Homemade mini anvil

Hey Ig,

You know railroad track is a very good anvil itself, very tough work-hardened surface. But if you need a flat surface, then your set up is OK. Where'd you get the rail from?

I have a heavy cast iron radiator, about 9" wide, 2.5 feet tall, 2 feet long that I'm thinking of doing the same thing to, welding a pc of thick 4140 to the top. Here, the whole setup has some mass, about 150#--was thinking of putting the radiator on wheels. :)

From my father in law.Yes, I needed flat surface.

sounds nice!

i

'course, you dint have to weld *every linear inch* of the plate, ig! a half-inch here and there on either side woulda done it! :) Much less risk of warpage, as well, if that were ever an issue.

Just a question here about maybe using a Hydrogen Contolled Electrode like a

4816 for welding the Anvil up?

Rod Day

I never heard of those 4816 electrodes... I used what I had, strength is not really an issue here for obvious reasons (low loads, big beads compared to items welded). I used 6013.

i

Yes, it would hold with a lot less welds, but OTOH, it would probably make a worse sound when hit with a hammer. That's just a guess. I kind of hope that an inch thick piece of steel or a rail would not warp as much.

i

My poor mans cheapie anvil was in dire need of repair, so I screwed on a

10 mm H&T spring steel plate. Makes a PLUNK sound when struck, works fine though :-)

Regards Charles

You just proved again how ignorant you are. Did you read the "welding up"? Do you know that that means? Make a layer of a different material upon something. In this case to get a more resistant surface.

But really, your anvil is brilliant! OK, I didn't look at it, have seen enough crap of you and don't want to sponsor your "ads by Google" on your pages any more.

Nick

That's interesting, though weld strength is hardly an issue here. Thank you.

i

4816 is just a Low hydrogen electrode, that's their classification here south of the equator in Australia, not sure what its international classification is. Might be 8016. Anyway, welding alloy or crack sensitive steels with these rods is recommended, helps reduce the risk of the weld cracking and has a higher tensile strength.

Rod

Smile -

I use 10016 welding Armor plate targets. Have to water treat the hot weld or all of the BHN values are lost.

It is common for Big Bore pistols to literally knock off the animal off its feet! It is a shear above the weld.

Once water treated, it seems to re-harden to prevent the Armor plate Pig kill. :-)

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH & Endowment Member NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member

Ignoramus25220 wrote:

Hydrogen embrittlement is the issue. I would have at least used 7018. You might find that the weld will break away from the rail . The weld won't crack but it will come free anyway.

I'll take pics of my effort this weekend (in the daylight) and post the link. Used 7018 low hydrogen rods to make it.

- Regards Gordie

Gordie, just for the heck of it, I will try to pound this anvil with a big 8 lbs sledgehammer this weekend. You are raising an interesting question, I hope that the answer to it is negative, but it would be good to check.

i

Indeed. I once got chewed out for knocking about half the chickens, and the turkeys off their bases with my 357 Herret and 180gr JSPs at

1900 FPS.

I told the guys to weld em right the next time.

Gunner

Rule #35 "That which does not kill you, has made a huge tactical error"

Often times the makers did it that way. I saw it at a range before I made a set

- Thought it was one thing (upon hearing) and saw it different. The weld was there, but the pre-tempered steel was softened due to zonal heating.

Such is life. But is often the same issue when welding a trailer, a chair, a .... we all have to remember this one!

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH & Endowment Member NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member

Gunner wrote:

Remember, I am not a welder by trade and this was one of my very first projects.

- Gordie

And there are some who maintain that even Jesus Himself appeared only as spiritual, and not in flesh, but presented merely the appearance of flesh: these persons seek to rob the flesh of the promise.

Nice anvil, and that's how i would like my yard to look.

i

Indeed.

Its amazing to see yards you dont have to climb over stuff to get from one side to the other.

Gunner

Political Correctness

A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

Gunner - I have more than enough grass to mow. Just not enough shop space for the toys!

My neighbor with 4 horses has a bit larger place, but has stacks of steel beams and sheets - he is keeping for ever - might use it some day... (Rats!).

He has a tractor with forklift tines on front to move/clean.

He took in a trailer, moved it into a creek and set it ablaze. After the fire burned the hasmat out - he was able to get to some stuff he wanted... Old School method.

Mart> >