[TheForge] anvil repair

[Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer]

At 08:06 PM 5/14/01, you wrote:


>Hey all,
>     I know this has been discussed but i didn't pay attention and now I
>need the advice. I have a divot in my anvil.  Can I use my lincoln stick
>welder to fill it and then smooth it with the grinder?  Will it be too
>brittle? Will I screw up the anvil? Should I just continue to live with
>it?
>
>Dan
>www.visi.com/~irontree
>--
>"Isn't sanity just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean, all
>you get is that one trick, rational thinking, but when
>you're good and crazy, well, the sky's the limit!"
>
>          - The Tick

Hey Dan; Nice site, good quote!
Live with it. Even smooth it some with a grinder and use it.
The best jobs of anvil repair are  not as good  as new by far.
If the divot is in the face and was made by an errant hammer, you can work 
it out to a degree
by hammering around it , working inwards in concentric circles with a 
medium weight crowned polished hammer.
Pete
<http://www.peterfels.com>



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