[TheForge] Top of a broken anvil

[dan tull]

Trenton advertised "Rings like a bell".  And does.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Washington, Aubrey O." <awashington at ou.edu>
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Cast iron makes a thunk sound.  A wrought anvil (with steel top) can ring 
very loudly.  I three anvils (Peter Wright, Mouse Hole, and Trenton) that 
have wrought iron bodies and they all have a nice ring and good rebound.

Aubrey

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On 
Behalf Of Jonathan Barnhart [blakkpawss at yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:23 PM
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Subject: RE: [TheForge] Top of a broken anvil

I'm not sure it's wrought.  It rings like bell when I hit it.  I thought 
that most Iron made more of a thunk or a thud when you hit it?


--- On Wed, 9/10/08, Washington, Aubrey O. <awashington at ou.edu> wrote:

> From: Washington, Aubrey O. <awashington at ou.edu>
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Top of a broken anvil
> To: "blakkpawss at yahoo.com" <blakkpawss at yahoo.com>, "Blacksmithing List 
> Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 2:43 PM
> That should work.  The trickiest part may be welding the
> steel to the anvil top, if the anvil top is wrought iron.
> You may need a high nickel rod for that connection.  There
> are some welding experts on this list who may chime in.
>
> Aubrey
>
> ________________________________________
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jonathan
> Barnhart [blakkpawss at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 2:04 PM
> To: The Forge
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Top of a broken anvil
>
> Well, I'm planning on using some 2" think steel in
> a flat rectangular form to make pieces to go under it.
> I'd planned on setting them side by side and orienting
> them vertically.  I figured that they'd be strongest
> against the force of the hammer blow in this configuraion.
> Will it be safe then to make one large flat plate added
> under these in a horizontal manner as a mount plate?  I
> figured on setting a larger rectangle under with some holes
> drilled in it.  Then when I make my base for the anvil,
> I'll set some allthread in the base to match the holes.
> Then, I can tighten it down with some nuts.
>
>
> --- On Wed, 9/10/08, Washington, Aubrey O.
> <awashington at ou.edu> wrote:
>
> > From: Washington, Aubrey O. <awashington at ou.edu>
> > Subject: RE: [TheForge] Top of a broken anvil
> > To: "blakkpawss at yahoo.com"
> <blakkpawss at yahoo.com>, "Blacksmithing List
> Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 1:49 PM
> > One point that may have been lost in the discussion is
> the
> > orientation of steel plates.  If you are going to
> laminate
> > several plates together, orient them vertically rather
> than
> > horizontally.
> >
> > Aubrey
> >
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [snip]
> >
> > So, in conclusion I think that steel and welding is
> the way
> > to go.  I'll be working out the final details of
> the
> > project.  So, if anyone can think of anything that
> > hasn't been mentioned yet or a better way of doing
> > something that I'm about to do, please speak up.
> When
> > I'm(we're) done fixing it, I'll send out
> some
> > pics.
>
>
>
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