Anvil like objects.

[rcs7]

I have these two drops that weigh about 120lbs a piece and I was looking for suggestions on either welding or some other way of fastening them together to make another surface for an anvil.

I was also wondering if you guys thought I should (temper?) the surface that ends up being the top. I'm really not sure how hard they are only that they really heavy for being as small as they are. Pictures attached.

Again open to suggestions and ideas.

Russell

[Tald the dead]

we have a "cube" of metal the same size that we made a stand for and move it around. Its a good tool to use for whatever it maybe (mostly straightening or teaching new people how to swing a hammer) but none the less. No heat treating, just took the rag off, cleans up the edges and made the stand.

[Scratch]

I have one similar to that also and have been wondering how I can dish a bowl shape into it, to use like what I always see on swage blocks.

Any ideas...?

[Bentiron1946]

Now all you need is a 2" dia. drop to weld on to the side for a horn like object and your in business. I don't think that I would be overly worried about how hard it is. Put it on a stand and start hammering.

[welder19]

Grinding, and a lot of it is the only way I know of making a bowl shape in a block of steel, unless you have a big milling machine.

welder19

[Aeneas]

Hi Scratch,
Contact any local highschool that has a machine or metal shop. If they're equiped any way like the ones in Ontario, they should have a milling machine that can accomodate your drop. They should be able to mill out the majority of stock for your dish shape and all you'll have to go is the final grinding into the finished shape and smoothness. Give it a shot - it doesn't cost anything to ask.

[rcs7]

That's a good idea about swage block. Maybe I could use one as another anvil and carve on the other one to create different shapes.

Would any you weld them together?

[millwright]

I would grout one in flush with the floor to use for upsetting big long peices of stock.

[rcs7]

That's another great idea. Sure beats having to pick one up and set it on a stand.

I couldn't figure out why i was having a hard time picking them up or even just sliding one around until i got out the scale and figured out they weighed 120 a piece.

[evfreek]

These are great drops! Lots of things to do with them, but until you have tried to do a large full pen weld, you would not treat welding them together very lightly. It is hot, dirty and hard work. The upsetting block idea is nice as is the swage block idea. You could also make an Easy-Smith like device by grinding interesting shapes on both and setting them in a line. Also, a tool steel top can be welded onto the edge of one of them. Half the tedious scarfing for a full pen weld is done already. Have you tried scarfing with an air carbon arc? Hot, dirty and hard work.