Ozzyris

Wow, i can t actually believe i made such a mess of such a viable piece of quality steel. I now see my error. Any amount of air between the steel layers, even atomical in size will result in a deader anvil. Who would ve thunk!? I may have access to the other tine but it is fairly narrow and would like to locate a thicker one for a bigger face down the road. I guess i' ll just have to use the bend i still have for the time being, until i decide on buying another tine, buying an actual manufactured anvil or full pen welding the pieces i have... Thanks for all your help everyone.

Red Deer, Alberta

Ok so here is a sketch of what i plan on having as a finished product. I want to use the whole tine for weight as i don t have a mild steel anvil to weld a portion to. I have access to a welder and can get the whole thing welded solid with filet welds, after 100% prepped of course. I know it's a lot of work but i want to have a good, heavy anvil that will last. The fork tips (welded to each side) would dig into the stump after being drawn in by the come along pulling the whole thing down to the stump by the fork rings. Now my next question, should i weld a bunch of smaller pieces on end as shown in the sketch or just heat treat the top flat piece and weld it on? For heat treat what temp should i heat to and how long before quench? Thanks

The top is flat within 1/2 mm right now. I was hoping to ust that as a table. Should i cut down chunks of the 90°bend and mount em on end, grind it all flat and use that?

Hello, i am just getting into bladsmithing and have decided to make my own anvil out of a scavenged (25$) forklift tine. I am open to any suggestions on how to improve the design i have laid out in the pictures. I kind of want to put in a hardy tool hole but i don t really know how to go about it. Back to the main topic, should i heat treat in any way the top layer to make it more resilient to the pounding before i weld it all together. Thank you