[TheForge] ranite hardfacing rods

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

Mike,
Before you leave, maybe you can tell me if there is any way of dating this Mouse Hole.  It is marked in hundred weight 0-3-21 (105#) and I think has a 3 on one foot.  This is my first Mouse Hole and it seems clunky in proportions compared to my P.W. and Acme.  The M.H. has a rather small-looking horn compared to the size of the body.  It is rather primitive looking with obvious forge welds between the various segments of it.
 
Horn pointing toward Polaris, of course.
 
Aubrey

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of Mike Spencer
Sent: Tue 5/23/2006 9:53 PM
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Subject: [TheForge] ranite hardfacing rods




> The really odd thing about this anvil is that the face is not
> parallel to the base so that when the anvil is sitting on a level
> surface, the horn-end of the face is a good 1/4 to 1/2 inch lower
> than the heal.

The technical term for this is "cringe" and is the anvil's response to
being used with the horn pointing in the wrong direction for many
years.  Just palce a small magnet on the underside of the heel
oriented the other way and after a few decades it will.....

Um, sorry, I'll just be getting my coat....

- Mike

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