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10-24-2003, 02:59 PM
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cure for ringing railroad track anvil
newbe here.
got myself some rr track for anvil but it rings real bad. Go to local hardware an get some great stuff,its expanding foam insulation in a can. Turn rr track on its side and fill it with the foam. repeat other side when the first one drys. Then I took a serrated bread knife"wife does not know yet" and trim it up. works great no ringing,just a kind of thud. Hope this helps someone. 
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10-24-2003, 04:12 PM
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Be very careful, because most of that stuff says on the can that it is highly flammable, and if you're bringing a piece of red-hot metal to within a couple of inches of it...well, you do the math. Just don't want to see anyone get hurt.
__________________ Jamey Saunders -- Charter Member, GCKG (Got a question? Have you tried to  for the answer?) "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of them." --John Wayne, in The Shootist
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10-24-2003, 05:19 PM
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Howdy!!
Olde fart here..get a couple of decent sized ( old style silver $$$) magnets and put them on the sides..will cut down the ring a good bit.. Hope this helps JPH __________________ Dr Jim Hrisoulas, Author, Researcher, Swordsmith Living in the Nevada desert. N-T Hirsute Hine'y Hrisoulas
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10-24-2003, 05:30 PM
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I wrapped a log chain three times around the waist of my 110 harbor freight and it shut right up.
__________________ "Many are chosen, but few are Pict" "The doer alone, learneth" NT Neo-Devo 
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10-25-2003, 01:55 PM
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A somewhat less flammable way of deadening the track would be to take several visegrips and clamping them on the web of the track.
__________________ The Wasteland Crow Project: http://wastelandcrow.blogspot.com A blog I share with a friend where we think out loud upon occasion: http://shareourcampfire.blogspot.com/ Proud to be a Neo-Tribal Metalsmith scavenging the wreckage of civilization. My new blog dedicated to the metalwork I make and sell: http://helmforge.blogspot.com/
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#7
10-26-2003, 07:38 PM
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I collected a bunch of tire weights and melted them down (outside).
Formed up one side at a time after welding a few scrap lugs to the web. Poured the web full. After doing both sides, the rxr anvil more than doubled in mass/weight and does not ring. Makes for a much more efficient anvil with the extra mass. Non flammable too. Crex __________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H
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10-26-2003, 11:01 PM
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Couple years ago a smith on the junkyard wrapped his anvil in foam rubba. deadened the sound.
Made a great unexpected blaze, for the smith.  He decided it wasn't such a good idea after that. Bed the rail in silicone caulking or in a box of sand. __________________ NT Barkin Turtle Tribe ~~~Life is what it is~~~
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