Iron Poet Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 Old anvils were typically repaired by forgewelding the broken bits back on. Those look like forge welding lines to me where they were couldn't be bothered to smooth them out. Quote
W1WU Posted January 19, 2017 Author Posted January 19, 2017 ok thanks so it was fixed at the factory? it is a HB 1920 Quote
Black Frog Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 Not repaired. Not forge welding. Imagine play-dough being squished into a mold. That is not uncommon to see for HB... Quote
W1WU Posted January 19, 2017 Author Posted January 19, 2017 what is forge welding the bottom i thouth was to jave a concave area Quote
ThomasPowers Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 Solid phase welding---nothing is molten during the welding process. Old anvils were also made by welding up chunks of wrought iron into bigger chunks that were then forged into the anvil. My take is that this anvil was either heavily rusted or left in an acid bath long after it was made resulting in it showing the various pieces that were welded together---not a problem in use! Quote
W1WU Posted January 19, 2017 Author Posted January 19, 2017 also the ring is good except a small quarter size area is less ring? Quote
ThomasPowers Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 may be a bit of bad forge weld on the face if it has a welded face. Quote
W1WU Posted January 19, 2017 Author Posted January 19, 2017 i have heard they use to use old bolts etc? no... no plate on the model year for hb 1920 thanks for the help Quote
Black Frog Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 4 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: My take is that this anvil was either heavily rusted or left in an acid bath long after it was made resulting in it showing the various pieces that were welded together---not a problem in use! You haven't looked at enough HB's then. Not uncommon to see this look of "blobs" stuck together on Hay-Buddens bases and feet. Quote
ThomasPowers Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 perhaps, but I generally don't see the "construction details" on anvils that have not be treated someway to show them. My HB's certainly don't. The older anvils sometimes show the forge welds that made them in their "patina"---like my william foster stamped 1828. Quote
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