January 29, 201115 yr 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'
January 29, 201115 yr 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 :)
January 30, 201115 yr 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.
January 31, 201115 yr Tala9, what are the dimensions and weight on that little beauty? Really nice job. Sam
January 31, 201115 yr 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.
January 31, 201115 yr Author 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.
January 31, 201115 yr "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!
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