[TheForge] Anvil shaving 101

[Justin Fellenz]

Well, Phlip (chuckling...)

As it turns out I have a big ol river down at the toes of my farm. The
idea I had was to take a skidsteer down to the beach, hang the anvil
upside down from the forks over a portable forge, and then dump it in
the water and kinda jiggle it up and down. I guess an oil quench would
be better but I think *that* might be tough to pull off.

You might see the steam plume, I dunno.

I'm a pretty strong guy, but holding 275 lb of red hot metal out at the
arms length would be a pretty tricky. Makes for a good tall tale. I bet
Paul Bunyan coulda done it. And he'd probably pull a nice fried fish
outta the river with the anvil.

Justin.
--- Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
> 
> 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....
> 
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