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I'm planning on rounding the horn,

Not doin this make money, if it's dead I'll remove it and hard face it with rods then peen it to work harden. I'll know this week if it's gonna work or not.

Funny you mention that Steve, that's exactly what I'm doing except in the reverse. The face has been curved 5/32 over the 24" length so when clamped tight and welded it will be presprung. You don't know if you don't try

Hard facing the anvil was my original intention. But that was not cost effective at that time. If the face is indeed dead and useless them I will definitely be going that route. As for the feet yes aside from the side shelf there will be feet added and I will be building a steel base much like this illustration.

If it winds up dead then I'll probably remove the plate and hard surface it with the welder

AR400 will be used for the face

may I ask why?

Almost ready to start shaping the horn. It's coming along nicely, should be done in s few weeks.

Well I'm almost ready to start grinding the horn to shape. I've changed the parameters a little. Th block was much bigger than stated so it's weight is not known yet, but I'm thinking around 400lbs and I'm using AR400 for the face.

I'm building a similar one with a welded AR400 face and a 4x6 side shelf

Does anyone have any idea what grade steel the grader blades are made from?

Thanks guys I'm actually thinkin about omitting the horn and maybe do a taper instead. I have a 3" step shaft that I could actually have turned to clean it up and weld it on. I plan on doing a wide variety of projects with this anvil. Starting with the anvil itself, then some knife blades, tools, hooks to hang my CI collection. Some strap hinges. And whatever tickles our fancy. My dad is 74 and This is something that he has wanted to do for many many years. Just no one to do it with him, so I'm doing this as much for him as for me. I enjoy metal working as much as woodworking. So I'm excited to get started. Also im in Big Rock Tennessee. Close to ft campbell ky

I get that Timothy, money is most definately a factor and with this being a hobby and not a money producing operation, I'm willing to spend a little on an anvil. With that being said that amount is 200. I'd like a bigger working surface and 2 of 3 hundred won't buy a decent ferriers anvil that's just not what I want. 5-6 hundred for a sizable anvil just isn't in the budget. All the machining and welding will be done at the local tech school for no charge.

My school of thought would be to mill flat the block edges and both sides of the wear plate, so both would be perfectly flat. Then have my welding school teacher do the welds and the plugs. Take it back to the machine shop for final milling and shaping. Going to have an 8" horn and a 2" step for chisel work should have about 16-1/2"x 4-3/8 face. 5/8 pritchel, 1" hardy hole

It will be plug welded with a surfacing rod. As well as welded around the perimeter with a deep v-groove

Ok question for the experienced guys on here. I'm thinkin about buyin a piece of A36 steel from a steelyard that just came available to make my anvil out of. Dimensions are as follows 11"x 27"x 4.5" Weight: 387 lbs $200 Going to turn it on its side and weld a 1/2 piece of grader blade on it for my face. Then the local tech school is going to mill it flat and mill a horn on it. Drill it for the hardy insert and pritchel hole. For free!! What are the thoughts of the masses on this? Is this worth undertaking? Do I use the wear plate? Or just the block and do a super quench on the face?