Jerry W.

The anvil was originally stamped 1.1.13 which comes out to 153 lbs.

The finished weight came out to 169 lbs. 

I have seen several anvils other than this one that were repaired in this manner.  A couple of them were in use at a Brian Brazeal demo and workshops where he had Lyle Wynn there assisting.  Lyle was swinging a hammer that had to be 20 lbs or better.  The ground would shake when he would strike.  The anvils held up without any problems.  I would expect the same from this one. 

If I did it again, I think I would preheat.  I ended up with a 4 inch crack about 1 1/8 inch below the weld in the body of the anvil.  I ground this out and used the mig welder to patch.  Afterward, I used a propane pear burner to heat the entire anvil until the new metal started to get color.  I let it slowly cool overnight. 

As far as the chip.  I am not really sure how I would attack that.  There was a blacksmith that fixed a swayback anvil by building up with his mig and grind it down to finish.  You may be able to use this same method to fix the chip.  Good luck, Jerry

It is not near as good as the rebound on my 300# pristine TFS anvil but is still respectable.  I used 6011 welding rods.  I did heat it up with a propane pear burner to hopefully relieve any stress that may have been there.  I want to finish cleaning it up and put it to use.

I plan to take pics while I go.  I will post my progress.