We started the class with a piece of railroad rail as an improvised anvil but I found a small anvil locally.
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I was asked to teach
the metal working merit badge for our Boy Scout unit. The boys had to
make a project using tin smithing techniques and then pick a project
using either casting, silver smithing, or black smithing. I was a bit
surprised when all the boys wanted to do blacksmithing. I expected they
would want to try casting since they had seen projects from my foundry
over the last couple of years. We started the class with a piece of railroad rail as an improvised anvil but I found a small anvil locally. |
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It is a cast steel anvil made in India by a company called Duracraft Industrial Tools. At 100 pounds it is fairly small and easy to move around. |
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It was in decent shape, a little surface rust, the edges weren't too beat up, and the face didn't show too much abuse. |
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Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said abuse, I guess my warranty isn't good any more... |
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I fabricated a stand for the anvil and spent a bit of time grinding on the horn to clean it up and fair the curves. A coat of paint and it looks the part. |
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We'll see how it works soon. |
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