metal1905 Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 I need help in Lapeer mi for heat treating an anvil, it's about 176 lbs a cast ductile body and a 6150 plate top. any ideas on water or oil and how too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 How is the plate attached to the body? (And I assume this is not the Mousehole as they were not cast anvils...) (Mod note: ThomasPowers's comment in parenthesis refers to an anvil in the comment thread this post was split out of.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal1905 Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Sorry for the confusion, this is my other anvil. The top was bolted on since 1993. When I took the top off (long story) the bolts were still tight but the machine shop that milled the two mating surfaces left a 0,003 gap that gave it a hollow sound and no bounce. The 6150 top I sent out for flame hardening had some JB weld inside filling a hole they miss drilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Can we get pictures? Are you saying that the 6150 top is currently attached, or not? If so, how? (That is, is it still bolted on, or is it welded in some way?) We need details! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Well if the top is removable you are not heat treating an anvil you are heat treating a plate and then probably sending it out to be surface ground as HT often distorts stuff a bit. In general such situations are not cost effective. I've know folks to spend more than it cost to buy a new anvil or a used one in better condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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