[TheForge] Anvil restoration and firebrick.

[Ron Childers]

Rob, the bricks should be ok for a hearth on a coal forge after they get a
fresh water soak and sit in the sun a week or so, but I wouldn't use them in
a gas forge. When @ where did the barge go down? It might be a good place to
catch fish.

If the anvil is cast iron you may have a real problem. Is it a steel face?
What brand is it? If you have a good welder you may be able to salvage it.
I've done it, but if you have to pay a welding and machine shop it probably
isn't worth it. Tell us more about the anvil. 

Ron C

>>> wskewinu at mac.com 4/27/2006 11:26:00 PM >>>
Hello to all.  I have enjoyed reading the vast array of topics and 
information.  Here's my first posting.
I have a 192# anvil I picked up in NH a few years back.  There are a 
few large chips broken out of the face and a very dull horn.  What is 
the correct way to repair this?
Also, I picked up about a third of a pallet of firebrick from the 
inside of a sunken barge.  They were in salt water for for a long time

but they don't seem to be mushy or tender whey they're dry.  Might 
there be an issue of the residual salt or moisture?
Thanks for the help,
Rob Hill

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