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Does anyone know of a place to buy a small piece of old railroad track in the 50-75lb range so maybe 18"
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I need to build up my arm muscles *a lot* by basically hammering before I can take a blacksmith course that ends with bladesmithing. I took a 2 hour intro course with relatively little hammering and my arm couldn't really handle even that! But the guy teaching it said that you want something at least as sturdy as a railroad tie for vibrational control while I build up my stamina before the real course starts. On the other hand, I won't be doing forging at home, so I don't need to buy an expensive anvil. A railroad tie is a good choice for what I need he said..
You probably have this covered already, but if not; you can read up a little on helpful technique to make it easier. Like body stance and swinging technique. Like try to stand fairly close, let the hammer work, only work the steel in forging temp range etc.
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