kawvalleysteel

We were looking at $300 apiece for these. Yes, we wouldn't keep making them after this steel is gone for this, but it works for now. We can do the NIMBA anvils too. Those actually look like they will be better suited to our production machinery. If we make more I might go for that style. We are heat treating the first right now.

I'm thinking about it. I have sources to get cast ones made, and the ability to produce them out of steel plate like this. We're part of a larger production shop that is slow right now so we have lots of tools/toys available. We opened up a retail branch after another shop in town closed down in order to do retail sales of stuff like this or CNC cut plate art, etc. I'm even looking at opening up some welding classes here at our shop on weekends for hobbyists to learn more about welding. I'm hoping that we can do the same with blacksmithing in the future.

I'm in NE Kansas. I had considered making a much larger one, but the width didn't fit what I could find for available shapes. I started with this chart: http://anvils.co.uk/images/uploaded/ANVILS_DATA.pdf No, I am not an experienced blacksmith. I would love to learn. Actually I would love to hear from some local folks and find out about joining an organization where I can learn blacksmithing.

I hope this is a good spot for this. Our company has a large amount of 6" thick T1 steel that is very narrow and long and we have decided to try to make some anvils. The tall dimension is 7.5" (limited by our steel stock), and about 16" long. Overall, it comes out a little bit wide for an anvil, particularly in the horn area. Then we cut the horn shape with a hand torch and used a carbon arc gouge to rough shape the horn. Soooo: overall we have an 85# anvil that is 7.5" tall and 16" long. It needs a hardy hole and a pritchel hole. These are going to be 5/8" round and 1" square, right? Does the exact location on the anvil matter? Also, should I be devising some type of mounting provision? Any ideas what kind? Is the horn too wide to be useable? And most importantly, can anyone help me with heat treating instrucitons. The general plan is to heat with a propane burner, let it normalize at temp, and then raise the water bath in our burntable to quench. I need help with temperatures and time. Thanks in advance for all the help!!