I started cutting out the pieces of my new anvil and found I was going to need a bigger torch tip!
So I decided to try and fix the HF - ASO...
I cut a piece of the end off the smaller fork, still 5" wide and 10" long and about 3/4" thick at the thick end, and put it with the anvil in front of my makeshift propane burner to preheat the 2 before welding. This was necessary because the ASO is cast "Pig" iron.
Once I noticed the face of the anvil starting to glow a bit I placed the "new" face down on another piece of iron and set the anvil face down on it. I used a 7024 (iirc) rod and welded the top to the anvil. I figured to "quench" it a little by pouring a bit of old motor oil over it...
And since I seem to like fire ... I had to give it a few more squirts.
