[TheForge] Anvil shaving 101

[Justin Fellenz]

Jeez, thanks guys, you're a big help. I think you could get it hot
enough and I think you could get it quenched, but tempering accurately
might be tough. Anyone know what the hardness should be? THoughts on
tempering such a beast? Spose if I get this figgered out I could just
make me a new anvil...

Hmmm...

J
--- Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
> 
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> 
> > > 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
> 
> Dan said go for it- I agree- I wanna watch ;-)
> 
> Saint Phlip, 
> CoD
> 
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>  Blacksmith's credo.
> 
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not
> a
> cat.
> 
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
> 
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