dontpaymenomind Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corex Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 before or after de milling proces ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontpaymenomind Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 the machine just remind me of a slow torture device. They took the whole plate off - no video of what they did after this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Idiots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 And the world gets a little darker every day.....sigh. Comment posted on the tube of u's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 About as smart a straightening tent stakes on your lathe ways with a sledge hammer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Mac Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I can only hope that he damaged his milling cutters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 left a comment for the idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Geist Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Comment left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 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.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozenforge Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Anvil survives 100+ years then done in an afternoon, so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1forgeur Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Long comment left hopefully to educate others---in fact I created a google+ account just to leave it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Geist Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironmike Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Anvil Cruelty!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Enough to make you cry. Blockheads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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