first video I ever liked because it was straight to the point. Thanks for not talking
I just got a 4 footer FREE for the asking from RR workers at a crossing.
At first they were hesitant - "not my department" , but the rail was marked orange for removal and it was around 4PM on a Sunday.
Great inspiring video . . . I'm just gonna do a horn on one end.
Another professional quality video, showing artisan standard skill across a number of disciplines. Well done, my friend, and thank you!
Thank you alot Stromness Boy :) :)
I know this sounds funny but metal in general just blows my mind. Its the most amazing substance on the planet, and no matter how old i get it will never not be magic to me.
Beautiful. Definition of beauty just got widened.
That square hole is, for me, the icing on a 10 tier awesome cake.
Nice one BB, came out beautiful.. Congrats on inching closer to that 2M mark...
Nice clean work.
Awesome results, and nice polished shine on the top.
I really like the idea of drilling a round hole and punching in a square punch to make the Hardy Hole! 💡 this will be a game changer for me
Amazing piece of work!!! I love to work on stuff like this and also I am welder. I can see that the piece of steel was forged in 1931. Keep up the good work !!!
Nicely done,neat litte anvil,ideal for the backyard work shed,definatley worth a thumbs up
Just got a 3 ft section of track this week, thanks for this video, it's going to get put to good use.
I just got a 30 inch rail 2 days ago! Did you make an anvil as well? (I see your comment was 4 years ago). Wondering how it went!
Awesome video. I really love your videos. Nothing more satisfying than using tools you make or restore yourself.
Man, super nice job! I got a railroad track that i use as an anvil, but i don't have the heart to cut it up and turn it into an anvil because of the sentimental value! But great job, i'll keep an eye out for another one of these to make!
I see :) Thanks a lot brother. I'm sure the track will work great as is :)
Wonder job, here in Brazil we need much more people as you
Ha! Thanks Pedro :)
até trilho de trem ganha uma nova ``vida´´ em vossa mãos. parabéns.
That was absolutely awesome!!
wonderful video, I can almost smell the steel when I see how you work it.
Very well done.. gives me ideas to set up my garage. I have a project coming up that require learning and watching your expertise
Very nice. Nicely done.
To anyone considering doing this: I did this a couple months ago. The end result is nice but, it takes forever to cut these... I have a gas powered saw, one of those big ones that cut steel, and concrete. And it still took some time to cut through it. I tried with a standard grinder but i was eating through cutting disks! So I tried a big grinder like his... It was better , but still not enough. I didnt feel like spending all day cutting my piece of track. So thats when I used the big saw to do straight cuts. Trust me, it looks easy.
Yeah man, as I wrote in the description it has been a hell of a work :')
MAN!!!! YOU ARE TALENTED!!!! Thanks for these posts.
It really came out great,thanks for sharing brother all the best to you and yours
Thanks Ron!! Same to you :)
Skvělý nápad. Super práce 🖒
Thanks!! :)
Sou fascinado por esse tipo de trabalho , a bigorna ficou uma beleza parabéns
It came out a beauty! Nice Job!
Thank you my friend :)
Oh boy I need to get railroad track haha 😉 great job Gader 😉
Moris
Epic Workshop whooaa you watch his content I love both of ya guys really inspired me to start crafting with metal and wood
RAPTUR3WO1F_18 Yeah, he is awesome 😄🍺😍 That's awesome bro 🤘🍺
Moris
Thank you brother :)
i got mine a scrap yard for 30 cents a pound
Epic Workshop
Show
Fantastic!! Had to keep watching at 1:00 a.m.
I cant stop watching your videos!! they are so relaxing and satisfying man!! i wish i had 10% of your knowledge with metals :)
IM GETTING A PIECE TOMorrow but im no metal man like he is, genius
@@freqeist did you ever get your piece of rail & try making an anvil?! ..curious. I just got a piece to work with!
Excellent job great lil anvil,
That turned out awesome! I got about a dozen 1ft chunks of 130lb track laying around the house. I keep thinking I should try this one of these days. But damn! thats a lot of grinding!! lol I do have an anvil so not sure it would be worth my time =)
Track is ok for starting out in smithing or little projects but they just aren't hard enough for everyday smithy work. Rail is made to 38-42 rockwell so not the hardest stuff out there
Ormai non so più che complimento usare. È incredibile come ogni video e ogni lavoro siano semplicemente perfetti e alla fine il risultato è di un livello eccelso. Non sei il solo canale di “fai da te” che seguo ma sei l’unico che produce dei lavori perfetti sia a livello funzionale che estetico. Good job Bro👌
Grazie mille carissimo :)
That’s awesome! Looks like your grinder got a work out, that steel is pretty thick!
Thank you my friend! :) Yeah thanks god I borrowed that big grinder from a friend!
"Hey Paul? Can i borrow your Makita? Mine is under the weather.. oh, not for much. Just some a uh.. light grinding.. yeah, nothing to worry about.."
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before or not, but I'll go ahead and repeat it if so.
One of your videos popped up randomly on my recommended feed a few months ago and I was extremely intrigued! I don't personally do Smith work, but it is very interesting to me.
The way you deliver your content is perfect! The music, the detail, the appropriate times to fast forward... everything is spot on. Keep doing what you're doing and your channel will be known all over the world in no time!
Edit: Honestly, each time you upload a new video I will drop what I'm doing just to watch it.
Thank you alot brother. Too kind!!! :) :)
Black Beard Projects the pleasure is all mine! Do you have a Reddit account? I would highly suggest one if you don't. It would increase your exposure drastically, not to mention Redditors love stuff like this.
Muy bueno ....me gustó.... saludos desde Chile
You did a great job.
Wow That turned out Great!! Nice Job!!
Wow! Damn fine job!
I never thought I'd say this, ever, but what a cute little anvil.
Belo trabalho parabéns amigo.
Thank you my friend Patrick :)
It was honestly shocking to see how well this turned out. If I didn’t k ow any better I would have thought that was just a regular anvil.
It's looking good buddy!!! :)
Thank you my friend :) :)
This is a great video with all the pertinent and important steps - without belaboring anything. Nice!
Question: are you at all concerned about that the heat of cutting it so much, and firing it in the forge? As in losing it's temper...
Also, that background music is awesome! Thanks for sharing!!
excellent job as usual
Bem simples, perfeito!!
Parabéns pelo belo trabalho!!
Just finished my first attempt. Came out pretty nice but it was ALOT of work. If I ever do it again, I'll do it outside, in the summer, (it's December now).It's probably going to take me two days just to clean up the black dust that is on Everything in my garage. Also I'll need a bigger angle grinder. Mine is only a 4 1/2 incher and I could'nt get some of the cuts deep enough.
I came here to see a video with zero dislikes but I see they have been before me and hit that button haha. Great work brother 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Haha!!! :'D Thank you brother
Quel flessibile bestemmiava , ottimo video come sempre !
Ha tenuto botta benissimo :') Grazie mille :)
Way too nice to hammer on. My compliments to a work of aet.
Love this sped up teaching without a bunch of chitchat and just cool music! A+++
Another nice job!
Thank you my friend :)
muito bom....brasil acompanhando seu maravilhoso canal
Thank you! :)
Awesome job 👍👍
Nice job, congrats
If you cut through only the top. Turn it over with one end propped up, hit it with a sledge hammer. Two hard strikes and it will break. A grinding wheel will clean up the break in minutes. Sounds crazy but it works. Saves several cutting disc.
Nice video. I have a piece of railroad track sitting on a shelf. Its the shear amount of work that stop me from doing exactly what you did here...
Question, did you reharden the top after creating the hardy hole which must have annealed the steel?
Yeah it takes some time to get it done :') I'm not sure if my track was hardened, drillbit went through it like butter. Might be interesting to test if this can be hardened at all!
Im actually working on an anvil from railroad track in college it's a pain in the ass to grind
sam wilson that kind of metal will get harder as it heats up. Critical to keep it cool when grinding, or it will take forever.
Nice work 👍
Looks fabulous!! Do you need to harden it on the working surfaces? I want to make one like this... awesome!
Sludgepump No, hard metal breaks often because it's fragile. Such big chunk of steel very durable within a hardening.
Thanks!! :) I don't know, I've seen guys heat treating anvils. I'm not even sure if this railroad track can be hardened at all! I might test this...
Awesome piece of work! 👍🏻. Thank you for posting.
BEL LAVORO VERAMENTE BRAVO!
Grazie Manuel!! :) :)
SPETTACOLRE!!
Haha! :') Grazie Dacchio
Was that from a piece of rail made in 1931? Great job too..
loveeeee eeeeeetttt!!!
i gotta steal a piece of railroad track from railroad
Beautiful.
Maybe get a machine shop to flatten the top?
you have one quality and very sharp drill bit :)
I sharpened them just before this work to be honest :')
Now this is some badass stuff👊👊
The more steel the more better :')
Nice work
Thanks
very nice, bro!
Thanks man :') Just a toy compared to yours!
no shit man! at least u drifted square holes on it. i even dont have a forge :'( not blacksmith at all
Very cool! Thanks for sharing this! I have a piece of my own RRtrack that will soon be used for jewelry making now! Btw How did you make the base cut ins?
just spent a day locating and bringing-home a 6ft piece of railway :) found near the tracks about a 10 min walk from my house (15min wheelbarrow-push).... quite a mission, but will be worth it.
Spectacular
Nice anvil. Don't you need to heat treat it after it is all shaped?
I'm curious if it is going to be too soft steel without heat treat.
Nice stuff dude, still awaiting my bit of rail!! Get a grinding disk instead of a cutting one, you can put more pressure on them ^^
Great man! :) For all grinding I used a thick grinding disk :D Thank you
Oh! I wish have this beautiful chunk of steel!! Great Work!
Thanks!!
How long is the Rail?
Awesome job
I know its been 2 years, but THANK YOU for using subdued music in your video! so many DIY videos just blast out music that just doesn't fit the tone of the video.
That looks sooo coool BB :)
Thank you my friend :)
what type of blade do you have on the angle grinder, it holds up well. How long does it take to cut through a rail
What do you do with the leftover cut-offs from the track? You could forge those chunks into something maybe using this new anvil
Cool idea! :) I saved them of course!
Awesome.😊 I always see other people waste such good steel.
just a psa do not go on to railroad right of ways for dropping of rail if anything contact a local national railway historical society chapter as its possible they have small cut offs just like this
Sweet! 🤘👍 Nice work brother!
Thanks pal :)
great job ! ---- the tool came out really nice , as you always do . Is it possible to cut the track with a torch , or it can spoil the temper ?
A thing of beauty!
Badass dude. How many hours total do you think it took you?
I don't know because I made part of it then I had to go away for a week, I guess at least 20hr. Railroad are thick af!
Doing this in a nylon/synthetic vest? Melt much?
hey dude nice vid. great work gonna give this ago tomorrow. and do u have a vid of u mounting to a log or something? best way or just pouund ties in the feet?
Would using oxy acetylene to make the cuts be easier maybe? Or would it be to much? Looking at making one soon
I don't even make any of this kind of stuff but this relaxes me idky
Great job well done 👍👌
Perfect timing, I just got a track!
That's cool :) Have fun making mate :)
Nice jobs
Just subscribed to your channel today, great work! What kind of punch/ chisel did you use to square hole? It wasn’t a railroad spike was it?
How did you get a piece of the rail track I have always wanted one for a anvil of my own. Thanks
Would making the cuts with a torch harm the rail ?
Okay, so it looks really cool and I get making the horn and the clearance you need under it, but it seems that some of what you did was for for looks then function? Would it not be better to leave as much mass on it as possible? I am not a blacksmith, so I really don't now, just like watching and learning stuff even if I never do it. I did just get a 18" long piece of track that weighs about 25 pounds and I want to be able to beat metal on it so I don't damage my good vise.
The cut out at the horn is needed for obvious reasons. The only reason i'd cut out the back end was if i planned on putting a hardy hole in. I also recently was given a section of the newer beefier railroad rack and am going to make a homemade anvil with it. My version will not have a hardy hole so i won't cut the back part out in order to keep as much mass as possible.
Thanks man! :) Yeah if you don't have any specific need I'm sure the railroad track would work great as is! Also I'm not really worried about weight for this little anvil since I will always have my big one :D
Just keep as is the horn isn't needed much unless your doing specific tasks
Tom's Dreamshop Worx Just use the track. Works great without all of this stuff.
River run Knives yup just like the hole(don't know the technical name of it)