[TheForge] chinese ASOs

Sat Mar 29 00:45:01 2003

Forge welding a face would work on a wrought iron anvil and maybe a steel
anvil.
The anvils in question are the cast iron ones. I don't think you can forge
weld to cast iron.
So far, I've heard several possible solutions that could work. The thing to
do is come up a technique that isn't too expensive. Meaning cheaper than
buying a decent anvil. :-)
Rob
PS
Sorry to hear that vacuum brazing is such an expensive proposition.

----- Original Message -----
From: "R.C.Mundt" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] chinese ASOs

> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] chinese ASOs
>
>
> > 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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