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    Default Only slightly on topic, but amusing.

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    Hahahahaha
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    If I had a nickle for every time I've read of this happening.......
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    Pretty funny stuff.
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    I reminds me of the old Graham Wilson (Playboy magazine cartoonist) cartoon..... of a little man and women, she has her scarf on, long coat and little purse....Looking at he husband holding a smoking, double barrel elephant gun.....Standing at the feet of a dead bull elephant, on the corner of Elm and Main....says "Honest Harry, I will never kid you about carrying the elephant gun again!"

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    Like we dont have enough to worry about in this world, now it's random falling anvils

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    So I'm pretty settled for my new anvil stand-in. I'm going to get a 12-20lb sledge and securely mount the head into my big walnut log. I'm nearly 100% certain that a 12lb steel head is better than a 50-60lb cast iron ASO.
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    Who you callin' an ASO?
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    uhm... some other guy... honestly.
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    All I've heard is bad things about those cheap Chinese cast iron anvils....

    If my dad didn't have an anvil I would get my hands on some train track and make one of these

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    I got a pdf book on making them somewhere if anybody wants it just PM me, but it is pretty straight forward. Just torch off all the bits that don't look like an anvil....
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    "It's better than nothing" is about all there is to say about any cast iron ASO. It's simply an inappropriate material for the job.

    I've been on the lookout for some rail. I seemed to have missed the boat when they took out the tracks near my place.
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    ...and in other news. A trail derailment in Lafayette blamed on missing track. Details at 11:00.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
    ...and in other news. A trail derailment in Lafayette blamed on missing track. Details at 11:00.
    I'm telling you officer I had nothing to do with it..... Whats all these broken hacksaw blades you ask?..... Those would be antiques.... I swear!
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    The last time I saw falling anvils was when I was roadrunner hunting. I wonder, are there roadrunners in NYC?

    There are a bunch of old rail tracks near my home. But they are full size pieces. There has got to be a faster way to cut them then with a hack saw. I can't drive a vehicle up close either. Any ideas?
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    I have a piece or railroad that is about 18". I'd say that it weighs 80lbs or so. If you do find a way to cut a segment off, make it small enough for you to carry.
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    LOL, that's the idea.
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    thermite is said to do nicely if you don't have a big torch.
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    You have to want rails mighty bad to cut them up with a hacksaw. That's better than an emory board I suppose but just barely.
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    If you're going to cut railroad track with a hacksaw you had better pack a lunch.

    Cutting torch. I have also read that there was a rail chisel - kind of a cold chisel built into a splitting maul where the track was scored all the way around and would break. Don't know how accurate that is though.
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    I am NOT holding the chisel. Don't even ask!
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