Juc Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Howdy folks. I recently bought a little anvil from princess auto, which I suppose is similar to harbor freight for you non-canadians. It said it was hardened steel, etc. but it was asking like 2 bucks USD per pound so I bought it figuring I might get lucky, but probably wont. I didn't get lucky, it's steel but not heat treated, but it's got a nice shape. My tentative plan is to weld a thick steel plate on to the sweet spot of the anvil; what steel plate do you figure I should use for such a purpose? Right now the anvil only has a rebound of like 25%, just need a surface for striking I figure. What steel do you figure I should grab for that? I'll just go out and buy a chunk of thick plate. The anvil as is is made from C45 Or alternately do any of you figure there's some other plan that'd work for this thing to make it usable? It's still decent steel and a decent shape really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Just use it as is till you come across something better. Just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 if you weld a plate on dont just weld round the edge, weld it on the entire area or it will soon fail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 You can hard face and grind it. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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