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Finding and Identifying Wrought Iron along the Railroad
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- Опубликовано: 16 янв 2020
- For the most efficient form of transportation, the Railroads are awfully wasteful with their steel. Luckily for aspiring blacksmiths, this means infinite free railroad spikes, and if the tracks are old enough, wrought iron as well. This video shows how I tell it apart from newer plain steel.
Didn't realize that spikes were once made of wrought iron... and I have to remember your closing quote! 😁
Your videos are awesome - thanks for making them.
This is awesome and exactly the video I was looking for
My parents were digging new waterline’s to the house and found one underground but the odd thing is there are no railroads near my house or any signs of one ever being there
Thanks for posting this ✨
AWESOME video - THANKS!
need a cheap metal detector and you will probably find a lot of em in the leaf area. nice video. i think i might have found a older one today ill have to look through the ones i found and double check but i think it looked different then the rest. that art project looked cool! cool video. liked how you showed the grinding of each also.
Excellent vid
learned more here than in school
I have never seen spikes in the wild so to say. but on the other hand, I haven't walked on railroad tracks that often. unfortunately, after a check, most rail lines were converted to new tracks except a short line that happens to be in my hometown.
What are the flat pieces of metal I find bent into a sharp V that has 3 small holes in them.
I wonder how much iron is used for the spikes plates and rails for the traintracks
How do you melt the old railroad spikes I mean can you make a furnace to melt them
What years do you reckon the wrought iron spikes were more common?
Wrought iron was done by the 40s at the latest, but i dont know how much earlier. Maybe 1920s?
1850 railroad spikes are made of wrought iron
All made before about 1934 were.. As were all those old wheels you see with metal spokes... Those spokes are gold to a blacksmith because ot the grain...
That's what sucks about living in the city it's hard to do this without getting fined😢
Would you be willing to sell a wrought iron spike? I tried finding a way to DM you but can't find any info.
…and I don’t know why I’m watching this!! 😂
A j5loh marked Railroad spike is wrought iron
Just bought one off of Ebay and checked-no they are not. Mild steel.
The only down side to this is in some places you will get fined for trespassing
Can I scrap this legally or not
@M. H. What does suicide have to do with anything? Way more people die on roads.
@M. H. ok
abandoned tracks are fair game. you can find maps of abandoned tracks in your state online. that being said some private owners do purchase abandoned track property. be careful not to trespass on new owned property. you can find parcel information online to verify whatever property you intend to travel. it's easier than it sounds. it also gives you owner information. with a bit of extra effort you could contact the owner to see if they care what you do. legally it would make sense to get written permission. i've contacted a few private owners in the past about harvesting unused resources on their property. showing up at a doorstep with a polite attitude goes far with most, but you would be surprised at how many people actually do utilize the resources available to them.
Why is wrought iron so sought out by the blacksmith's? I can't find an answer really.
It's softer and easier to forge weld than mild steel, with slightly better corrosion resistance. If etched it also has a really prominent grain
Well most people out in TV Land don't know what in the hell is the difference it would be nice if maybe he would explain he's going into such a big montage of whether it's iron or steel why don't he explained what makes the difference
I assume this video is directed towards some slightly more advanced blacksmiths and how they can find wrought iron as it is easier to work than steel, and has a beautiful layered pattern when polished and finished, akin to Damascus but different.
Picking up old spikes next to the tracks is legally questionable, you can find useable metal but it is legally classified as theft.
Yeah technically. More trespassing than anything.
@@lawnmowerdude going to the tracks is trespassing, actually picking up the spikes is what can be considered theft.
@@garethbaus5471 If you don't want people foraging on ur property, without ur permission, don't leave sh*t all over ur front lawn.
If anything, he's cleaning up their litter.
The railroads near my home, change out their ties and leave huge piles of rotting creosote ties, next to the track, never to be disposed of.
If i did that on my property, i would go to jail for environmental contamination. So screw them. If i want discarded railroad ties i trespass and steal.
@@michael-dm2bv railroads have a lot of special legal protections especially when it comes to using their old material as scrap.
@@garethbaus5471 thank u for ur martian Revelation 12:7-9 understanding of the math.
If u u scatter gold coins on ur front lawn, and u talk sh*t, u might not find all ur wrought iron.
u didn't read my comment proper. Creosote ties are a biological hazard but proper, when used properly.
Do u know why they call Mars the Red planet?
Trains were invented in 1804
should really look into that narrative.