[TheForge] Anvil rework, Was reducing fuel costs

[Bob Ehrenberger]

The anvil showed up at a couple meetings right after the repair.  I haven't
seen it for several years.  I don't think that it was Tom's anvil, he was
just in charge of fixing it.  It would have been real cool if things hadn't
gone wrong and they really did forge weld a new face on an old anvil.  The
problem they had was the forge wasn't big enough to bring that much steel up
to welding heat.  So they put together a make shift forge by digging a pit
and burying a blow pipe for the air.  It was just too hard to monitor the
temp.

With a big enough forge and equipment to handle a hot anvil it should be
possible. Any takers?

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.

>
> I was wondering how long it would take for someone to catch the mistake.
It
> would have been nice to let another group carry the shame for a while.

Jeez Louise... how embarrassing... I never even noticed.  DUH.

I'll be down here in the basement eating worms, if anyone needs me.
>
> I'll never forget to look on Tom Clark's face when they pulled the anvil
off
> the fire and a third of the face was gone. His only comment was that we
> might have to dress it up a little before welding the plate on.

I'd have paid money to see that.

What ever happened to that anvil?  I'd be tempted to trade one of
my good ones for that one.