[TheForge] Anvil shaving 101

[Chuck Robinson]

Hey Justin,
Rebuilding the edges is a do-able project:
Get a $20 propane weed burner from Harbor Freight and a 250 F tempil stick.
Put the anvil face up on some steel blocks to raise the bottom about 4" off 
the round.
Preheat the anvil with the burner on the sides and bottom until the tempil 
marks on the face change,
Weld up the dings with new 7018 rod and peen the weld bead with light blows 
till you arm falls off.
 Then cover the anvil with an insulating layer of inswool blanket or place a 
big card board box around the anvil and fill it with vermiculite.
Let the anvil slow cool to ambient temperature.
The 7018 rod will be a little soft but it will work harden and won't chip 
off like some hard facing rod will.
Never heat an anvil above about 350 F.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin Fellenz" <sunironworks at yahoo.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anvil shaving 101


> Grin. Maybe I could make enough to make up for wrecking a perfectly
> good anvil....
>
> I guess I'll look for a really thrashed one. I was just outside looking
> at it, and the face is ok but the endges are just beat. I'm guessing
> that if I hard surfaced just those and fixed em up, it would probably
> wreck the rest of the anvil, and I'd be back to making video.
>
> Oh well, it works good for what it is.
>
> Justin.
> --- Dan Tull <dantull at numail.org> 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).
>>
>>
>> ----- 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
>>
>>
>> > 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
>> >
>> >
>> >> 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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