dablacksmith Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 well ive had this anvil for years and its a good anvil reasonable bounce but the side just looked ugly! i was told that previous owners used the side to test picks after hardening .... anyway it needed fixing..so i decided to try welding it up ..i set my wirefeed welder up high and went at it ... the face never got to warm to touch so it didnt affect the hardness ...next step will be a sand blaster then away to work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will. K. Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 They must have tested A LOT of picks on that! How much wire you figure you went through welding it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 They must have tested A LOT of picks on that! How much wire you figure you went through welding it up? figure about 5 lbs ... actually welded it up over a few days .... kinda pleased at how nice its lookin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Reconstructive sugery is what I'd call it... ....At least they didn't think of some way to jack up the face. Did you use all wire or was there some fill bits used? In any case that's a shipload of welding.....Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 That looks like a cast iron anvil did you do any pre or post heating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 That looks like a cast iron anvil did you do any pre or post heating? no i did not and ime not sure what the anvil is made of... it was pretty gnarley to start but it actually welded fairly nice ... figured there were enuf pockets to hold the weld to keep it in place ... it is all weld and ime quite pleased with how the welds look.shouldnt be a problem as there is not really any stress on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I don't believe cast iron anvils have handling holes in the waist.....I'd say wrought iron... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Well it has a swelled boss around the bottom of the hardie hole and a u shaped knotch on the back foot . These are the tale tale signs of a vulcan anvil they were cast. Also the texture of the metal looks like cast iron. With wrought iron one would see more deformation what I see is material chipped away more like what cast iron would do. I could be wrong buts thats what I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armand Tatro Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I saw the before pictures. Do you have any after pictures or did I miss them? Armand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I saw the before pictures. Do you have any after pictures or did I miss them? Armand first is before second one is after... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWHII Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 The amount of damage is amazing. I have never seen anything like it before. I wonder if it might have been a bad casting to start? Looks like it will work just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 The amount of damage is amazing. I have never seen anything like it before. I wonder if it might have been a bad casting to start? Looks like it will work just fine. some of it but i dont think much ... it dosent show well in pictures but in person you can see the tips of picks in the damage (or you could before i welded it up) after talking to older people it was a common practice to test a picks hardness by driveing it into the side of a anvil ... if it didnt mush or break the hardness and temper were considered "good" according th the person i bought this from (many years ago)it was used by 3 generations .....and they worked a lot for the mines... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 That's a good job. I had the chance to buy a Fisher that was eaten up on the side like that, but turned it down when the seller couldn't tell me what it weighed. He was advertising it as a 300# anvil for $600, but I didn't get notified of the damage until I drove up to Asheville to pick it up (amazingly, it wasn't disclosed in his ad or the photos he sent me!). First thing I noticed when I turned the anvil around was that the "other" side was heavily damaged, and the whole thing sure didn't weigh 300#! Found out later that it weighed 238# and passed on the deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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