donkpow Posted August 17, 2022 Share #1 Posted August 17, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 17, 2022 Share #2 Posted August 17, 2022 Seems like a great way to start grass and forest fires while seeing some magnificent unburnt landscapes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted August 17, 2022 Share #3 Posted August 17, 2022 interesting process 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted August 17, 2022 1 hour ago, jsharr said: Seems like a great way to start grass and forest fires while seeing some magnificent unburnt landscapes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 17, 2022 Share #5 Posted August 17, 2022 That was really well done and informative. Not only that but it was written with folks like jsharr in mind and not too complicated. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 17, 2022 Share #6 Posted August 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: That was really well done and informative. Not only that but it was written with folks like jsharr in mind and not too complicated. Are pictures and gifs “writing”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 17, 2022 Share #7 Posted August 17, 2022 Another guy and I were assigned to grind the rolled over edge off a crane rail. In about 5 hours of grinding we cleaned up about 4 feet of rail. Rail is pretty hard steel to start with, and the work hardening that occurs when actually rolling an edge on to it makes it into extremely hard steel. After some analyzing it was decided to replace the rail rather than grind it. It was way over a 100 degrees at the rail, we wore ice vests that made the temperatures bearable, but a little over a foot of rail per hour, on a 600 foot railway was not expectable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 18, 2022 Share #8 Posted August 18, 2022 51 minutes ago, Further said: Another guy and I were assigned to grind the rolled over edge off a crane rail. In about 5 hours of grinding we cleaned up about 4 feet of rail. Rail is pretty hard steel to start with, and the work hardening that occurs when actually rolling an edge on to it makes it into extremely hard steel. After some analyzing it was decided to replace the rail rather than grind it. It was way over a 100 degrees at the rail, we wore ice vests that made the temperatures bearable, but a little over a foot of rail per hour, on a 600 foot railway was not expectable. Did you try the acetylene grinder? Use that first and do the finish grinding with a wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 18, 2022 Share #9 Posted August 18, 2022 58 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Did you try the acetylene grinder? Use that first and do the finish grinding with a wheel. Don't give them ideas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 18, 2022 Share #10 Posted August 18, 2022 I always used the acetylene grinder on splitting wedges that mushroomed over. If you are good with a torch you don’t even have to use a grinder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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