[TheForge] Top of a broken anvil?

[Jerry Frost]

This very situation is currently being discussed on 
IFI. My thought is to drill a couple holes into it from 
the bottom and if possible thread them. Screw several 
pieces of allthread into the holes leaving a foot or so 
extending out the bottom.
Next buy a piece of sonotube (cylindrical cardboard 
concrete form) about the same width as the stand, wood 
block, etc. and after making up some rebar and trimming 
it so it's all the correct working height fill it with 
concrete.

This shouldn't take much more than a hearty drill 
motor, bits a tap or two and a bucket to mix concrete 
in. I'd use readycrete and call it a done deal. Heck, 
you can even buy pigment and make it wood color or 
paint it to look like a stump.

If you wanted to get fancy you could make the portion 
of the concrete form in contact with the remains of the 
anvil look like the bottom half of an anvil. I'm not 
sure what color pigment to use on a concrete mock anvil 
though, would black be right or rust red omre 
authentic? <grin>

Anyway, it'd get it functional for minimum money, 
expertise and time.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Jonathan Barnhart" <blakkpawss at yahoo.com>


> As to the suggestion of buying a good anvil, I'm 
> working on a very low budget.  I was hoping to make 
> some extra money smithing.  I thought if I could fix 
> this one so that I can use it in a makeshift manner 
> for a bit, I might make up enough to eventually 
> replace it with something better.  So, buying 
> anything right now is out of the question.
>
> As for the repairs, I'm not sure if I can manage the 
> welding myself.  I'm trying to learn, but I don't 
> have much experience.  My Dad can weld, but he's only 
> a minor repair kind of guy.  He's always patched his 
> own farming gear, but not much else.  I've always 
> been told though, that if it was hardened and 
> tempered that you needed to anneal it before you 
> could weld it safely.  I thought about bolting plates 
> to either side of it, but I don't think I have enough 
> metal under it to bolt something to.  Should I post 
> the pics to give you guys a better idea?
>
>