Brian Pellerin Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Hey folks, I live in the Annapolis valley and I am plug welding layers of sheet metal to make my first anvil. This is a great site to find out answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Welcome aboard Brian, glad to have you. Please stop wasting time plug welding sheet metal it'll never make even a poor anvil. Hit the wrecking yards and find a truck axle, piece of shafting, RR rail, piece of thick plate, etc. for an anvil. Unless you're going to weld the stack into a solid piece of steel is isn't going to have good enough incident of rebound to make an anvil. Even if you were welding late it wouldn't be much of an anvil. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Pellerin Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 Okay. Thanks for the advice! I've got a 8lb sledge hammer head (and some leaf springs). I can strap down the sledge hammer head since it has nice rebound (82%). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaylee Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Another decent makeshift anvil is an excavator pin. I just bought a Fisher anvil yesterday, and the guy had several just laying around. Any construction company (or other company that owns heavy machinery) is likely to have some large pieces of steel that are hardened, such as those pins. He gave me (no extra cost after buying the anvil) probably another 150-200 pounds of steel parts, excavator track, cable, and even some unused stock and plate. We just got to talking about interests, and he offered to give me a lot of this extra stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Well done Kaylee! Being able to carry on a pleasant conversation with folk is invaluable for the scrounger. (long useless ramble deleted Axles make excellent anvils mounted on end with the flange up. A little dressing with a disk grinder and you not only have a nice sized face with an outstanding depth of rebound but the flanges and lug holes are marvelously handy. The only limit to the tools you can make for them is your imagination. Bucket hinge pins are usually 4140 or the equivalent. It's excellent steel for tools, dies, hammers, etc. Free makes it like Mana from Hephaestus. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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