nightmarejr Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I've seen people refinish the surface and what not but what if it's gone too far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 "Too far" depends entirely on too much. Even the worst anvil face still leaves you with a horn and a hardy that can be used. Or, put it on a low stand and use it as a striking anvil to make bottom swages for your good anvil. And if it's really chewed up after decades of abuse, the heel is snapped off by some idiot's abuse decades ago and the horn wrinkled with thousands of torch cuts.... it can still be used as a weight for assembling projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I've seen people refinish the surface and what not but what if it's gone too far? The classic solution is to heat up the old anvil in a large forge. Cut off the old face with a hot chisel and a team of strikers. Make a new tool steel face and forge weld it back on to the old anvil. Then re heat the anvil to the hardening temp of the steel and quench in fast flowing water then temper to desired hardness. This involves lots of skilled hand work and expensive equipment but this is the way it was done. Today most people use hard facing welding rod and build up the anvil by arc welding then grind back to shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Those get used for shooting anvils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmarejr Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 I figured that some would be turned into a nice swage set for newer anvils or maybe even scrap metal. Thanks for the input guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Any Fisher anvil, worn out or not, is welcome in my museum. I have a display of broken and worn out Fishers. It shows how they wear and break. Just part of the Fisher story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I think most people in the past just set them aside, to allow future generations to sell them online to the gullible for insane amounts of money. Thats the impression one gets from cruising the net, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 "A picture is worth a thousand words." Some dovetail slots and you have a Sheffield type knifemaker's anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 We have a 142# Trenton farriers anvil(kinda big for a farriers anvil) that has a good 3/16" sway in the face and is even swayed around the pritchel holes! I cant imagine how many shoes have been made on it. It was never "abused" by the looks just used,used and used so more..The edges are good and it still has great rebound its just swayed to death. you can still forge on it, just cant straighten anything on it :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 HaHa! McPherson , I have seen a few anvils with broken horns sold as "civil war" anvils broken by the Union. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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