Picked up a dozen hiking the railroad tracks yesterday. Seems I ought to be able to do something creative with them. I usually don’t create purely for art’s sake, I want it to be practical.

I can wire wheel the rust off but can’t heat it enough to work that way.

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
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    You could use them to secure some steel rails to large wooden sleepers, and then transport goods and people on carriages that roll upon the rails.

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      1 month ago

      Seems someone already tried that and left a bunch laying around. Must have been a failed experiment.

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          1 month ago

          These silly kids with their new fads. They should do something productive instead, like leash two large beasts of labour to a wheeled cart and transport goods and raw materials that way instead.

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            Back in the good old days, we used to carry things with our hands.