[TheForge] Anvil repair workshop in NJ

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

  Ah then;
That's a different issue entirely.

On 10/14/2010 4:57 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:
> Unless I'm mistaken (If you believe THAT!) I think this isn't anvil
> repairing with an arc welder. I think any welding is forge and hammer done
> by and under direction of a smith who does this often as in several times a
> week. There's been a thread w/pics on another site talking about some very
> fine repair jobs done on anvils without heals, horns, faces, etc. Of course
> I could have this clinic confused with another fellow's work. Stupid TREE!
> Jer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "peter fels&  phoebe palmer"<artgawk at thegrid.net>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA"<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 1:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anvil repair workshop in NJ (was: Old tools)
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>
>>   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.
>>
>> On 10/13/2010 1:17 PM, Bruce Freeman wrote:
>>> Well, in NJ you can get cheap Chinese anvils at Fazzio's any time you
>>> like.  As one fellow asserted:  "That's a better anvil than you are a
>>> blacksmith!"  (True for many of us, but certainly not all.)
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, if you have a beat-up anvil that you like, NJBA is holding
>>> another anvil-repair workshop on Nov. 13 in Howell, NJ.  See our
>>> website for details (http://njba.abana-chapter.com/ then click
>>> "upcoming meets")
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