[TheForge] chinese ASOs

Fri Mar 28 23:47:02 2003

What would be wrong with forge welding a face on a anvil?
I don't have enough fire, expertise, or ambition to undertake a project like
this , but if the old timers made fine anvils like this I'm sure someone
could do it nowadays.
Might be the only one , might be a huge selling point.
Randy Mundt
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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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