[TheForge] WTB: Any hardy tools to fit 3/4 inch hardy hole

[Dann Johnson]

It probably wouldn't take long to make a 7/8 into a 3/4 inch using your 
side grinder.  The dimensions  of the hardy hole in my old anvils are 
generally NOT a perfect square.  I like a hardy that has a long enough 
shank that it sticks through  the bottom of the anvil.  That way it is easy 
to pop out with a hammer from the bottom, and it is unlikely to  jump out 
on its own.

I own a few  "store bought"  hardies  ..  some of the others  I  made by 
forging solid stock to fit.

Back a year or two ago, some one on this list talked about arc welding 
square tubing to the base of  the working hardy tool head to make a new 
hardy.  In another discussion,   perhaps , it was Saint Phlip  suggested 
that  simple angle iron welded to the base of the new hardy tool would work 
just as well.  I tried it, and think that the single angle iron shank of an 
angle iron base hardies  work ok.

Note:  If you forget or fail to remove the hardy before  you return 
to  hammering iron... you risk accidently bashing / injuring your  hammer- 
hand  on the hardy tool.   Some one once lectured me about that, and  sure 
enough,  he was right.

Dann Johnson