[TheForge] Re: Anvils

[David E. Smucker]

That explains how they bonded the steel to aluminum.  Could make the base 
out of some nice wood too, instead of aluminum.  Oh, that has been done --  
they call them stake anvils.

Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Tull" <dantull at numail.org>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Anvils


> 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>
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> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 9:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Anvils
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>
>> 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>
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>> 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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