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Offline Twilight Fenrir

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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2015, 06:09:02 PM »
Alrighty! I finally got all the welding and grinding done yesterday. I still have to roast it over a camp fire like a marshmallow to re-harden it, but all the hard work is done. It was quite a project, about 6 hours of welding, and the same amount of grinding.. It's not perfect, but it's about as good as I can make it right now n.n

Post welding: Pre Grinding


Post grinding:


(The face isn't slanted, like that picture makes it look for some reason...)
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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2015, 04:56:39 PM »
WOW!!  Very nice work!...
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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #17 on: October 28, 2015, 07:59:31 PM »
Looks like 10 to 15 pounds of wire buttered on there, but I'm not seeing any preheating signature on the anvil itself.
What wire did you burn in?
Were you holding an interpass temperature or just winging it?
What did you do in terms of postcooling?

If that's an example of free hand grinding with a 7 or 9 inch grinder I can find you work real easily.

The BIG question???

Have you given it some healthy love taps with a 4# hammer yet since it has cooled? 
That test was the one I always went to coffee before somebody else did it on a buildup job.
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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #18 on: October 29, 2015, 09:38:42 AM »
Don't hurt yourself on that sharp horn.

Offline Twilight Fenrir

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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #19 on: October 29, 2015, 11:10:08 AM »
Looks like 10 to 15 pounds of wire buttered on there, but I'm not seeing any preheating signature on the anvil itself.
What wire did you burn in?
Were you holding an interpass temperature or just winging it?
What did you do in terms of postcooling?

If that's an example of free hand grinding with a 7 or 9 inch grinder I can find you work real easily.

The BIG question???

Have you given it some healthy love taps with a 4# hammer yet since it has cooled? 
That test was the one I always went to coffee before somebody else did it on a buildup job.
AT LEAST 10-15 lbs... I didn't keep super close track, it ate as much as it needed...But I think it was closer to 20lbs. There wasn't much left on the 30lb spool...

 I didn't pre-heat it :/ I was working with the smith from whom I've been apprenticing. He assured me it wasn't necessary, but I insisted on it... We spent about 2 hours trying to rig up the parts to make a propane torch to do so before giving up on it... He said he'd pay for the anvil if anything went awry... So I just did it... The anvil got pretty dang hot in about an hour anyway, and stayed much too hot to touch throughout the process... I peened it between each pass...

I used ER70S-6 .030-Inch wire.

I haven't taken a swing at the anvil yet... It's going to get roasted over a bonfire until it's glowing hot, then the face is gonna get dropped in an oil bath to harden it as much  as can be. Then it will be put into service, replacing my 200# Vulcan cast iron anvil.

Also, yes, that's free-hand grinding, using mostly an antique 7" angle grinder. I used my 4" with a flap wheel around the corners to lightly round them, and to put the bevel on the oposing edge of the face.
Don't hurt yourself on that sharp horn.
Gah, you sound just like ny mother XD That's all she could say when she saw my anvil :P I'm handling 1800 degree pieces of glowing steel, and the safety concern is the sharp anvil point :P I'm looking forward to having a sharp point, instead of the very blunt remains on my Vulcan. Plus... Sharp edges! God those will be nice to have! The only sharp edge on my Vulcan is the heel, and even that isn't great.
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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #20 on: October 29, 2015, 01:12:03 PM »
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR MOTHER BOY!
She made that body you're intent on wrecking, and she's your mom.

Anvil horns hurt like hell when you nail one with your leg, and can rip your pants too.  You really want to suffer the humiliation of asking mom to sew your pants up after SHE TOLD YOU?

If your iron is only 1800° you're working it too cold.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance!

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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #21 on: October 29, 2015, 01:40:54 PM »
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR MOTHER BOY!
She made that body you're intent on wrecking, and she's your mom.

Anvil horns hurt like hell when you nail one with your leg, and can rip your pants too.  You really want to suffer the humiliation of asking mom to sew your pants up after SHE TOLD YOU?

If your iron is only 1800° you're working it too cold.
Haha, that horn won't touch my blacksmithing pants :P I wear fire-hose canvas. And anyway, I can sew my own pants :p

Well, I was just throwing out a number.... But 2100 is forge welding temp IIRC, so 1800 should be a pretty bright orange... Again, if I recall correctly...

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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #22 on: October 29, 2015, 06:07:57 PM »
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR MOTHER BOY!
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Anvil horns hurt like hell when you nail one with your leg, and can rip your pants too.  You really want to suffer the humiliation of asking mom to sew your pants up after SHE TOLD YOU?

One day you will be painfully reminded,    WE TOLD YOU SO!

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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #23 on: October 29, 2015, 07:00:20 PM »
Don't  come running to me when you break your neck Twilight.  You were warned!
(don't give me any backsas about not being able to run with a broken neck either)

Real Smiths wear kilts, not firehose pants.

Now go stick a tennis ball on that sharp point before some innocent person gets hurt by it.  Nobody cares if you get hurt, but I don't want to feel bad cause some poor innocent person got hurt.  Better make it a soccer ball so it can be seen easier.
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Don't let me see you running with tongs in your hand either!

Dear Lard, why does my brain retain housemother admonitions?
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance!

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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2015, 07:55:55 AM »
Don't  come running to me when you break your neck Twilight.  You were warned!
(don't give me any backsas about not being able to run with a broken neck either)

Real Smiths wear kilts, not firehose pants.

Now go stick a tennis ball on that sharp point before some innocent person gets hurt by it.  Nobody cares if you get hurt, but I don't want to feel bad cause some poor innocent person got hurt.  Better make it a soccer ball so it can be seen easier.
And
Don't let me see you running with tongs in your hand either!

Dear Lard, why does my brain retain housemother admonitions?
I have 2 kilts :P  They were expensive, though, I don't want to start them on fire!

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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #25 on: October 30, 2015, 02:08:05 PM »
Don't  come running to me when you break your neck Twilight.  You were warned!
(don't give me any backsas about not being able to run with a broken neck either)

Real Smiths wear kilts, not firehose pants.

Now go stick a tennis ball on that sharp point before some innocent person gets hurt by it.  Nobody cares if you get hurt, but I don't want to feel bad cause some poor innocent person got hurt.  Better make it a soccer ball so it can be seen easier.
And
Don't let me see you running with tongs in your hand either!

Dear Lard, why does my brain retain housemother admonitions?
I have 2 kilts :P  They were expensive, though, I don't want to start them on fire!

NOT even with an 11foot 9inch pole!
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance!

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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #26 on: October 30, 2015, 03:55:08 PM »
Keep up the banter, you guys are entertaining.
 None of my anvils have a point that sharp, and I'm glad they don't.

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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #27 on: October 31, 2015, 02:02:43 PM »
Keep up the banter, you guys are entertaining.
 None of my anvils have a point that sharp, and I'm glad they don't.
You want banter, send money.
I don't entertain for free.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance!

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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #28 on: October 31, 2015, 08:31:13 PM »
Keep up the banter, you guys are entertaining.
 None of my anvils have a point that sharp, and I'm glad they don't.
You want banter, send money.
I don't entertain for free.

Can you barter for banter?

Offline Aunt Phil

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Re: My new 300 lb baby
« Reply #29 on: October 31, 2015, 09:24:33 PM »
Keep up the banter, you guys are entertaining.
 None of my anvils have a point that sharp, and I'm glad they don't.
You want banter, send money.
I don't entertain for free.

Can you barter for banter?

ABSOLUTELY NOT!
AND
Unless your retainer arrives in the next 24 hours Twilight will be by to drop his anvil on your foot.

You may barter for the option of which end of the damn anvil lands on your foot first.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance!