 I"m and old hand at welding...but first time on my first anvil!
This vulcam anvil was in great shape, but it had damage on the fron edge of the top face at the step befor the horn, and a small "3/4" long gouge at the top face front right side.
I preheated the anvil face area to about 300 deg. F and got a way with just I layer of MG 740 buildup-hardtough weld, as reccomended by ironsirgen here.
Careful to keep top weld area 300-500 deg F, just dabbed touch up low spots of weld area. Rough ground welds to within 1/16" of face finnish. Have yet to mill down to exsisting surface finnish [AND NO MORE!] Maybe just carfully blend sand it if needed. I hope this hard weld will cut with carbide face mill.
I will place photos of this repair progress, in my gallery album, when I figure out how.
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