A guy on the ''Practical Machinist'' forum is very proud of this repair on an anvil that was broken at the hardy hole I think... I think I would have just ground the break even with the inboard side of what was left of the hole and left it some dignity..... :lol:

what never seen a hammer headed anvil before

poor old thing looks embarrassed.

 

as long as he is happy. there's room for everybody here  LOL :D

Beer nice big head....   Anvils no head.....  I think it is a sin...   A definite Peter Wrong....

 

Jim

i want him to weld fins on to it

It's a SHARK!!! :)  Just missing the eye-balls!!

 

It's his anvil to fix as he see's fit. If it works, it's good. If it breaks, no loss except for a little time and effort.

 

Neil

Trying not to say this is so wrong........what's done is done. What's done can be undone to some extent. I would probably bid a few dollars on it if the money was going to something good. Then I don't know what I would do with it.

I don't see anything technically wrong with it, besides the fact that you'd have to customize all of your hardies for it.  As far as possible issues, I can't tell how good the weld is from that distance, and I don't know whether or not he used a good deformation resistant wire (my dad runs a T1 rated dual shield wire at his job) or rod for the top layer or two between the sledge head and the anvil, and I can't tell if he heat treated it when he was done.  Other than that, good on him.  Yeah, it ain't pretty, but a tool ain't gotta be pretty to be a good tool, and it might have some interesting functionality around the hammer head.  I'd still have to make an anvil saddle with a fin on it as a good joke.  I don't see that hammer as any more wrong than scrolling nubs, or that weird shelf on some artist anvils, or an upsetting block.  This doesn't mean I would have gone through the trouble that he did.

Note to self:

Do NOT pick a fight with the guy who can smith with that "hammer" :o

 

Very interesting repair, i guess if it works, it works, regardless of how it looks!

Function before form guys. Function before form. That being said, The prettiest girl in one town could be the ugliest girl if she moved to another town. It's all about what you're comparing it too. As it stands, His anvil is much prettier than mine.

Function before form guys. Function before form. That being said, The prettiest girl in one town could be the ugliest girl if she moved to another town. It's all about what you're comparing it too. As it stands, His anvil is much prettier than mine.

I don't see much improvement in function here.  It would be a pain in the butt to forge tools to fit the hammer eye.  It offends my sensibilities as a serious craftsman it makes me want to say mean things.

I would have at least cut the hammer faces off even with the edges of the anvil...

I don't see much improvement in function here.  It would be a pain in the butt to forge tools to fit the hammer eye.  It offends my sensibilities as a serious craftsman it makes me want to say mean things.

Pain yes, but thats not to say it can't be done. and it still allows the use of hardy tools. something my little RR track anvil will not have the option of.

Pain yes, but thats not to say it can't be done. and it still allows the use of hardy tools. something my little RR track anvil will not have the option of.

What would have shone some brains on the part of the owner would have to drift out the eye of the hammer square before welding it on.   Have you ever tried to free hand forge a tapered? oval not easy my friend...  Yes its better than a RR track anvil but that is not saying much. 

I'll not lambast the fellow.

 

The repair gives him a hole for hardies, and there's no rule saying that the shaft of a bottom tool has to be solid, or square.  He could weld on a shank of 1/8" stock that's as wide as the hole is long and that would prevent the tool from jumping around.

 

And I'm sure the anvil's ring is certainly a good deal less than it once was!

This guy took an anvil and instead of talking about it, or waiting to find a replacement heel for it (haha) and did something, and now has a working anvil.

I think it's a pretty poor repair-there is no reason why the hole should not have been drifted square and  the material cut to size and fit properly. That being said, "can't see it from my house", so if the owner likes it-fine.