foundryguy Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Maybe I should have chosen ductile, I can produce it at half the cost? For now we will see how these go, so far so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Why not offer both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Agreed, offer both. My only other suggestion would be to up the size to at least 150# as that is a good starting size for a shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundryguy Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 21 hours ago, JHCC said: Why not offer both? Too busy in my shop so for now it is H13, there seems to be a lot of interest! 21 hours ago, BIGGUNDOCTOR said: My only other suggestion would be to up the size to at least 150# as that is a good starting size for a shop. I have a couple larger ones in the works. Stay tuned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Foundry guy, thanks for taking on casting a quality product. Their acualy is a market in the USfor such things as swage blocks, cone mandrels and such leg vices come to mind, but I think that’s a drop forge type product) One either has to find them used (forged in fire and action Fever has made that real expensive) or import them from India. Yes I know that Saltfork and some other blacksmith associations have some cast but they are small artists types not large industrial types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundryguy Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Thank you for the words. Remember, many companies import castings that say Made in USA on them. Dake Press, in my hometown, has been doing it for decades. They assemble presses in Grand Haven but all the castings are from China with Made in USA cast on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Foundryguy; if you haven't already, you really should talk with njanvilman: who has a lot of the original patterns of the Fisher & Norris anvils, swage blocks, etc. I think you'd have a lot to talk about. For example, check out THIS THREAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundryguy Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Hey, I sent him a note. Crazy pattern set up on the photo posted. Thanks for the note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 That it is. The way Fisher & Norris was able to do a tool steel face on a cast iron body is pretty amazing. Not really relevant to what you're doing, but fascinating nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 One other thing to think of: you are casting a premium material but using the most common form here in the USA. Have you looked at other anvil shapes that may be rarer and so "open the wallets" a bit easier. (For Example look at the Nimba anvils being made and the old German anvils being imported; definitely a market niche for high dollar anvils!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foundryman Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 On 14/02/2018 at 9:43 PM, foundryguy said: The heel was cast as is when we found the old pattern. Would you know if that would happen to be a pattern from the anvil maker "Brooks"? Your anvils sure have their characteristic thick heel! I see their patterns for sale every now and then on Uk ebay, I've often been tempted to buy one and have a go at casting one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundryguy Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 No sir. It was a new mahogany pattern that one of our pattern makers made and was never run. I bet i looked at it for 25 years on a shelf in the back room. After several recent requests for anvils i decided to run a few. I have no idea who, why or when it was made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foundryguy Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 3 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: For Example look at the Nimba anvils being made and the old German anvils being imported; definitely a market niche for high dollar anvils! I did look at their website, very cool shapes and top dollar prices. I pour 8640 but i am going to stick with H13. No new shapes in the works, just a couple larger models. I want to be clear, i do not plan on going into the anvil business, just sharing what I am upto and only making a few. I am fortunate to have a foundry at my disposal every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Carful, you may end up having to open another line then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foundryman Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 1 hour ago, foundryguy said: No sir. It was a new mahogany pattern that one of our pattern makers made and was never run. I can't help you with when or why it was made other than it looks incredibly similar to anvils made by Brooks, except it has a slightly longer horn, however as far as I'm aware Brooks anvils have always been made in the UK. Either way it's presence at your pattern makers seems to have worked out nicely for you, they're great, clean looking castings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 That they are, honestly doesn’t look like it needed more than a flap sander to clean up the working serfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukerec Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 So what do you guys thing of my school shop project for the past week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Hmm. Looks like a bit of shinyish RR track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 That depends on what your goal was. If you wanted to make something that looks kind of like a stereotypical anvil, you did very well. If you wanted to make something that performs well as an anvil, you would have done much better to stand it on end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukerec Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 10 minutes ago, Tubalcain2 said: Hmm. Looks like a bit of shinyish RR track. It was all rested to crap and i sanded and ground the crap out of it. I wanted it smooth on the top 10 minutes ago, JHCC said: That depends on what your goal was. If you wanted to make something that looks kind of like a stereotypical anvil, you did very well. If you wanted to make something that performs well as an anvil, you would have done much better to stand it on end. I think it will work. Im going to go to a bunch of farm auctions this spring/summer to find a good anvil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 It looks good lukerec. Are you going to use it to forge things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukerec Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Im going to attempt. Im still in the process of building a forge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Well, you're definitely at the right place to find info about everything related to blacksmithing. Read up on it, ask questions, and post your progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 3 hours ago, lukerec said: I think it will work. Im going to go to a bunch of farm auctions this spring/summer to find a good anvil Before you do, please read this thread: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Then read this one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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