[TheForge] To ring or not to ring[was anvil i d]

[Chuck Robinson]

You want to disrupt the vibrational harmonics of the anvil.
Try a strong magnet under the tail stock.
Use a rubber  or lead pad between the anvil and its base.
Haven't tried it, but you could coat the undersurfaces with antisieze 
compound. sort of like the anti squeal compounds on disc pad shims.
Some folks hang a large lead weigh from the horn or tailstock with a loop of 
wire or chain.
If all else fails wear ear plugs and insulate the interior of the shop with 
the space age sound absorbing material now sold by J C whitney to line car 
engine compartments
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Porter" <michael.a.porter at comcast.net>
To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:09 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] To ring or not to ring[was anvil i d]


> Chuck,
> Disagreement is good, and I'm not for dead anvils. I'm also not for 
> ringing
> anvils, nor is any urban blacksmith wannabe; we all have neighbors and 
> cops
> to contend with. Loud noises are no more welcome to them than coal smoke.
> Will you please discuss the several ways?
> Mikey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Chuck Robinson
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 9:13 AM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] To ring or not to ring[was anvil i d]
>
> Strongly disagree.
> There are several ways to muffle the ring of an anvil but no way to put
> decent hammer rebound in a dead anvil, short of a major rebuild. That's 
> the
> 3rd  deadly sin  for a blacksmith,and an easy way to help ruin your
> hammering arm.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Porter" <michael.a.porter at comcast.net>
> To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:30 PM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] To ring or not to ring[was anvil i d]
>
>
>>I think anvil ringing is a more important subject even than bounce-back 
>>for
>> urban smiths who have close neighbors. The subject is quite interesting 
>> to
>> me. I'd like to know more about that aluminum anvil with the steel plate;
>> explosive welded bimetal or what?
>> Mikey
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Frost
>> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:13 PM
>> To: Sponsored by ABANA
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] To ring or not to ring[was anvil i d]
>>
>>
>> From: "Demon Buddha" <osan at netlabs.net>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jerry Frost wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know what factors do determine when a good quality anvil will 
>>>> or
>>>> won't ring though. As I don't plan on producing a line of anvils I 
>>>> think
>>>> I'll hold off on the indepth research as well. <grin>
>>>
>>> Cast iron is well known for its sound dampening qualities.
>>>
>>
>> When I said that I was under the impression my Sodorfors was cast iron 
>> and
>
>> a
>>
>> painfully loud ringer. This morning I find out it's cast steel. So, what 
>> I
>> thought was an exception turns out not to be and I'm not so mystified
>> anymore.
>>
>> I'm still not going to start producing a line of anvils, I wear ear
>> protection regardless (usually) so am still not going to do much research
>> on
>>
>> it. <grin>
>>
>> Frosty
>> -------------------------------
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>> it ain't real.
>> Wrought iron is.
>> The FrostWorks
>>
>> Meadow Lakes, AK.
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