knechtech

Thanks. I tested it out and it seams to work great. I actually left the curve in the spring ply when i attached it i wanted to make sure it was tight to the old face so I welded one end fast and pressed other end down tight, which actually took more force than i thought it might. Im very happy how it turned out for low qualtity anvil it was.

yea i think i will just use as is. that anvil is not worth the extra time or risk of losing work involved so far. thanks for advice

I did smooth top some before adding plate to try and have it against as much as possible in the center. As for hardening the top i was just going to heat the top plate with rosbud and drop in tub of water. Im hoping to find good deal on larger anvil in better condidtion sometime.

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I got a 80lb vulcan anvil from my sister. It was in very rough shape. I decided it was not any use to me in the condition it was so I decided to try and repair it somehow. Since it only had a thin steel surface that was in bad shape I welded leaf spring plys to the top. I still need to temper top yet and do little more polishing but it seems to have have turn out decent. I haven't had a chance to give it a testing yet but i think it will at least be more useful than it was. I thought I would post this in case it would be useful info for anyone else who has old low quality anvil that is in bad condition. Im useing tablet to post this and it doesnt seem to let me upload pictures. I will try and upoad some from computer.