[TheForge] I don't think so

Sun Feb 23 13:50:00 2003

If the anvil was a Trenton, the temperature likely had nothing to do with
the break.
Ray Baker
Frontier Forge
Olympia, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "R.C.Mundt" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] I don't think so


> I seen an anvil broke intwo right around the waist many years ago so I get
> paranoid using a big hammer on the horn in any weather.
>  Randy Mundt
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 3:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] I don't think so
>
>
> > I get paranoid if Im about to wail away on the horn with a sledge but
then
> I
> > think that the anvil body is wrought iron which is a lot less brittle
than
> > carbon steel.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jerry Frost" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: 23 February, 2003 4:08 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] I don't think so
> >
> >
> > > I've never heard of anyone breaking an anvil due to extreme cold
either.
> > > Other forms of abuse? Oh yeah, but not cold.
> > >
> > > On the other hand I have personal experience with steel and extreme
> cold.
> > At
> > > one time, many years ago, I worked for a masonry contractor who ended
up
> > > working too late in an early winter. On one job at around -25f I had a
> > piece
> > > of #5 rebar snap off in my hand with much less force than it'd take to
> > break
> > > a surveyors lathe. On another occasion, working for a service station
we
> > > were pushing a dead Ford Galaxy into the shop at around -35f. The
> customer
> > > jumped in to help and pushed both hands right through the trunk lid.
> > > Everybody at the station knew to push on corners only but the customer
> > > didn't and moved before we could say anything. His trunk lid had two
> > > shoulder spaced holes about 5" dia, almost perfect circles, both
"slugs"
> > > broke in almost perfect half circles.
> > >
> > > One last example I didn't see happen but saw the pieces was a 16'
length
> > of
> > > 13" wide flange that got dropped off the truck deck and broke in
several
> > > pieces in Fairbanks, temp was around -45f according to the driver. I
was
> > > working for the supplier who shipped the steel north and subsequently
> got
> > > the pieces back for exchange.
> > >
> > > All that said, perhaps no anvils have broken in use at extremely cold
> > temps.
> > > Is this because the effects of extreme cold are a myth or perhaps
> nobody's
> > > worked one due to the cautionary tale? Doesn't matter to me either
way,
> > it's
> > > too easy to avoid finding out. Better safe than sorry.
> > >
> > > Frosty
> > > ------------------------
> > > If it ain't forged
> > > it ain't real.
> > > Wrought iron is.
> > > The FrostWorks
> > >
> > > Meadow Lakes, AK.
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Franklyn D. Garland" <[email protected]>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 3:16 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [TheForge] I don't think so
> > >
> > >
> > > > Well this may start another round...
> > > >
> > > > I have always viewed the "break your anvil in cold weather" concept
as
> a
> > > fable.  To date, after
> > > > over ten years of working through Chicago winters, I have yet to
break
> > an
> > > anvil.  I have, on the
> > > > other hand, been really frustrated when my #200 heat sink sucked the
> > heat
> > > out of the metal I
> > > > was trying to work on.
> > > >
> > > > During the winter I actually try to work the big pieces first.  They
> > hold
> > > the heat longer and warm
> > > > up the anvil for the smaller stuff later.  Granted, the hammers are
no
> > > bigger than about #4, but
> > > > I ain't busted a single anvil yet!
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Franklyn D. Garland
> > > > The Celtic Knot Forge
> > > > The Elektric Anvil
> > > > http://www.celticknot.com
> > > > http://www.elektricanvil.net
> > > > ICQ #7171572
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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