July 1, 201412 yr Even the comments are baffling: "Cast in the mold upside down and chilled"....it is obviously a forged anvil, not cast. Looks like a Mousehole anvil to me, not a HB. Obviously the person doing this has no knowledge of how anvils are made, and what doing this milling does to the anvil.
July 1, 201412 yr Author the machine just remind me of a slow torture device. They took the whole plate off - no video of what they did after this.
July 1, 201412 yr going to try to login after work tonight and leave a comment---if everyone does it perhaps we can stop this abuse on some other anvil!
July 1, 201412 yr And the world gets a little darker every day.....sigh. Comment posted on the tube of u's.
July 1, 201412 yr About as smart a straightening tent stakes on your lathe ways with a sledge hammer!
July 1, 201412 yr Even the comments are baffling: "Cast in the mold upside down and chilled"....it is obviously a forged anvil, not cast. Looks like a Mousehole anvil to me, not a HB. Obviously the person doing this has no knowledge of how anvils are made, and what doing this milling does to the anvil. I once had a guy try to tell me that all anvils were soft on the face and the refacing process he did was what made the anvil worth £300 more than it actually was. Then he tried to sell a KL anvil, for £700.... Errm no. I don't think so. Andy
July 1, 201412 yr Their Youtube page did not allow me to leave a comment. Perhaps they got tired of being told they were idiots for destroying an anvil and blocked comments.
July 1, 201412 yr my KL cost me about 80 uk pounds about $120 US for a 1 cwt anvil in not bad condition, I like the hard face it has
July 1, 201412 yr That one was painful to watch and hear. Added my comments as well. Some people shouldn't be allowed to touch an anvil :angry: George
July 2, 201412 yr What can I say but stupid.... Anal and Anvil start with the same letter ... I love the safety ... Looking at the cutter close... Love the coolant application.. Lets see ... Final product .. -$300.00 Tooling cost .. $150.00 ... Sounds like a great deal to me..
July 2, 201412 yr Why didn't he try milling his forehead? It's probly harder than the anvil WAS! Hope I don't have nightmares tonite after watching that. Maybe should go sleep by the anvils!
July 2, 201412 yr Long comment left hopefully to educate others---in fact I created a google+ account just to leave it
July 2, 201412 yr Long comment left hopefully to educate others---in fact I created a google+ account just to leave it Excellent comment Mr Powers. I gave you a thumbs up for it. Should be interesting to see how long before those numnutz delete all the comments. George
July 2, 201412 yr I read the comments here before clicking on the video. I could only watch 1 min or less before the machining noise got to me like fingernails on a chalkboard. xxxxxxxxxx! There oughta be a law. Great comments on the vid, by those with a clue. Thanks, Thomas- might be too late for these clowns, but it might be an 'aha' moment for someone else. Steve
July 2, 201412 yr It is his anvil and his choice to destroy the thing. Just as it is his choice to set fire to $300 in fresh crisp bills, or buy a new car and then destroy it with a sledge hammer. Then again we buy an anvil that has been beat on for 50 years with a hammer. We proceed to beat on it for another 50 years with a hammer, and then sell it to a fellow that will beat on it with a hammer for yet another 50 years.
July 2, 201412 yr I see this as an act of stupidity rather than of malice; as such we should try to spread the word that this is as smart a thing to do as milling a stack of $100 bills and *why*. People who do not know may choose to ignore your comments if they don't see the reason behind them. I think that Machinists and Weldors do more damage to anvils through plain ignorance than blacksmiths do through working on them as they were meant to be worked on. I was greatly tempted to go into details about Fishers, Vulcan's, cast steel, the switch to steel upper sections, etc and so on---but I was afraid to bog folks down in the details so I restricted it to "traditionally made anvils" as the one in question looked to be. Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. Napoleon Bonaparte
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