Kyuukitsuki Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 http://www.harborfreight.com/garage-shop/anvils/55-lb-rugged-cast-iron-anvil-69161.html#.UyxAAfldW50 Has anyone used the Central Forge Anvil before? Its within my price range, and close to me. I have heard that they get soft in the middle after a few months. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Greetings K, Read the recent thread on ASO smashing .... That fairly tells the story of what we think of that anvil... Save your money for a good anvil. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 "I have heard that they get soft in the middle after a few months." No, they start soft and get destroyed by normal use. Cast iron without a steel face plate is no more an anvil than tofu is prime rib. That is why they are called ASO, anvil SHAPED object. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuukitsuki Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 "I have heard that they get soft in the middle after a few months." No, they start soft and get destroyed by normal use. Cast iron without a steel face plate is no more an anvil than tofu is prime rib. That is why they are called ASO, anvil SHAPED object. LoL Noted, I noticed people said that they are welding steel plates on them. Worth a xxxx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 No and I don't recall anyone saying they had actually done it and came out with a usable anvil. Usually you could take the time and effort and mow lawns or shovel snow and *BUY* a better anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluidsteel Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 My friend welded 3/4" plate steel to one against all advice. It was a waste of time and money. It didn't rebound any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Did he do a full penetration weld or just around the edges? What rod did he use to connect steel and cast iron? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuukitsuki Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 I think for the moment I might just use an I-beam. Mostly just blade forging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastRonin Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I think for the moment I might just use an I-beam. Mostly just blade forging. If I knew you were close enough to me, I would be willing to give you a short piece of railway track. If you put your general location in your profile, there might very well be someone near you who could help you out similarly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuukitsuki Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 If I knew you were close enough to me, I would be willing to give you a short piece of railway track. If you put your general location in your profile, there might very well be someone near you who could help you out similar /Salute/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 for blade smithing you could use a sledge hammer head mounted to somthing solid or get a large lump of scrap ... any of those will work better than the boat anchor that you were lookin at...you could use this http://www.oldworldanvils.com/anvils/4x4.html and its only a few bucks more . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caintuckrifle Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 A farrier friend uses one of those anvils for all his shoe bending (cold) withing a couple of years the horn had grooves from the repeated bending on the same part that were nearly an inch deep. not worth the money, A.S.O. piece of junk still don't believe, check out anvilfire.com and search for aso's or cast iron anvils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuukitsuki Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Will do, lol I would like to avoid all A.S.O's if possible lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neg Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Go to the scrap yard and buy a big hunk of steel for a few cents per pound until you can afford a better anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caintuckrifle Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Or a Fork lift tine... Plentiful and good steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastRonin Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Or a Fork lift tine... Plentiful and good steel.The plentiful part depends on your area. I have managed to acquire three, one 6 inch wide and two 4 inch wide. But I have been lucky enough to be related to someone who can help. I have access to people and places others might not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Well here in the USA they are used in a wide range of places both rural and city and they do wear out. Finding out where the old ones go is the fun part. I once found a 180# tine still mounted on a forklift that had been pushed over a bluff face onto a spoil pile when they were using the area for a steel casting company and never cleaned up the "junk"when they left. (probably happened 40 years ago the fork lift was dated in the 1950's as I recall) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Frog Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 There's an industrial boneyard near me, I've seen pallets of fork lift tines in there.... I haven't inquired yet how much they might be, but the ideas are turning in my head for ideas! I think forging a fancy wrought iron bottle opener for the owner will happen before I make my next visit. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caintuckrifle Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I guess plentiful is dependent on many factors, around here they are everywhere, the local salvage yard is full of them some of them are massive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh36555 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 It seems I'm extremely late to the party but what about welding the top of the plate with stainless steel rods just coating the thing I have a box of stainless steel electrodes from a project I did a few months ago would it work better I don't have enough practical knowledge to know can anyone enlighten me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Welcome aboard whoever you are, glad to have you. If you'll put your general location in the header you'll have a much better chance of getting together with members living within visiting distance. Also a name rather than random series of characters will help folk remember you and makes talking a LOT easier. To answer your question in a word. No that won't do any good. To make an arc welded face work you need it to be thick enough it won't deflect on impact. SS rod isn't generally hard or impact resistant, it's for joining different metals or corrosion resistance. A person who didn't mind spending a couple few hundred USD for the right kind of hard face "build up" rod could lay say 3/4" in consecutive beads, maybe 1/2" would do. Regardless it'd cost way more in rod than buying an anvil. The one thing I've been wanting to try but never got around to it is brazing a high carbon steel face on a cast iron ASO. I can think of a few issues that would make it a long drawn out possible expensive process that may not work. Soooooo. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Welcome from the Ozark mountains JH36555 There are quite a few posts in this section regarding that. https://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/269-repairing-and-modification-to-anvils/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh36555 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Frosty thanks for the answer and the advice I used that username out of habit it's my initials and favorite number sequence and Irondragon thank you for providing the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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