[TheForge] Re: Power hammer questions

[Jerry Frost]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <sjs@ihug.com.au>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Power hammer questions


> hmmm I always thought that any cast iron anvil was refered to as an ASO or
> anvil shaped object and that real anvils were wrought bodies or cast
steel,
> guess I was wrong huh
>
> PS
>  what makes those chinese ASO's so useless then?
>
>

They're just cast iron, no steel face.

They're not totally useless though; they're perfect for teaching a student
to hit the work NOT the anvil. Other than that they don't even make good
anchors. <grin>

Frosty
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Wrought iron is.
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