grinding down hardies

[jeep4x4greg]

I got a few hardies in the big lot of stuff i got last weekend.

my anvil has a 3/4" hardy hole, but most of the hardies are for a larger hole.


any reason i can't/shouldn't take a grinder to them and thin them out to the 3/4" i need ?

I cant think of anything that would make this a bad idea, but i might be missing something.

let me know your thoughts

[ThomasPowers]

I'd suggest doing it only on an as needed basis as you may end up with an anvil with a larger hardy hole in it someday---and why waste the time if you don't need to use that particular hardy tool.

[Mlmartin15]

if ya do grind them make sure not to grind to much without cooling the hardy or you will heat the hardy tool and loose your temper on the tool

[irnsrgn]

basically the only hardy tools that are hardened to any degree are the cold and hot cuts, the bases or shanks on those are normally not hardened.

Find you a stump somewhere and make a stake plate for the top with the right size hole in it and fasten it down to the top of the stump next to your anvil.