[TheForge] Coak and weird anvil

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Paul, it is a Hay Budden Anvil, made in US and a good anvil.  It looks like they did some stick welding attempt to fix the breakout under the heel.
Mike Schermerhorn
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul M Dunphy <paul73 at ve1dx.net>
To: Chuck Robinson <robi5515 at bellsouth.net>; theforge <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sat, Nov 14, 2015 6:16 pm
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Coak and weird anvil


On 14/11/15 06:58 PM, Chuck Robinson wrote:
>
> 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
>

Good evening, Chuck (and the others who
replied)

     I finally got it into my shed.  I cleaned of the rust a bit,
but it 
needs more work.  There are 7-8 photos.  They are on my web site
here:

<http://www.ve1dx.net/anvil/>

     I tried to describe everything I
could see.  I will try the ball 
bearing test as well as the other suggestions.
It will do for what I 
want, I think (hope springs eternal!)  However, it isn't
a pristine 
antique anvil and I'm glad I didn't pay the full price. Will be

interested in what you experts think.


Paul M Dunphy, Nova
Scotia

http://www.ve1dx.net/
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