[TheForge] Fw: Anvil repair

[Jason Nass]

If you are going to heat treat an anvil face anyway, doesn't it make more
sense just to reface it with a new plate? It just seems a lot easier to
me... I could see maybe spot filling with electrode and then spot heat
treating with a rosebud, but refacing with rod makes no sense to me...

Jason Nass - MacTalis Ironworks
me at wargoth.com


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On 10/14/2010 5:59 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:
> Probably the most common mistake I see is folk using hard facing rod.
>
> If on the other hand you use build up rod like that used in rock 
> crushers all you need do is make sure to control the HAZ and heat 
> treat properly after it's all over. Build up rod is very much impact 
> resistant but will not get brittle and sticks to darned near anything. 
> It's intended to build up under hardfacing rod, there's a serious 
> limit to how many passes you can lay with hardfacing rod. One. We used 
> a bunch of both on drill bits, auger and such. boy I'm glad I'm not a
driller anymore!
>
> Jer
I'm glad you aren't either.
Given a proper heat treat, an arc welded anvil ought to be fine.
Most anvil repairs don't bother.
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