[TheForge] broken anvil

[Larry Brown]

Maybe the guy who needs an anvil base should cut a deal with them....


At 09:58 AM 12/18/2011 -0600, you wrote:
>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?
>
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