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08-20-2013, 10:43 PM #1
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Thanked: 4801) Not a shop within 100 miles of here I would trust to properly gauge up the base (since its unlikely is perfectly square from the table face)
2) It would take a WHOLE LOT of grinding to get those corners square through a top down surface grinding!
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08-20-2013, 10:46 PM #2
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Thanked: 2027Have had two re-ground,anvils are not precision instruments.
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08-20-2013, 10:48 PM #3
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Thanked: 995You won't want perfectly square corners. I've seen a lot of anvils with slightly different radii on each side to accommodate the smith's choice for inside corners. Tools are meant to be modified. You might be able to clean some of that up with an angle grinder and a square and careful work. It's certainly not dead yet.
That Peter Wright is well worth 300 bucks.
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08-20-2013, 10:57 PM #4
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Thanked: 480Thanks guys! Like I said, the top is actually in good shape. Its mostly just some surface rust from disuse. No deep dents or bellying. My main concern was the slight chipping taking place along the side edges. I'm sure you have all seen some of the boat anchors people try to unload. I'm glad I have learned at least enough to know what NOT to buy. cracked tables, anvils that go "thunk" etc.
Now all I need is somebody with a stronger back than mine to carry it out of the van! One step closer to forging!
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08-20-2013, 11:10 PM #5
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Thanked: 2027Your wise to be concerned about the chipping edges,Beware.
One of my best friends was killed when a wedge he was using to split logs (mushroomed edges) came apart and severed his subclavian artery.
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08-20-2013, 11:43 PM #6
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08-20-2013, 11:50 PM #7
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Thanked: 2027It was horrible,he was 34 yrs old.Since that happenend I am very carefull with my chisles and even small punches.
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08-21-2013, 01:25 AM #8
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Thanked: 480Having missed my eye by scant fractions, I have been vigilant with keeping up with the maintenance of my tools. Its sad that it takes such scares to remind us that there is danger in so many innocuous things we do.
Mike Blue, is there anything I should be looking for that would signal a worry spot on the damaged edges? I dont have an angle grinder, but I guess I will have to get one so I can at least clean her up for a better view.
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08-21-2013, 03:57 AM #9The older I get the more I realize how little I actually know.
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08-21-2013, 04:24 AM #10
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Thanked: 480The markings on the anvil are 1-0-16 If I have done my homework correctly, thats 128lbs correct?
Unfortunately, there is only a single farrier in the area that I know of, and from what I have heard, he knows less than I do!
There are 2 other guys who are learning like me, and a single old fella who goes around posting in the local papers "wanted to buy" offers people 50 cents a pound and turns around and sells to guys like me for 4 bucks a pound.
Here is a close up of one of the areas of concern. I have seen way worse, and its probably nothing, but god gave me ulcers, and who would I be to ignore his gifts and not worry at least a little?
Last edited by Magpie; 08-21-2013 at 04:32 AM.