[TheForge] broken anvil

[Ben Barrett]

For base repair, is it reasonable to cast a molded fit/match, and then
braze or JB Weld it on?

BenB


On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net>wrote:

> Fabricating a base shouldn't be too hard, unless you want it to look
> original. Getting that much steel up to forging temp would take a lot of
> special equipment and experience.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
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> I have the top half of an anvil my Grandpa salvaged from somewhere.  The
> face is good and so is the horn.  It's missing it's base from the waist
> down.  Looks like somebody used a torch to cut it off there.  I was trying
> to figure out a way to put a base back on it and mount and use it, when I
> found the anvil I have.  I believe the broken one is a Peter Wright like
> the
> one I bought.  Although, I think it might have been a bigger anvil if it
> were whole.  Still kind of want to fix it and use it.
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> We stopped at an Amish harness shop to get neatsfoot oil and saw the worst
> abused anvil I have ever come across (except the Tom Clark anvil repair
> gone
> wrong). I've seen anvils with missing horns, and anvils broken through the
> hardy hole, but this one had the base, horn and about 4 inched of the face
> left the rest was gone. The brake started over the center of the base and
> angled towards the rear of the base.
>
> I asked the owner if had the rest of it. He did not.  He also had no
> knowledge of how it got broken.  For a brief moment  I considered offering
> to buy it, but without the back half the repair would be a monumental job.
> >From the size of the horn, I would guess that it started life as a 170 to
> 200 pound anvil. There was about 100 pounds left. I couldn't make out the
> name.
>
> On top of it all, he didn't even have neatsfoot oil for sale.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
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