Anvil repair

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Pete Peterson

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We have an old Peter Wright 250# anvil that needs re-surfacing. Can any of you out there point me to someone that will do a good job for a reasonable price. I know things like that do not come cheap but don't want to put the farm in hock to get it done.

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old pete
 
Most established machine shops anywhere should be able to help you out. Have your anvil blanchard ground, STARTING with the squaring and trueing of the feet or bottom, NOT the face. Have the face done AFTER the bottom is square and true, this will save alot of valuable material on the face of the anvil.

 
Thanks for the tip on the feet first, makes much sense. Old dogs can learn new tricks!!!!

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old pete
 
I wouldnot start grinding on a good anvil.
It depends on how bad the face really is but
I haven't seen one that couldn't be repaired
with little welding. Most welders are familiar with a Stoody product that is a
hard surfacing rod that wear hardens. If it
is mostly dents you can peen them back into
place by working around them and into the
center. find a good blacksmith and have them
show you. The material is still there--- If
its been chiped or gouged thats another story. That can be filled in with some welding. Just don't weld a whole bunch at a
time or in one place the mass is so much that
there shouldn't be a problem with annealing
the face. I've repaired 3 of my anvils ( 125 to 175) this way and it worked just fine.
I used a 4 1/2" grinder with a flapper disc
to finish --actually two different grits.
don't polish the face too much because then
your works wants to squirt around. They look
great polished but don't work as well.

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[This message has been edited by goshawk (edited 27 September 1999).]
 
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