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metal1905

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  1. Sorry for the confusion, this is my other anvil. The top was bolted on since 1993. When I took the top off (long story) the bolts were still tight but the machine shop that milled the two mating surfaces left a 0,003 gap that gave it a hollow sound and no bounce. The 6150 top I sent out for flame hardening had some JB weld inside filling a hole they miss drilled.
  2. I need help in Lapeer mi for heat treating an anvil, it's about 176 lbs a cast ductile body and a 6150 plate top. any ideas on water or oil and how too ?
  3. Sounds good, I never thought about it that way. Thanks, that's the kind of ideas I'm needing. I need it working.
  4. The top is 1" thick, you might be right on the warping, the mill marks on the base was never deformed by years of pounding on the surface so in thinking flatten them both and see how it feels. The cast base still has the bolt holes. I will talk to a machine shop to see what they can do. It's too big for my equipment.
  5. Anvil project; I could use some positive advise on my last anvil project. 30 + years ago I made a pattern and had my anvil cast of Ductile Iron. I work hardened the surface and used it as my portable anvil (178 lbs). Somewhere in the 80’s I contacted a machinist school and the agreed apron plan was to make a hard steel top, dove tail both and press fit them. When I showed up the top was bolted on, now told to have it flame hardened. When I picked it up they told me the plugs covering the bolts popped out and they replaced them. The anvil was dead after that but I used it anyway till now. I removed the plugs (grease in a hole trick) found one plug was a mistake they tried to cover up, I blued the two halves and ran a file across both and I have no clue what’s going on, I have a hollow spot between the two halves. I was thinking to have someone re surface both and I’ll bolt them together in hopes to have a good city anvil like originally wanted.
  6. I'm in the north branch part of Mich, the hardy hole end was broke off and most of the horn missing, the only parts I couldn't put back on was the two missing feet. If you blow up the pictures you will see the little bit of marks, so much pitting I removed the yellow a little at a time but no luck. I can see from the pictures the stone weight (Some of it) and two or three letters, she is 178 lbs set on a bath scale.
  7. I have what I believe is a mouse hole anvil, it was found in pieces and I put it back together and it is a great anvil with good ring /rebound. I have been using it for years and just discovered some markings and would like any info I can find on it. I have used many anvils and this is a good one just a little ugly'
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