I hope your horn holds up. Being on a very limited budget, I was not prepared to grind my horn into a sharp cone so I did more of like a flat top with a fat cone at the end -more like those of the first anvils from the 1600s for fear of grinding down too far and accidentally knocking off the tip of my horn on a mis-blow lol😅 I do have my 66 pound cast steel accio though which has been my primary anvil so far but I want my cast iron to be the one I throw on the truck and take with me to make stuff to throw on the table as I make sales.
I wont be doing any heavy forging on the horn, I only wanted the littler horn for more small delicate work. Thats awesome to have something to take with you to events. That is something I would really like to get into. What kind of events do you sell at?
If you have access to a welder you can pick up some hardfaceing wire / rods and add a few layers to the main face of that cast Iron anvil to make it Much better at actually being useful for forging... Many Old anvils were cast Iron with a steel plate welded on top as the striking surface.
I never thought about welding with hardfacing wire to build up layers of hardenable steel. Thats genius! I do have a Miller stick welder too. I will defiantly look into that. Thank you so much for the advice. I really appreciate it.
@@drewdoesart9277 Just in case you haven't dealt with cast Iron before, you'll likely need to preheat it, and if it's not sticking well you may need to put a layer of Nickle cast iron welding rod (ERNI99) down first to get a solid adhesion, as Nickle sticks to cast iron and carbon steels equally well. the hardfacing I've used was for a wire feed, Blue demon's 55FC-O, similar to an H-12 steel. though I think their Alloy 7000 Rods would work well.
The Doyle is a lot nicer than the blue Forge one. The Doyle has a high carbon face. So it has a lot more recoil. And it won’t dent up as much. Or if you’d like to get one a little bit bigger, Vevor sells them up to 130 lbs.
Heck yeah! I think you did great and made good choices!
Thank you.
I feel like it will be useful. Let me know what you think.
Cool looking special anvil
Thank you
I hope your horn holds up. Being on a very limited budget, I was not prepared to grind my horn into a sharp cone so I did more of like a flat top with a fat cone at the end -more like those of the first anvils from the 1600s for fear of grinding down too far and accidentally knocking off the tip of my horn on a mis-blow lol😅
I do have my 66 pound cast steel accio though which has been my primary anvil so far but I want my cast iron to be the one I throw on the truck and take with me to make stuff to throw on the table as I make sales.
I wont be doing any heavy forging on the horn, I only wanted the littler horn for more small delicate work. Thats awesome to have something to take with you to events. That is something I would really like to get into. What kind of events do you sell at?
Awesome job! I absolutely love watching your videos!
Thank you
If you have access to a welder you can pick up some hardfaceing wire / rods and add a few layers to the main face of that cast Iron anvil to make it Much better at actually being useful for forging... Many Old anvils were cast Iron with a steel plate welded on top as the striking surface.
I never thought about welding with hardfacing wire to build up layers of hardenable steel. Thats genius! I do have a Miller stick welder too. I will defiantly look into that. Thank you so much for the advice. I really appreciate it.
@@drewdoesart9277 Just in case you haven't dealt with cast Iron before, you'll likely need to preheat it, and if it's not sticking well you may need to put a layer of Nickle cast iron welding rod (ERNI99) down first to get a solid adhesion, as Nickle sticks to cast iron and carbon steels equally well. the hardfacing I've used was for a wire feed, Blue demon's 55FC-O, similar to an H-12 steel. though I think their Alloy 7000 Rods would work well.
Good stuff
Thanks
Can you do the Doyle anvil work just like the original one 🤔
The Doyle is a lot nicer than the blue Forge one. The Doyle has a high carbon face. So it has a lot more recoil. And it won’t dent up as much. Or if you’d like to get one a little bit bigger, Vevor sells them up to 130 lbs.
You have very good skills to be able to do this!!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
Great idea man!!
Thank you.
This was a fun project. Easy one day build.
At first I just thought you were going to strip the paint and change the look, but you really improved it. Nice job! Looks great too
Thank you. I really appreciate it.
Yes, it should be useful, looks cooler 😎
You still only have a chunk of soft iron, not a good anvil. You will have to dress it every time that you hammer on it.
Yeah, you're right. It's not great. I just got a Vevor 66lb London Pattern anvil. It's so much nicer.