[TheForge] Coak and weird anvil

[Chuck Robinson]

Hey Paul, most anvils made today are cast stee,l They are fine.
Test the face rebound  by dropping a 1" ball bering  from about 20 
inches high, and measure the % it rebounds. Make sure you remove all the 
surface rust before the test.
The higher % the bounce the better.
Chuck

On 11/14/2015 8:00 AM, Paul M Dunphy wrote:
> On 14/11/15 08:59 AM, Michael via TheForge wrote:

>>
>> The anvil looks like it is "cast" steel (shaped like a Fisher 
>> Anvil).  There is a very similar corrosion pattern on the face as 
>> well as the table/cutting shelf which I think indicates that the face 
>> is not a piece of  steel welded onto an iron casting, but that the 
>> entire anvil is of one cast/material.  As we all know, iron and steel 
>> rust very differently.  Could it be that the unusual shape under the 
>> heel is actually a piece that has broken off?
>>
>
CVhuck
>     I was the purchaser, and will get it in a spot where I can take 
> better photos of it and put them on my web site later today.  It has 
> been removed from the "For Sale" site, so the link Mike Spenser 
> provided won't work now.  The pictures were not great there, anyhow.  
> I too was struck by the consistent rusting.  More info is coming!
>
>     There are markings under the rust that I'll see if I can get more 
> legible once I get it out of the trunk of my car and into my shed.  If 
> it is cast steel as you suspect, is it at all usable? I'm a newbee at 
> this and Mike Spencer has already warned me about ASOs!  I would guess 
> if it is steel it is not completely useless. I don't see myself 
> becoming a full bore blacksmith, but I will want to pound on it to 
> some degree.
>
>     I'm also curious on the weight and will put it on a set of scales 
> out of curiosity.  It takes two men in pretty good shape to lift it, 
> so I believe the seller's guess of 200 lb to be close.
>
> - Paul Dunphy, Nova Scotia
>
>
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