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Old 01-30-2017, 12:43 PM
dtec1 dtec1 is offline
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My bro in law is a mechanic at the train yard he got me a piece of 12" long "TALL" rail road track...I didn't know this but apantly there are 3 main sizes of rail track short medium and tall kinda thing so obviously the tall one has more weight and mass wich is better...if you have a local train yard go there and ask around or a scrap yard might be the next best bet....I don't do a lot of forging but I have used it making a couple blades a while back and used it to make Damascus A couple times, the top of the rail is slightly curved I flattened out half of it and left half curved
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