[TheForge] Re: Anvils

[Dan Tull]

Dave,
Not only were they steel over al. , but there was a rubber spacer.
dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Anvils


> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <LrdThorolf at aol.com>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 8:18 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] Re: Anvils
>
>
>> Another thing about my anvil. When I got it, the horn had a real sharp 
>> point
>> on it and walking around it would sometimes catch my leg and leave a 
>> nasty
>> little cut on it. I ground about a half inch off of it, and it quit 
>> biting
>> me. I have a Delta Future 2. Half steel  and half Aluminum. Very  little 
>> ring
>> and a face that if you miss you had better be moving head out of the 
>> way. It
>> weighs 100  pounds but has the size of most 150 to 200  pounders.
>>
>> Later Ike
>> Pan's Forge
>>
>> But I love  the heat. Just want it from the Forge. 4 seasons for me  now.
>>
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