[TheForge] anvil repair

[Jerry Frost]

Success speaks for itself Andy so I'll not go on about it. You've 
developed the technique to do it right but I keep hearing so many 
failure stories I dis-recommend hard facing as a matter of course.  My 
only question is, how long did it take you to grind a good finish?

My experience with hard facing is similar. Stoody is old school and okay 
at best. Hobart Smooth arc is GOOD but we burned mostly Lincore 50 and 
it did well. I don't even know if you can still get Eutectic Ultimium 
and no I didn't give it a search. the Ultimium was hands down the best 
anywhere but Eutectic priced themselves out of reach.

Jer

On 7/21/2003 11:24 PM, Andrew Vida wrote:
> Jer, we've been doing it this way over 15 years and to my knowledge 
> there has not been a single failure.  My 128# wrought anvil was the 
> guinea pig and we had at least 4 different rods in it to see which 
> worked best including 2 by Stoody, the Hobart, and one other I do not 
> recall.  The Hobart was BY FAR the best.  That anvil sat in the shop 
> at Allaire village for 2 or 3 years being abused by all the newbies 
> and other loons whom I have witnessed do things to anvils and other 
> equipment that demands shooting.  The only divot came out of one of 
> the Stoody beads.  The rest are immaculate to this day and I have 
> wailed on that little anvil a fair bit.  My 106# PW is all Lincore 50 
> and after more than 10 years not the smallest hint of a chip anything 
> along any of the still razor sharp edges.
>
> It is difficult to argue with success.
>
>>
>> On 4/25/2013 5:10 PM, Andrew Vida wrote:
>>> Grind all broken areas until nothing but bright metal shows. Follow
>>> cracks all the way until they are no more. Preheat anvil to 400* even
>>> if manufacturer of hardface material says it is not needed. It is.
>>>
>>> Lay in your hardface material. Grind to your desired geometry. Done.
>>>
>>> The best electrodes we (NJBA) ever used was Hobart SmoothArc 600, but
>>> that does not come in wire - stick only. For wire we used Lincore 50,
>>> though I believe they have gone to Lincore 55 now and it works very
>>> well. I prefer material that goes on at full hardness. The work
>>> hardening materials are not to my liking. YMMV, of course.
>>>