[TheForge] Dont put your tongue on a frozen anvil

[Grover Richardson]

I understand the concept.  But I wonder if an anvil a mere 80 degrees cooler
will break?  I'm not a metalurgist (though I suspect there are those lurking
here that are<G>.  But if an additional 80 degrees will cause it to break, I
wonder if it was correctly constructed originally????  We tend to use
freezing as a step function in the world, and for us it is.  But to metal,
it appears to only be just another degree colder<G>.

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I had always heard the issue was potential damage to the anvil, not just 
losing heat in the work.   I tend to preheat my anvil even though it 
doesn't get that cold in Texas.  Easy enough to do. 

Charles

Grover Richardson wrote:

>So, a cold anvil is only .04494382 colder than the warm anvil.  That is 
>about 4.5%.  Measurable, but not metal threatning<G>.  Yes, it will 
>have a (possibly noticeable) effect.
>
>  
>

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