Hey all,
I'm looking for some opinions on an idea I have.
First, here's my problem. I'm stationed in Guam, it's really hard to get anything here, shipping takes forever, and the cost to ship anything here is astronomical. I'm deploying soon and would like to have a small portable Anvil to take with me but dont have the time to wait for shipping.
So here's what I came up with.
Take 1/2" X 4" flatstock cut into 7" lengths. Drill 3/4" holes through them like this
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Then blast and sand each piece untill they're nice and smooth. Then take 1 piece with holes and 1 without, put in a hydraulic press, compress, then weld the two pieces together. All sides, through the holes, and then fill the holes. This 1" piece will then be hardened. After that, continue to add more unhardened pieces to it in the same fashion. Flipping the pieces so the holes are off set on each piece and welding while being compressed. Do this untill it reaches a thickness of 5" - 7".
So what do you think?