[TheForge] Anvil shaving 101

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> 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

Well, Justin, it could be done, but probably not in a back yard smithy. 200
+ lbs of steel is an awful lot of thermal mass, and you'd need an awful lot
of water to cool it quickly- the ones I've heard of that have done this have
used active flowing streams and firehoses.

The thing that gave me the biggest giggle, is the image of you trying to
stir a 200+ lb anvil around in a slack tub- makes my back hurt, to think of
it ;-)

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....