[TheForge] Anvil shaving 101

[Dan Tull]

Go for it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin Fellenz" <sunironworks at yahoo.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anvil shaving 101 


> Along the same lines...
> 
> my spare anvil is a 275 pound peter wright that's pretty flat but
> seriously chipped up on te endges and more than a little dinged on the
> face. I was thinking of hard surfacing it or at least grinding off the
> chips to a nice rounded edge. Thoughts about hard surfacing?
> 
> I was also musing about whether it would be possible to reharden....I
> wondered if you could build a good coal fire and heat it up by hanging
> it upside down in the fire and then quench it and then temper...dunno,
> pretty heavy piece of iron and I really don't have an idea about the
> specs. Thoughts?
> 
> JRF
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