[TheForge] Fw: Anvil repair

[dan tull]

>    Was reluctant to jump on Peter's post, but since my friend Andy did, I 
> will respond also.
>    In Appalachia, we mostly find farm anvils that were mistreated by the 
> grandson of the farmer that(was a blacksmith)shoed mules and sharpened 
> plows. Broken faces, chipped corners,and deep dings because he was too 
> lazy to start a fire. In the industrial North, you can find shop anvils in 
> pristine condition. We needed to repair anvils.Using the proper rod, will 
> not cause anvils to"...catastrophically fail under use."
>    I am a full time smith, and have regularly use repaired anvils for the 
> last 22 years. I have used MG750 rods successfully.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anvil repair workshop in NJ
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>> peter fels & phoebe palmer wrote:
>>>   Be extremely reluctant to weld on an anvil that has any life left in 
>>> it.
>>> Many functional anvils have been ruined that way.
>>> The HAZ from any welding bead ruins the temper and grain structure of
>>> the adjacent face.
>>> In the long run, most welded-on anvils will catastrophically fail under 
>>> use.
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>> WILL?  Might fail.  Example: my 124# mouse was the guinea pig for the
>> NJBA event.  Marshall laid in  beads of several different compositions
>> so we could determine which we liked best.  That was about 13 years ago
>> and I've worked that anvil much.  It spent at least 2 years in the shop
>> at Allaire with all manner of newbies doing all manner of horribly
>> unsound things to it.  There is precisely ONE small ding in the edge and
>> that was my doing when a rather strong blow went errant.
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>> If the job is done correctly, and we've rebuilt probably 100 or more by
>> this time (Bruce?), the anvil will be left in better than new condition.
>>  We preheat them carefully, even when rod mfr. says it is  not
>> necessary, grind out all the edges deeply - chasing cracks pretty far
>> into the face, lay the wire in properly, and then grind them (my job,
>> mainly) to form.  I have yet to hear of a single failure in any of our
>> jobs.  Of course, I'm now in WV and may be somewhat out of that loop.
>> I"m thinking I may have to be present for the coming event.
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