[TheForge] Re: 1018

[Mark A. Pesetsky]

F	About 6 or 7 years ago when I was going through the design of
	an anvil, part of the research was to find a material and means
	of installing it suitable for a working face (I was trying to
	keep costs down by using an inexpensive steel for the body with
	a hard and tough face)

	Well, one iteration of this involved the plasma-arc coating of
	a soft bottom die for a 25# Murray hammer with an alloy called
	C-18.  C-18 is very tough stuff and gave about an RC55 face
	hardness.  The layer was 1/4" thick.

	

What I have is a piece of steel that is 7" Diameter X 12" Tall. I am
thinking of getting a piece of pie that the round ill fit in and weld it ti
some I beam supports to hold the anvil in place. Then I will close the weld
between the anvil and the pipe (O) like such.

Thanks for all of the input thus far guys.

Mark