[TheForge] Welded anvil top - Resend in plain text

[Paul M Dunphy]

On 16/11/15 09:46 AM, CGRAF wrote:
> Perhaps I am imagining things but look closely at picture # 8.
>
> I am seeing a joint for the face of the anvil but no joint where the 
> face meets the heel.
> Could this be an entirely new face with the heel attached?
>
> Mike Graf
>
    I was think of the same possibility, Mike.  It really is a smooth 
transition from the face to the heel if it is welded together.  Possibly 
someone replaced the entire face. I wish I could track down who owned 
this when it was in operation.  The seller told me he had it laying 
around his garage for 30+ years.  He said in recent years he just used 
it to chain to his ATV as a preventive measure against theft (didn't 
work, they cut the chain!)

     I will give him a call later in the week and see if he knows who 
the previous owner was.  At this point it's more of a curiosity as I'm 
fully convinced it is usable as is.

     Someone was definitely at the end of the heel with a torch. As 
suggested, both it an the hardie hole look to be oxy-acetylene cut.  I 
might get the energy some day to smooth out the end of the heel with a 
grinder, but right now I'm just looking for functionality, not to 
restore it to look like new.

     Final question for the group.  This anvil has no pritchel hole.  
While I will never make a horseshoe, it might be nice to add one at some 
point.  Can someone give me the approximate size?


Paul M Dunphy
Nova Scotia

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