I had a buddy that worked for the railroad a few years back he would bring me boxes full of new and used spikes. I was building all kinds of projects from them for years
When punching holes you want to have a bucket of water right beside you. You tap a few blows, dip the punch into the water, give it a quick wipe with a dry cloth so excess water doesn’t drip onto the piece you are working on, and then tap a few more blows. The punch should never get hot enough to change color while using it for punching. Same thing with fullers and basically every tool. The only thing that should get hot enough to change color is the fuel in your forge and the piece of metal you are working.
Wiping the water is unnecessary there should only be a few drops. Also try using a slot punch then drifting to the size you want. you can punch a 1/2" hole in 1/2" material and still have plenty of material left on the sides with this method.
First off, this is so cool and I love it. Really good job! Hopefully helpful tip: when wanting a larger hole in relatively narrow material, try using a chisel/narrow slot punch first - this means that it won't stretch the sides when you drift it to round (you'll just be bending the sides) and also uses less time/energy. Love how this turned out!
There is no such thing as a “High Carbon Steel” railroad spike, but there is such thing as an “HC” “Higher Carbon” spike! This is just a term used within the railroad industry for when to use specific spikes on specific sections of tracks (HC spikes are often used in tight bends). The carbon range for these track spikes is from 0.17 to 0.25%C, and the manganese content is 0.90-1.35%Mn. Beautiful job on that little hand clamp
Certainly the coolest item I’ve yet seen a rail spike turned into. This question is important to me: Would it be possible for one to blue items composed of such material? And I mean blue as in the gorgeous🎉 finish on firearms, so like rust blue, charcoal blue, mitre blue, cold blue oh me
Cool project. Nice work utilizing a variety of skills. Question...I believe you own a fractal vise that you restored a year or so ago. Would that grip the "handle" of this project? Appreciate your content.
Interesting project. I have found parts that hold the rails in place. I need to find a welder to finish my idea. I like how to took the first comment/insult and turned it around to the jerk. Have good days!
This is an induction forge and I made a whole video about it you can watch here with some links and resources in the description: th-cam.com/video/5b1gttjyyHE/w-d-xo.html
I prefer not marring or deforming delicate projects, but to each his own. If you work like a gorrila, putting teeth marks in your work constantly, and take no pride in it, sure use vise grips.
Railroad spikes are not high carbon steel. The railroad industry uses completely different standards than the automotive industry. That spike's the equivalent of AISI 1035. You can even tell by the sparks coming off when you grind it. This will break and break soon so don't use it for anything important.
There is no such thing as a "High Carbon" railroad spike. The carbon content of railroad spikes is between 0.17% and 0.25% Mild steel is 0.13% to 0.18 essentially railroad spikes are mild steel. Generally steel is not considered high carbon until the carbon content is 0.50%
@MakeEverything the HC spikes are higher than the old spikes which were 0.08% railroads began replacing those in the 1970s. The other track hardware is a great steel. It's 1084, just like the track. It's 0.84% carbon
That comparison is complete dogwater. First anvil appears to be bolted down which will deaden the ring, and any actual blacksmith in here will know to look at percentage of rebound to find a hard working surface. That said...that German anvil is likely a Peddinghaus, which are extremely good anvils. They are owned by and sold through Rigid Tools here in the US. If you want a comparable quality US made anvil, you need to head to Holland Anvil in Michigan.
Definitely one of the more creative things I've seen seen a spike forged into.
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I had a buddy that worked for the railroad a few years back he would bring me boxes full of new and used spikes. I was building all kinds of projects from them for years
When punching holes you want to have a bucket of water right beside you. You tap a few blows, dip the punch into the water, give it a quick wipe with a dry cloth so excess water doesn’t drip onto the piece you are working on, and then tap a few more blows. The punch should never get hot enough to change color while using it for punching. Same thing with fullers and basically every tool. The only thing that should get hot enough to change color is the fuel in your forge and the piece of metal you are working.
Wiping the water is unnecessary there should only be a few drops. Also try using a slot punch then drifting to the size you want. you can punch a 1/2" hole in 1/2" material and still have plenty of material left on the sides with this method.
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First off, this is so cool and I love it. Really good job!
Hopefully helpful tip: when wanting a larger hole in relatively narrow material, try using a chisel/narrow slot punch first - this means that it won't stretch the sides when you drift it to round (you'll just be bending the sides) and also uses less time/energy.
Love how this turned out!
I love watching iron being forged! It turned out to be a good useful tool!
This is a perfect Sunday project. Very well done and inspiring. Thank you
There is no such thing as a “High Carbon Steel” railroad spike, but there is such thing as an “HC” “Higher Carbon” spike! This is just a term used within the railroad industry for when to use specific spikes on specific sections of tracks (HC spikes are often used in tight bends).
The carbon range for these track spikes is from 0.17 to 0.25%C, and the manganese content is 0.90-1.35%Mn.
Beautiful job on that little hand clamp
Is it 25% max? I thought it was 35% max but, below 45% I guess it doesn't really matter. It's mild steel.
@@nickaschenbecker9882 The "high carbon" spikes are around 0.34% carbon
Sheik, I agree with you, there isn't enough carbon in a railroad spike to harden it properly.
Sundays are becoming my favorite youtube day! Thanks for another awesome video!
The new hammers did all the work 😘
Great seeing the variety of stuff from the same exact starting place.
More to come!
Wow! It turned out great.
Nice work using that guillotine tool the way you did!
Thank you brother!
How awesome. I glad to have seen your video 😃😃
Awesome work and impressive result from a railroad spike!
Thank you very much!
Nice video. Cool vise. Mahalo for sharing!
Thanks for watching my friend!!
Excellent work
This is so cool! I didn’t even know there was a RR spike with a higher carbon content. Great work
Glad you liked it!
There's not.
@@nickaschenbecker9882 there is
Cool project. Nice work boss👍
Awesome job! Enjoyed watching your creation 😊
Thank you so much 😊
Awesome! My hand vise is one of my most prized tools. Great job on this!!
Cool vise! Thanks! 🔩🔧🎅🏻👍🏻🇫🇮
Man that’s so cool!
Certainly the coolest item I’ve yet seen a rail spike turned into.
This question is important to me: Would it be possible for one to blue items composed of such material?
And I mean blue as in the gorgeous🎉 finish on firearms, so like rust blue, charcoal blue, mitre blue, cold blue oh me
Thank you! I dont see why not... it should work fine, I waxed this and it got a pretty nice finish out of it
”I really think this needs to be done by hand”, Grabs the bandsaw 😂
If you're trying to hold an irregular shape in your vice, you can use strips of scrap leather or small blocks of wood to improve the grip.
Nailed it
Great work
Thank you! It was a fun project!
Cool project. Nice work utilizing a variety of skills. Question...I believe you own a fractal vise that you restored a year or so ago. Would that grip the "handle" of this project? Appreciate your content.
Thank you! Yes it absolutely would work!
great video! make some soft copper jaws.
Very cool project.
Curious why you decided to use cut off wheel to open the legs rather than band saw?
I thought there might be some hardness in the railroad spike steel and didnt want to smoke an expensive bandsaw blade
Very good
How much longer did it take to forge the German anvil vs how long it took to cast the American one? Days vs a few seconds.
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I have never seen an induction forge. WHat is the namebrand and where can I find one?
This one is a US Solid Brand, I made a whole video about it on my channel too: th-cam.com/video/5b1gttjyyHE/w-d-xo.html
Interesting project. I have found parts that hold the rails in place. I need to find a welder to finish my idea. I like how to took the first comment/insult and turned it around to the jerk. Have good days!
What kind of forge is that and where can you buy it?
This is an induction forge and I made a whole video about it you can watch here with some links and resources in the description:
th-cam.com/video/5b1gttjyyHE/w-d-xo.html
Something tells me I should trust the German anvil 🤔
I have a factory-made one of these. While I've always thought mine looked cool, it doesn't look anywhere near as good as this
I appreciate that! I love to use tools I make
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Railroad spikes are medium carbon...about a 1045..
Sweet. Now turn it back into a nail 😂
I have vice grips.
Damn so do I! What a waste of time
I prefer not marring or deforming delicate projects, but to each his own.
If you work like a gorrila, putting teeth marks in your work constantly, and take no pride in it, sure use vise grips.
2" plate steel. I can't move an anvil.
Railroad spikes are not high carbon steel. The railroad industry uses completely different standards than the automotive industry. That spike's the equivalent of AISI 1035. You can even tell by the sparks coming off when you grind it. This will break and break soon so don't use it for anything important.
Darn I was planning on clamping my life back together with this, but if its going to break soon I should use something else...
There is no such thing as a "High Carbon" railroad spike. The carbon content of railroad spikes is between 0.17% and 0.25% Mild steel is 0.13% to 0.18 essentially railroad spikes are mild steel.
Generally steel is not considered high carbon until the carbon content is 0.50%
This is a “higher carbon” railroad spike. Either that or the HC stands for hardly carbon, or maybe heavy choochoo . Nobody really knows
@MakeEverything the HC spikes are higher than the old spikes which were 0.08% railroads began replacing those in the 1970s. The other track hardware is a great steel. It's 1084, just like the track. It's 0.84% carbon
That’s not a “nail”, that’s a “spike”.
That comparison is complete dogwater.
First anvil appears to be bolted down which will deaden the ring, and any actual blacksmith in here will know to look at percentage of rebound to find a hard working surface.
That said...that German anvil is likely a Peddinghaus, which are extremely good anvils. They are owned by and sold through Rigid Tools here in the US.
If you want a comparable quality US made anvil, you need to head to Holland Anvil in Michigan.
This is real lousy work, these chumps from the "maker" era are just so terrible at forging. Not to mention the design...
Thanks for your unwavering support
Inexperience is very apparent
It’s ok Mike you’ll get the hang of this whole internet thing soon enough