domdanial@reddthat.com to Machinist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoDefinitely hard, 50s era anvilreddthat.comimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
arrow-up145arrow-down1imageDefinitely hard, 50s era anvilreddthat.comdomdanial@reddthat.com to Machinist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoIt’s looks like it’s in remarkably good condition for 30 years in a barn! What comes next after machining the top?
minus-squareNomecks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoAnvils last a long time even in the shittiest conditions. They’re blocks of iron or steel and it’s hard for rust to really penetrate deep
minus-squaredomdanial@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoAlso I’d already attacked it with a flap disk to get most of the surface rust off, it was pretty fuzzy when I started.
minus-squareNomecks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoIs it branded on the other side?
minus-squaredomdanial@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI flipped it over actually, try to get the bottom parallel but I gave up after a few passes, it would have taken more than I was willing to cut.
minus-squareironeagl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoShould put some nice chamfers and radii on the edges, you use the edge of an anvil a fair but, and being able to select a radius, chamfer, or square edge is nice.
It’s looks like it’s in remarkably good condition for 30 years in a barn!
What comes next after machining the top?
Anvils last a long time even in the shittiest conditions. They’re blocks of iron or steel and it’s hard for rust to really penetrate deep
Also I’d already attacked it with a flap disk to get most of the surface rust off, it was pretty fuzzy when I started.
Is it branded on the other side?
I flipped it over actually, try to get the bottom parallel but I gave up after a few passes, it would have taken more than I was willing to cut.
Should put some nice chamfers and radii on the edges, you use the edge of an anvil a fair but, and being able to select a radius, chamfer, or square edge is nice.