Great look at blacksmithing ! Can you imagine how difficult and time consuming making hammers and other tools were before power tools. You can see why the forges back then had apprentices and several helpers. You can also see why blacksmith created goods were so very expensive then. People with tools were wealthy. The creation of water powered hammers changed a lot of the blacksmithing and helped bring down the prices. Later, mass production methods brought the prices down enough so that the everyday person could afford tools.
"railroad spikes don't have enough Carbon to make (x)..." That depends entirely on where the spike was made. I'm from up in the mountains of coal country, and our spikes in my county are roughly equivalent to 1070... but the spikes from nearly everywhere else that I've seen are about 1040 equivalent at best, with a lot of it much lower than that, and some "good" spikes from elsewhere that throw sparks that seem to indicate over 0.50% Carbon, but less sparking than 0.70%. Railroad construction was a regional thing, done by dozens of companies who sourced their steel from different places at different times and with different pressures on them that made them choose different materials and even different manufacturing that led to a wide range of Carbon contents across otherwise "identical" pieces depending on where, or when, it was requisitioned. If a local mill had a major surplus of 1075, and therefore its cost was low, a railroad company wasn't going to tell them to fire up the iron furnace or the foundry and make some new steel with half as much Carbon for more money... they were going to order them to make spikes from the material that was already made and was cheap.
Tolle Schmiedekunst, Danke dafür. Es ist mit Industriestahl eine Menge Arbeit aber davor war es noch ein mehrfaches an Schmiedearbeit. Im Gegensatz zu dem Qualitätskohlenstoffstahl war unverhütteter Eisenschwamm aus Rennöfen mit sehr geringen Kohlenstoffgehalt schwer zu brauchbaren Stahl zu schmieden.
The continuing story of the Railroad Spike,. It's the Ugly Duckling story of a not so beautiful railroad Spike becoming a Strong tool of Creations ... Stay alive Chris
@@christheother9088 yes I buy the HC railroad spikes brand new from eBay. I know there’s something of a law around using “used”railroad spikes and how they belong to the railroad or the government or something.
It was the strangest thing… walked into a garage sale in a basement and the guy had literal tons of knife making and blacksmithing stuff he’d bought but never used! When he died his son sold it all but kept the 250lb anvil to put in his man cave… what a shame!
Great look at blacksmithing ! Can you imagine how difficult and time consuming making hammers and other tools were before power tools. You can see why the forges back then had apprentices and several helpers. You can also see why blacksmith created goods were so very expensive then. People with tools were wealthy. The creation of water powered hammers changed a lot of the blacksmithing and helped bring down the prices. Later, mass production methods brought the prices down enough so that the everyday person could afford tools.
Really enjoyed this and the RR to something else series! Nice little ball-peen hammer! Great job! 👍
I have buckets of spikes and have been thinking along the lines of making some body hammers. Nice job, time to fire up the gas forge Thanks
So, "When you're a hammer, everything is a nail." Is a bit more accurate. Nice work.
I'm really liking that series of videos! Ever thought about making a combination wrench out of a railroad spike? Keep the forge lit 🔥🔥
That would be a fun challenge! I was thinking a pair of pliers next, maybe using two spikes
Great video. Mahalo for sharing!
This would be excellent for a forging class.
I used one to make a large round face body hammer! Been in use for around 4-5 years. Now I need to learn this. 😁✌️
Nice little project. We shared this video on our homemade tool forum last week 😎
I'd own it.
Fun
Very cool
Nice
"railroad spikes don't have enough Carbon to make (x)..."
That depends entirely on where the spike was made. I'm from up in the mountains of coal country, and our spikes in my county are roughly equivalent to 1070... but the spikes from nearly everywhere else that I've seen are about 1040 equivalent at best, with a lot of it much lower than that, and some "good" spikes from elsewhere that throw sparks that seem to indicate over 0.50% Carbon, but less sparking than 0.70%. Railroad construction was a regional thing, done by dozens of companies who sourced their steel from different places at different times and with different pressures on them that made them choose different materials and even different manufacturing that led to a wide range of Carbon contents across otherwise "identical" pieces depending on where, or when, it was requisitioned.
If a local mill had a major surplus of 1075, and therefore its cost was low, a railroad company wasn't going to tell them to fire up the iron furnace or the foundry and make some new steel with half as much Carbon for more money... they were going to order them to make spikes from the material that was already made and was cheap.
😊👍
Tolle Schmiedekunst, Danke dafür. Es ist mit Industriestahl eine Menge Arbeit aber davor war es noch ein mehrfaches an Schmiedearbeit. Im Gegensatz zu dem Qualitätskohlenstoffstahl war
unverhütteter Eisenschwamm aus Rennöfen mit sehr geringen Kohlenstoffgehalt schwer zu brauchbaren Stahl zu schmieden.
👍👍👍👍👍👍
I understand your urge to say nails but that is a spike and you know it
Tomato tomato
The continuing story of the Railroad Spike,. It's the Ugly Duckling story of a not so beautiful railroad Spike becoming a Strong tool of Creations ... Stay alive Chris
Do you buy those online?
@@christheother9088 yes I buy the HC railroad spikes brand new from eBay. I know there’s something of a law around using “used”railroad spikes and how they belong to the railroad or the government or something.
"a hammer eye drift I bought at a garage sale"
Where do you live?!?!?
It was the strangest thing… walked into a garage sale in a basement and the guy had literal tons of knife making and blacksmithing stuff he’d bought but never used! When he died his son sold it all but kept the 250lb anvil to put in his man cave… what a shame!
@MakeEverything no way! That's wild lol
What I’m saying is if you were having a conversation and kept saying nails like some sort of cool guy it wouldn’t translate
but why?
Because it's fun, doesn't take much to do, brings experience, and overall is a rewarding project. And after all, why not?
Alright, I'm convinced. seasons greetings
@@diggy-d8w Have a nice day!
because the voices