OldNewbieAus Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) Hello all, I'm excited because I have just picked up my first 'real' anvil. It was quite cheap but has to be better than the improvised 'H' beam I have been using. It has a raised casting saying 'HEYFIELD 1CWT' and that's what it weighs. I live in Australia so maybe pretty obscure. It has an obvious casting line and doesn't appear to have a hard face-plate. It looks old "It was my grandfather's" said the vendor. It rings beautifully but has only about 50% rebound. However, right in the working area there are a few hammer marks, semi-circular divots about 1/2 to 1 mm deep. Otherwise the face is flat and quite true. What advice? Live with it as is or attempt to fix. If you think I should 'fix' the face, how? I'm tempted to hammer the hell out of it and see if I can re-form the metal. I am very new to this so I would appreciate any wisdom. I'll post pictures soon. Cheers, Simon Edited February 18, 2019 by OldNewbieAus Missed detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Welcome to IFI! If you haven’t yet, please https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/53873-read-this-first/ Pictures would help. In general, we recommend not trying to fix minor anvil issues, since the “fix” is often worse than the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 First determine if it is cast iron or cast steel. If it is cast iron, use it to fund a better anvil purchase down the line! Work hardening has been used traditionally for some softer anvils that are NOT cast iron. Of course just using it would accomplish that to a point... Please do no subtractive face work on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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