LeeJustice

Coal on one side, charcoal on the other.

How about heating and air places?

Just A Box Of Dirt.  Many posts on here regarding that.

https://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/267-jabod-just-a-box-of-dirt/

Sorry, but that would be 9:21.

Grind smooth so that there are no places for the food to get embedded.

I found that someone had asked on here before, does not seem to have been resolved, but anyway. here.

1 hour ago, HUTT SMITH said:

quenched them in motor oil

No one noticed that?  I expect that you mean used?  That is unhealthy for you.  However, I think that they look quite nice.

My humblest apologies Frazer. 

I figured Fraser would be the one to pop in with that. 

You don't have to have the London pattern anvil, for that matter, an anvil at all.  There is a good section somewhere on here covering improvised anvils (I could not find it quickly to put a link for you).  Just a hunk of steel is suitable to be able to pound on hot metal.  Even a sledgehammer head, really.  Poke around some.  I have obtained some forklift tines for my improvised anvil, just not quite there yet myself.

I think that it is quite nice as well.  Regardless of codes or code enforcement I would put tempered glass on the stairwell side for the sake of safety.  It would be more classy than plexiglass, get scratched less easily, and maybe might enhance the look.

Very, very nice works!  Welcome from upstate South Carolina, USA.

You know, for some reason I had it in my head that you wanted to cut lengthwise as well.  That really influenced me to suggest edm and waterjet.

Keeps it from sticking.

There are some nice versions of RR track anvils in the improvised anvils section if you have not been there yet.

Great, I hope it works out for you.  Please let us know.

Waterjet would work well too.  One place in Tallmadge, another in Marysville.  But that would up your cost, I know.  But you said you got a good deal to start with.  Benefits of waterjet, no HAZ, nice, clean cuts.

Too bad, that would make nice cuts with minimal material loss.

Do you know anyone with a wire EDM or access to one?

Good for you.

Huh? Nevermind...I see

For what purpose do you ask?   What are you trying to make with it and what type of manufacture?  Casting, forging, etc.,

3 hours ago, JWR Electric said:

Second, what if I introduce some tungsten carbide powder into the carbide/carbon mixture? Will this massively increase the conductivity of the electrode?

I found this regarding what you ask:

https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/metals-metal-products/tungsten-vs-tungsten-carbide/

Here in the USA the has been a show going for some years, "Forged in Fire".  In it, several smiths do challenges making bladed (usually) weapons.  It has gotten a lot of folks here wanting to be bladesmiths.

2 hours ago, HondoWalker said:

If I stop doing challenging things I will have lost.  

That is a good attitude.  Just over two years ago my wife nearly died from severe complications while having open heart surgery operation.  Fortunately she survived but one result of those complications was that her left leg was amputated above the knee.  Also, the two greater toes of her right foot.  She was like, "Well, this is what life is going to be from now on, I will get a prosthetic leg and learn to walk again."  No long bouts of "woe is me", just kept moving forward.  She gets around ok now.

Hang in there Hondo!