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[Jake907]

@Mjolnir if you ask around your area, you should be able to find a small piece of railroad track thats been ripped up, then all you have to do is slice off a chunk with a metal bandsaw, and voila! a little grinding, a little polishing, you have a mini anvil

[Sanch]

7 minutes ago, Mjolnir said:

I did notice these Sanch. very cool what was repurposed here?

 

Is there anywhere you can get a railroad track anvil or is it just luck?

Every bit of both of the clamps is repurposed! As you can see the larger of the two has a Harley-Davidson Sportster seat on it.

 

2 minutes ago, Jake907 said:

@Mjolnir if you ask around your area, you should be able to find a small piece of railroad track thats been ripped up, then all you have to do is slice off a chunk with a metal bandsaw, and voila! a little grinding, a little polishing, you have a mini anvil

I would be careful about acquiring railroad track as it is a federal offense! One of my co-workers gave me a piece that is approximately 18 to 20 in long. I may have to find a way to cut some chunks off of it!

[Jake907]

I don't know what you mean, its just a piece of steel that happens to look like RR track. something I found while hiking :-)

[Mjolnir]

it's funny how many 'RR track shaped anvils are on ebay'! Every kid in the seventies found metal signs while hiking. Some said 'Stop' or 'One Way'.

 

[Jordan]

Thank you, it was a lot of work over about 4 days but it turned out pretty nice, most of the wood was scrap I had in my garage from other projects, got lucky with the holes lining up for the all thread.

 

[Jake907]

@Sanch You haven't told us about that nifty looking little tool thats clamped next to the bench mounted stitching pony

[Sanch]

8 hours ago, Jake907 said:

@Sanch You haven't told us about that nifty looking little tool thats clamped next to the bench mounted stitching pony

I cloned a lace cutter from all thread, square tubing for the clamping part, 1 inch diameter stainless steel and Brass for the tightening device. Oh yeah the collar is Delrin with a set screw..

[OLDNSLOW]

If you were in Nashville, near there or even checked about shipping, there is a guy on craigs list that sells anvils and RR track cut to different lengths to function as anvils.  I contacted him a long time ago about getting one then forgot about, then went looking again, and he is still selling them just some FYI, I had one I brought with me from Cali then sold it now wish I had it DOH. 

[Mjolnir]

The older I get the more I appreciate small towns. Mine, like many others has Main St., there you will find the nicer houses. One in particular recently had an addition. Behind this White Victorian a little log cabin popped up almost over night, chimney and all. Again because its a small town I know its a work shop because church going lady's know everything, and they knew about it a month before I noticed it. I think I should stop by tomorrow and see If I can get a peek. honestly I don't care what is inside. Everyday I drive by and my heart skips a beat.

Another thought I'm having is how many deer, and other animals are being hunted practically in my back yard. I can't find anyone who cures the leather. They keep the rack, eat the stew, and toss the skin!

2 hours ago, OLDNSLOW said:

If you were in Nashville, near there or even checked about shipping, there is a guy on craigs list that sells anvils and RR track cut to different lengths to function as anvils.  I contacted him a long time ago about getting one then forgot about, then went looking again, and he is still selling them just some FYI, I had one I brought with me from Cali then sold it now wish I had it DOH. 

Not that I need one but I do want one. I'm on a mission of one new toy a month. These shop photos have givin me the itch. Half of this hobby is an addiction to collecting, is it not?

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

4 hours ago, Mjolnir said:

Half of this hobby is an addiction to collecting, is it not?

Yes, sooner or later we all seem to get bitten by that bug.  What starts out as a means to an end (needing a specific machine or tool to do  job) eventually becomes an obsession to acquire an entire set of every style of vintage edger, or all of the stamping tools by a specific maker, or a complete line of obsolete stitchers of a particular brand, or one (or two or three) or every style of leather splitter, and on and on it goes.  But I always tell myself there are worse things I could be spending money on.