Thread: Rail iron anvil

Evening all,
In Auld Bassoon's recent post looking for an anvil, the subject of making your own from rail iron (track) was raised. I went and took some photos of the one I made several years ago, and although I now own a real anvil, this one still gets a hit or two. It has an annoying ringing sound
In the foreground are some smaller anvils or stakes I made from truck leaf springs, very big and tough stock to work. A couple of these have been welded, all have been heat treated. They are held in the vice, and are used for shaping small sheet metal parts, wire etc.
On the edge of the bench is a little extra I added: heavy walled angle iron is screwed into a routed slot on the front edge. This I use regularly, just for hammering onto instead of the hardwood or the vice, and I recommend it for folk with a timber bench working in metal.

Cheers,