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Walkure486

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  1. CMS3900 thanks for the info on the local groups. Haven't heard about the eastern shore group. Already have the application form filled out for the Central Maryland Guild filled out. The stuff I made the hook on is actually a guy who is a member of theirs. I will unfortunately be camping on the 20th. Sounds cool though. Frosty, Yep. Since I'm a steamfitter we started on plate steel. Then had to pass a bend test with schedule 40 6" pipe, locked in the 6G position. Then after that moved on to a x-ray test with schedule 80 2" pipe also locked in a 6G. All the while they inspect your fitting of the joint, your tacks, and all the passes you make on it till its done. You'd be correct, just trying to hold something together is quite different than holding pressure.
  2. Now I'm confused don't we need a square inch to get the PSI rating? Merely stated the process used to join the two plates. Your also going to end up with a 2-1/2" cover pass on that bad boy if your scarfing it all the way to the middle. I don't know much about blacksmithing, I know how to do SMAW. What is sounds like to me is that the juice isn't worth the squeeze in this case. While it may not be perfect, it should do its job well enough to see if I want to cut it apart and re-weld stuff some other way or sink some money into a better setup. What I built looks a lot like ALL the striking anvils I've seen. The ONLY difference being the two plates stacked since the local metal supplier didn't have anything 2-1/2" think to start with. But that's enough puffing up. I'll let you all know how it goes when I get a chance to try it out.
  3. Charles, I'm not worried about it coming apart. I forgot to mention I'm a certified welder. Used E7018 rod, which has 70,000 psi tensile strength min. for a 1" bead. Put six 2" beads on it, two on the long sides one on each end. What I'm asking is the squeeze worth the juice to scarf it for a full thickness (2-1/2") weld. I assume your opinion is to scarf and weld full thickness?
  4. oof.. I'll have to brush up on more of the jargon. Also the improvised anvil thread will be visited some more. Do you guys have a opinion on welding all the way around or just having it stitched? Either way thanks for the tips and feed back. Got a lot more reading to do and good or bad I want to test it out before cutting stuff apart.
  5. Frosty, thanks for the tip with the hardy. It will be way easier to weld a section of 1" square tube to the stand and have it next to the face of the anvil, instead of trying to put the hole in the middle of the plate. I defiantly want a pritchel hole since I was planning on making a hold fast or two. From the research I've done I know that typically a ASO such as the 1-1/4" plate I got should have been mounted on edge. Since I was aiming to have a striking anvil, I went with laying them flat and welded the two to make it one 2-1/2" thick slab. I agree that I'm not getting the most mass under the hammer in this configuration. That said do you think it would be better to scarf the edges and weld all the way around vs. a few 2" welds? It's not hardened so it will dent if I hit it instead of chipping. Also I'm sure it leaves things to be desired as far as rebound.
  6. One step closer to having the striking anvil build done. Made the face of it so that it can be removed to be stored inside from the elements. Going to grab the mag-drill from work to drill the pritchel hole and a hole big enough to weld in a 1" square tube for the hardy hole.
  7. Point noted and updated location
  8. Hi everybody! New to the forum and blacksmithing. I've been looking around on iforgeiron for a couple weeks now and oh man so much good stuff to look at. The family and I went to a fall festival over the weekend and they had a blacksmith there, after talking to him for a while he said come back when he finished the squirrel cooker he was making and he'd teach me how to make a hook. Big thanks to that guy for the crash course. (He knows who he is) I think it turned out pretty good for a first. Basic but useful, have the oven mits on it now. Figured I'd share my forge, still working on a hood for it since there's all kinds of flammables around. My little one wouldn't appreciate me burning up his trike. Also need to scrounge up some pipe to finish the striking anvil build, as its the plate that's on the ground to the left. I have another piece the same as that one and when I weld them together it will be 2 1/2" thick. By the end of November I will have moved the forge to the back end of the yard away from all the stuff that's just waiting to catch fire. Got a lead on a free shed that I'll be setting up as the new "shop".
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