tala9 Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 I had a little time on my hands so I made this RR anvil. I do not need a hardie or a pritchel hole on this anvil so I did not add them. I will use it for making my Mokume Gane jewelry. Before I finish it I was wondering if I should heat treat it. Any input would be most appreciated. Thanks for lookin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 RR track is/should be already very hard. Unless you got it red hot in the shaping and welding process, you should be good to go. Nice looking anvil BTW. Should serve you well in Mokume work :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Nice little anvil. Enjoy it. Mark<>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason @ MacTalis Ironworks Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Reminds me, I need to finish dressing out my daughters RR track anvil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason @ MacTalis Ironworks Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Reminds me, I need to finish dressing out my daughters RR track anvil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Ritter Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 That is a nice looking little anvil you have there tala9, must have a few hours into it. I also can not think of a reason to heat treat it since rail is already hardened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Falzone Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Tala9, what are the dimensions and weight on that little beauty? Really nice job. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons lair Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I see a lot of welding.Both on the stiffiner plates and the top of the rail. Rail(at least my london pattern shaped rail)Did not have a flat sharp edged top. Mine is crowned and work hardened. If it was built up or machined down you might need to harden it. Keep the jewelry small and the hammer small ya should be OK. Putting in a pritchel is easy a hardy will wear ya out. Enjoy. Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tala9 Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 thank you everyone Ken I am going to dress the edges after I finish polishing it. I did not take care of the finish work because I was not sure if I was going to heat treat it or just leave it. I did remove about 3/8 inch of material from the top. I was also careful when I welded the stiffener plates in so I would not run too much heat into the base metal. Sam it 17 pounds but I am going to trim the base some so i will cut maybe a pound off that. it is 2" X 9" over all with the horn being 2.625 long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 "The Complete Modern Blacksmith", Alexander Weygers includes an entire section on making anvils from RR rail including heat treating. Go ILL it for your local library! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tala9 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Thanks Thomas, I will look for the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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