[TheForge] ranite hardfacing rods

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Howdy again Bob:
I've seen several previously welded anvil edges where the whole 
surrounding HAZ has cracked off in a chunk(s)leaving a coarse 
grained crater. Ugly, and each successive repair is apt to get 
larger.
It's nice to think that only hot iron will see the face of an 
anvil over it's lifetime...but that's not the reality. I, for 
one, miss now and then, unfortunately. And i work softer metals 
on the anvil cold sometimes as well as doing some cold 
straightening. Further, higher alloy steels and even common 
stainless can be pretty stiff at temperature and beat up an anvil 
( think about forging H13). And, inevitably, it'll have to 
survive the attentions of some clown and a few wanna-bees between 
blacksmiths.
Much as i like the stuff, 7018 won't do that. Anvil makers go to 
a lot of trouble to get that "glass hard" face for a reason.
Now JB weld..that's the ticket!....Pete F

Dan Tull wrote:
> Then why not mig it?
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] ranite hardfacing rods
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>>
>> On May 24, 2006, at 9:05 AM, Ron Childers wrote:
>>
>>> I think of a gash as a small torch cut in the face- A friend has just 
>>> such
>>> an anvil for which I'm trying to work out a trade. It works just fine 
>>> as is
>>> and I've used it in demos, but the torch scar killed its value. He 
>>> bought it
>>> dirt cheap. The Lincoln dealer said 7018 would work fine and the weld 
>>> would
>>> be close to the same color as the steel face. What do you think would 
>>> happen
>>> to the bead if I hammer on metal at forging temp? Fall out like a broken
>>> filling in a tooth?....
>>>
>>
>>
>> I don't see any reason why 7018 would "fall out". The worst that might 
>> happen is that the 7018 would not be as hard as the original anvil 
>> face. That shouldn't be a problem if you are forging hot metal. If the 
>> repair does mush out a little over 20 years the next guy can redo it.
>>
>> Bob
>>
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