macbruce Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I have been puzzling over this since 1975........Note the drop of the flat horn on the left, about 1/8''-.... I have seen this on many euro anvils, what were they thinking??? It' a Pedinghaus 165# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Chambers Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 uncaught malformation of the mold block? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 uncaught malformation of the mold block? I believe the face to be a milled finish, so to my way of thinking it was put there for a reason. I have seen this on all pedinghaus anvils and some others.........Thanks ........mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajajoaquin Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Maybe they think it performs better that way. I've read elsewhere (perhaps on Anvilfire) about the way people tend to look at things in anthropomorphic terms. They think of an anvil as "tired" if it droops (or you can think of some other characteristics to apply to it! ). Perhaps Peddinghaus just thinks that a little bit of down angle is preferable, more ergonomic, or something, and weird impressions be darned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 So this "feature" existed since the anvil was first made? Were you the original owner? Where is the hardy located? I know a few varieties of cast iron are aged (put on a shelf and let sit a year) after the sand cast is machined off because the metal has internal stresses from casting, and the crystal structure of the iron changes slightly for a while. Atlas lathe beds were treated this way. I don't know if any steels act this way, or if removing the skin from the one side will cause the other side to pull with enough force to deform the whole anvil. If it is a Peddinghaus, then isn't that closed die drop forged? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 That looks like a hot drop forge anvil, not a cast steel anvil so if it has a milled face it must be there on a purpose, right? That is unless Hercules has been forging out there on the end with a sixteen pound sledge when ought not to have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 I'm the original owner and the drop was there from day one...........maybe I should ask peddinghaus. Like I said I've seen other pedds with a similar feature, which leads me to believe it has a use.....or not The hardie is fore and pritchel aft........ .I'm pretty sure newer, say Rat Hole anvils are flat across the full face, maybe they're missing out on a really cool feature..................or not, I've never found it to be an advantage or impediment, just one of those little puzzles :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Just a thought.....Maybe to prevent you from banging up the the nice surface of the flat horn when working on the main body of the anvil or to keep the stress of heavy forging off the flat horn while forging on the main body of the anvil.......Just a thought. <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
its512eric Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 looking at the pic, do both ends line up? so it was made a bit high in the center? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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