[TheForge] Anvil shaving 101

[Michael Horgan]

Lessee, Where did those photos of the BAMA Anvil Face Welding Project go....

At 03:55 PM 5/26/2005, you wrote:
>Chuck is a spoil sport.
>We want video.
>I guarantee you , you can sell copies of that.
>Everyone wants to know how to temper their anvils ( or not).
>
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>----- Original Message ----- From: <robi5515 at bellsouth.net>
>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anvil shaving 101
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>>Hey Justin,
>>I make anvils and my advice is don't screw with it
>>As long as it has a decent hammer rebound and you can work on it leave it 
>>alone.
>>You don't know for sure whether it has been surfaced before. If you can 
>>find some one with a set of Rockwell files, the optimal RC is 50 to 55.
>>If you dress the face and try to harden it you might mess up the face to 
>>body weld.
>>Chuck
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Fellenz" <sunironworks at yahoo.com>
>>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 4:11 PM
>>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anvil shaving 101
>>
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>>>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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