[TheForge] Free the Stake!

[Larry Brown]

Maybe try soaking it in kerosene or hanging by the stake and building a 
wood fire under the swadge block. If you get the block hot that way it 
probably wont crack even if it drops a few inches into the wood fire. A 
couple of heat cycles might work well, get it to about 300 and let it cool 
then build the fire back up again, repeat
L Brown



>-----Original Message-----
>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Hirst
>Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:27 AM
>To: Sponsored by ABANA
>Subject: [TheForge] Free the Stake!
>
>Years ago, I bought a big, beautiful stake anvil (about 100lb) and a big,
>beautiful swage block (150 lb) as a single auction lot. They were sold
>together because the stake anvil was mounted in the swage block, and the
>auctioneer was not about to attempt to separate them. The bottom end of the
>stake is about 2" square and was driven and no doubt rusted into the 2"
>square in the block. Well, long story short, they are still a single unit,
>although I have tried several times to separate them. I have got some use
>out of them as they are, but each is limited somewhat by the arrangement,
>and the time has come to separate them. This thing has been an albatross for
>more years than I care to admit, and I would be eternally grateful for
>information on how to end the madness.
>
>PGH