[TheForge] Re: Anvils

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

It was made for farriers,   Centaur used to sell them.  

Charles

David E. Smucker wrote:

> Interesting -- I have never heard of an anvil made part out of 
> aluminum (wonder metal) and steel.  Not sure why other than if is for 
> ease of movement.  From my view point aluminum has neither the mass 
> nor stiffness required for a really good anvil.  But from what you say 
> with a steel face and  has good rebound.  Is the horn steel or 
> aluminum ?  Some of the aerospace alloys have lots of strength but 
> bounding them to steel is not easy.  It can be done as either a 
> friction weld or rolling mill forge weld. (Maybe explosive too but I 
> have never seen that my self.)  If I was going to try to make a 
> composite aluminum steel anvil I would first roll bond (rolling mill 
> forge weld) steel to an aluminum substrate and then weld the aluminum 
> to the rest of the anvil.   How was this one was made?  Cast aluminum 
> base into a dovetailed steel face?
>
> In Alcoa we used to call aluminum the wonder metal -- "I wonder what 
> it is good for besides beer cans and airplanes?"  But hey, they pay my 
> pension. And yes it has many many other good uses.
>
> Dave Smucker
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