Pug}{maN Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 so i got this 1884 Fisher blacksmith anvil today for 175.00 , should i use it like it is or try to make the edges more crisp ? and whats your thoughts on it ? i do good ? its 120 pounds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 You done real good. That's a good price for that anvil. Use it as is. If you find that some of the edges need cleaned up, do some VERY light work with a sanding flap disc. But I'd use it as is, without any work on the edges. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 ya i think i will, if i need a crisp edge ill make a hardie hole tool.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 in this pic here, that hole side of the face is welded down the edge, is this going to make the anvil crack and brake the first time i use it ? or will i get some use out of it ? can't believe i didn't see it , but it looks to have been a long time ago and has lots of use after it was done...i know its a fisher and from what i read it cant be fixed that way do to heating the face will make it harder and more prone to crack there, and on my anvil that be the hole side ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 wow ...no thoughts on it ? guess ill just use it and see.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluidsteel Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Yup. Use it. :-) I can't see a repair from my iPhone. If there is a repair with lots of use since it was repaired then there's no reason to worry. Enjoy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRobb Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I agree. Use it and enjoy! Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 "crisper edges" The old blacksmith books tell folks that when they get a new anvil the first thing they should do is to round the edges. So I guess you can weld up the edge and grind it crisp and then grind it back rounder to get it like it should be... Fishers can be fixed; don't know what you have been reading. There is more of a problem with them if the repairs have to bridge the steel/cast iron interface but it can be done. I would be much more afraid of problems trying to reharden a Fisher, but NOTHING that anvil needs would ever require that---unless it had been through a shop fire. As to previous repairs: if they were done right no problem, if they were done wrong, problem---how they were done---Who Knows? Which is why repaired anvils generally go for substantially less---you just don't know how they were done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 i had to, the chips and crackes where scaring me... now i dont think ill get hit with shards.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 That anvil is a steel plate welded to a wrought iron body. How much thickness of the steel plate is left after using the grinder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 it was a flap sanding wheel i used on the top , did grind the horn and the back of the cutting table then with the sanding wheel , but the face was just to get the rust holes out very light... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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