Anvil build

[cathead]

Yesterday I did a bit of machining and welding and put together an anvil of sorts. So far I have not made a hardy hole so
made a round hole instead called a pritchel I think. The horn was made of some 4140 and the rest a mixture of hot and cold roll material.
It is really difficult to do any decent looking welding as the material is cold and thick. I used 1/8 inch 7018 rod for the welding. I have to
laugh because the power company came by today to change out the meter. It is possible I suppose that with the huge use
of electricity for a short period flagged their system. They told me the meter quit reporting but not sure that was the case...
I went through about 5 pounds of rod or so but I wasn't counting. I may apply a chunk of 4140 on top of the existing iron
if it proves necessary. The project is going to be somewhat on hold for a while until I can put the anvil in a big wood fire
and get it pretty hot, then hopefully finish up with some better looking welds. I would think I need to heat it up after all done welding
and do some sort of quench.


The anvil rings pretty well when hammered on but will find out with some usage as far as how good it is. It's a work in progress anvil for now.

I'm not too proud of the welding. Hopefully I can do better later on.

 

[Latinrascalrg1]

Dont worry about the welding, thats why they make angle grinders......A few minutes with a flap disc and the welds will look GREAT!

Nice work so far btw. About how much will it weigh when finished?

 

[cathead]

Dont worry about the welding, thats why they make angle grinders......A few minutes with a flap disc and the welds will look GREAT!

Nice work so far btw. About how much will it weigh when finished?

It would weigh about 125 pounds if I apply the hard face top.

 

[brino]

Nice!

Hard to tell the scale of it.
Is the main body solid?
Is the main body 3" x 3"? How big is the pritchel hole?

-brino

 

[cathead]

Yes, 3x3 and the pritchel is 7/8 inch but could be a hardy if I saw or file it out. It's all solid pieces.

 

[Latinrascalrg1]

125 lbs, wow, thats much larger then I thought from the pics!
If its ok to spend your money for you I would Absolutely add on that hardened top plate.

 

[cathead]

Some progress is being made on the anvil project. My big Milwaukee grinder came in handy and after an hour or so of
hard work it is beginning to take shape. The welding shop had some 5/32 rod in 7018 so invested in 10 pounds
of that and applied some more metal at 180 amperes of DC using the old Forney 180 amp welder and my home made
dc adapter.

The grinding part was better off doing outside so I used the tailgate of my pickup for a work table. Also used was an 80 grit
flap wheel to smooth out some of the roughness.


I'm glad the grinding part is over as it was cold and cloudy outside today.
The next phase will be to add a top plate of which I still need to locate. It needs to be about 5 inches wide and
at least a foot long and and inch or more thick. I will add the hardy hole and pritchel to that before the final welding
process. After that I'm not sure yet how to go about the firing and hardening. I do have a 100 pound propane
cylinder with a big weed burning head so may use that and then dump the anvil into a pool of water somehow.

I set a piece of metal on the top of the existing work to get an idea of the scope of things. Just for fun, I will
set this thing on the bathroom scale and see what it weighs at this stage of the game.

 

[brino]

I think @RJSakowski wrote about putting a new top on an anvil........I'll see if I can find it.

-brino

Here's a link to some of his stuff(post #5), but I still thought there was another post with more details.....still looking:
https://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/anvil-welding-or-how-to-weld-heavy-metal.69263/

...oh, and a few other interesting threads as "food for thought":
https://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/anvil.1508/post-11328
https://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/homemade-anvil.72946/#post-611838

-brino

 

[middle.road]

@cathead - be sure to put your maker's mark on the bottom of that beast. Name, Date, & Location...

 

[RJSakowski]

I think @RJSakowski wrote about putting a new top on an anvil........I'll see if I can find it.

-brino

Here's a link to some of his stuff(post #5), but I still thought there was another post with more details.....still looking:
https://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/anvil-welding-or-how-to-weld-heavy-metal.69263/

...oh, and a few other interesting threads as "food for thought":
https://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/anvil.1508/post-11328
https://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/homemade-anvil.72946/#post-611838

-brino

Brino, I think post #5 on that link is it. I can't help with a search as my search function is all screwed up. I can't see any of my content.