[TheForge] broken anvil

[Bob Ehrenberger]

In 1996 or 97 Tom thought it would make a great demo to forge weld a steel 
plate onto an old anvil that had one come loose.

They started by preheating the anvil on an open top gas forge, It was then 
moved to a pit forge like rosting a pig at a luau. At the same time the new 
face plate was being heated in a regular coal forge. While things were 
heating up Tom ran drills, so that when it was time there would be 4 guys 
with sledge hammers to preforme the welding opperation.  They miscalculated 
just how hot the pit forge would get and when they pulled the anvil out a 
large section (20 or 30 pounds) had been burned away. Tom then made one of 
his best quotes ever, "It may need to dressed up a bit."

I had only been in BAM for a couple years at the time, so I was just an 
observer, not a participant.  I think that there are pictures on 
www.bamsite.org. I have been meaning to go through the BAM archives to find 
the original account, maybe I'll reprint it some day.

Robert Ehrenberger (BAM editor)
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:22:33 +0000
From: blakkpawss at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [TheForge] broken anvil
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>

I missed something.  What is this Tom Clark BAM anvil you guys are 
referencing?