[TheForge] chinese ASOs

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I have considered two approaches for attaching a steel face,  one is to 
mill a huge dovetail into the cast iron anvil, and a dovetail slot sized 
for an interference fit, into a chunk of steel for the top.    I would 
then heat the face to a cherry red ram it home and quench it.    I 
wanted the tail in the anvil so that the cast iron would be in 
compression rather than tension.    The second approach I have 
considered is to drill and tap holes in the face of the iron anvil, and 
to drill and countersink holes in the steel face.  I would then attach 
using high carbon socket head cap screws, and then weld over them.     I 
have a couple of old anvils that I might try this on.  I had three, but 
managed to trade an antique cast iron anvil for a really nice Peter 
Wright that was doing planter duty.   That is of course, the best way to 
transform a cheap cast iron anvil (the chipped up iron faces  having 
more character and obviously signifying greater antiquity)  

Charles

lama wrote:

>That Frosty is a pretty smart dude, but I never heard of brazing a hardface
>to an anvil.
>The wrought ones were forge welded on. I have heard of using electric "plug
>welds"
>through the hard face plate then an "edge weld" around the whole hard face
>to attach
>it to an anvil body. That might work well with a cast iron anvil body and a
>hard face plate.
>dave m
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