[TheForge] chinese ASOs

Fri Apr 4 13:52:00 2003

Frosty,
It's out of my line, but the H&H Brazing Book says that this type of
braze is done with preformed flux and sheet brazing material.  Should be
real simple.  The only catch is the effect of the heat on the steel
plate.  How would you harden it?
Bruce 
NJ

>>> [email protected] 03/28/03 01:48PM >>>
Something I've contemplated and will try one of these days is putting
a
steel face on a cast iron chinese junk anvil.

It shouldn't be too hard to do:

Grind the existing face smooth and make a matching steel plate.

Build a heavy steel stand to hold the anvil upside down a foot or so
off the
ground.

Put the steel plate on the stand, flux it, lay either brazing rod or a
thin
sheet of brass on it, flux it and lay the anvil upside down on it.

True it all up and build a big fire under and around it.

Watch closely when it starts hitting bright red. When you see brass
running
out of the joint rake the fire away and extinguish.

After the braze is cool enough to hold, flip the anvil over and start
the
quench/temper.

It's a thought anyway. <grin>

Frosty
------------------------
If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Power hammer questions

>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
> > The 55 LB H.F. ASOs that I have seen are porous and they do not
have the
> > necessary tool steel plate that a good cast anvil has.
> > Darrell
>
> A friend of mine just dropped off a 55 lb HF cast steel, and it looks
OK.
> I'll likely hafta work on the horn to round it more- it's pretty
flat- but
> it looks like it will be ideal for my purposes, which is to basicly
have
> small, light anvils I can take with me to SCA events, and let them
have
> something to pound on.
>
> Think I'll likely buy a couple.
>
> Phlip
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not
a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>
>
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