#Iron anvil how to#
If he doesn't provide the info directly, he'll point you at a book and show you how to do an interlibrary loan.Īs a matter of possible interest, I am posting the results of my preceding inquiries and the valuable responses. Powers also tends to be a great source of knowledge regarding almost all esoteric metallurgy. Heat sources for casting tend to make poor forges, and vice versa. You also would probably want to build a furnace for casting.
Finding a group helps with the learning curve, and I'd recommend it for most casting anyways, including aluminum. Casting steel or iron though, not something to do at home safely or well without a lot of expensive specialized equipment and knowledge. Melting steel can be done in a forge in small amounts.
If you are truly interested in casting iron or steel, you want to look for a hobby group that does it specifically. Junkyard anvils are definitely a great alternative. Paid $75 for mine, and it has a ridiculously wide face. If you can find them, you can often get them for next to nothing because the forge weld breaks on the horn or heel. (Got my Laurel in the Middle Kingdom for blacksmithing around 15 years ago been in the SCA for over 40 years now.) (I also have the *base* of a PW with everything missing above the waist that was used as an anvil after the tragic accident as it shows the mushrooming from such use.) Or and this is rankest heresy and I expect the Smithing Inquisition to show up at my doorstep within minutes of posting this-find a totally trashed old anvil or piece of an old wrought iron bodied anvil-one missing horn and heel and face, you used to be able to buy them cheap-my 1828 William Foster was only US$15 and use that as the "preform" for forging your medieval anvil. To go purist medieval you will need to source real wrought iron, hard to find in large sizes and forge weld a block the appropriate size out of it-striker(s) or tilt hammer needed. So you may want to keep an eye out for some medium carbon steel to make a tougher "modern medieval" anvil to work modern alloys on. One of the issues is: they were forging real wrought iron back then, which is dead soft at it's preferred working temp! You almost certainly will not be and the "modern" steels are harder under the hammer at their working temps. So you can pinch hit with a block of mild steel and work harden the face. Thereafter a repair or exchange as appropriate will be offered.Well medieval anvils would be made from real wrought iron, the Bessemer/Kelly process introduced the modern steels we use today back in the middle of the 19th century. We will exchange or refund within the first 30 days if a manufacturers fault is found with this product. Some manufacturers will offer a direct repair or replacement service (as applicable) which will often resolve your problem more quickly.
In the unlikely event of a fault the item returned is subject to fair wear & tear and must not have been used beyond the scope of it's design.
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