2012年4月24日 · Maybe not railroad rail but a big heavy chunk of steel. Also a local or state blacksmith guild would probably have a line on chunks of rail and be able to point you in the right direction.

2016年10月13日 · my first anvil was a homemade one, took a piece of 10ga railroad iron, bout 4', shaped it,milled the top, welded on a piece of 3/4 plate , machined the top, ends and sides of that, machined a horn (cone, slotted it, welded it in place, and broached the 2 …

2012年1月27日 · The clay here is so hard that I have to put two short pieces of railroad iron and two large chunks of cement on top of the 4' disc just to etch the ground! That doesn't slow down the rooters, though.

2013年1月27日 · Hey all! I've got a little story for you, and I'm also in need of some help. So as the story goes, in the early 1900's, during Michigan's Upper Peninsula's logging period, there was a narrow gauge steam locomotive left in the woods after the logging operation was done. The locomotive was complete, and was just abandoned in the woods. Time passed by, and by around the 1950's it was still there ...

2011年2月5日 · I wanted to know if anyone had ever built a small railroad tie structure and had any tips to share. I have a pretty much endless supply of ties and my first batch is for raised flower beds but I was cnsidering making a coop this summer. Possibly making a fort for …

2013年8月29日 · I have been looking into using railroad ties for building an underground shelter.. there cheap, take a long time to rot (tho I would add plastic or something to stretch that time) and there strong! plus they have an almost uniform length/width and depth.. any ideas?

2009年2月3日 · Does anyone know if it is alright to build a root cellar out of old railroad ties. Thanks in advance for any info. Reddirt

2009年12月5日 · The railroad to which we sold the bridge was traversing the country to reach coal and iron deposits further inland. We had put up at a farm house with a native named Jim Todd, his wife and sixteen children of all ages.

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2022年10月1日 · example 2: you have railroad ties. they are 9" wide and 8-1/2 feet long. that's 6.375 square feet, so multiply by 300 to get 1912 lb when stacked on top of each other. you think each weighs 200 pounds, so that's 9.5 railroad ties per stack, round up …