nice job Randy, hit the power feed and back away.. lol

Bravo to your full send without any coolant and getting a nice surface finish.

Randy cool.

I tried to have this done years back at an automotive machine shop and they took one pass and called it quits. They said it was dulling their bits. Nice job, Randy

Could do a sandblast to the sides and see how that looks. Nice project either way.

The last time I saw sparks like that I completely destroyed an end mill....

If you do weld it make sure you use hardfacing rod ni55

Ready to work. 👍 My anvil is worn through the hard top in the center. My grandfather was a local blacksmith here in Jackson County KY. Takes a long time to dish a good anvil if used properly.

Nice job, that sure brings back memories all the grinding I did when I built my anvil..

Mr. Lipton would have filed that out of a solid block.

Great looking anvil, I'm envious!

Amazed you could get it in the mill! Lifting those can be a good way to get a hernia - why do I know - don't ask! That came out beautiful. You could always deal with the old paint with some methylene chloride and then leave it natural.

I think Tom would have used some sort of diamond file.

I have an older peter wright anvil that I put on the mill but I quess near 90 lbs. BUT I will need to weld up the edges and clean it up and is a bit worse than yours. good job. Putting it to use for Christmas gifts for the kids this year. with the homemade forge.

I've considered doing this before with a fly cutter and carbide tool bit as I don't have a face mill like that. I wasn't sure if it would work. Now you have given me the confidence to give it a whirl. Enjoyed as always Randy.

You sure made that look purty! I thought it was going to be displayed on a coffee table with that amount of shine. Great vid randy, thanks!

Nice anvil. That is actually a very good size for many shops. Nice job.

Looked a bit hard on the cutters!

Enjoyed Randy, ATB, Robin

That looked to be some pretty hard steel. Nice refirb job Randy. Good for another hundred years.

I thought the face of the anvil was supposed to be hardened, as in a hammer will bounce off the top when hit. Have you removed that face now ?

I need to do this as well. I’ve been using it as is, but it needs some love.

That is a nice size anvil. I have been looking for one for years but the prices have been way high, People in our area buy them as decoration which drives the price up.

Good flatten and horn job RR. Time to go fishing.

Great job! I hope you do weld up the sides and knock it back down to make the sides on the top nice and straight. 👍🏼

Wow...no flood coolant/lube ?

nice anvil cleanup randy. i have one the same size as yours and you have inspirered me to put mine on the mill and do the same. thanks.

Now that's something that I never thought about but I guess after 35 years even anvils need maintenance.

It was dished out good, wasn't it? Good job cleaning it up.

nice work .

For a minute there I thought I had missed the RR icon and clicked on myfordboy. You definitely did make it look a lot better. Did you get that vise from Bubba?

I sure wish that with a few strokes like that, I could produce a good looking horn like you have. regards bruce

Nice anvil. I have been watching for one in my area they are very expensive. That seem like a nice size

I think your CD player is stuck on auto repeat 😉

Randy reinvented chrome finish without the chrome - gleaming. Glad it cleaned up. Mr. Whitham would have used that cool shop crane to lug that piece around effortlessly. Me - I still have to schlep that stuff or drag out the cherry picker. Curious what the hardness is now. _Dan_

nice clean up on the horn the anvil had a hard life didn't it . i don't know how you would do it on the mill but the face is not normally dead flat they have a slight crown side to side helps move the metal better just like the crown of a hammer face. and you dont have to be dead on holding it flat to the face also . very subtle features on a anvil

1) An anvil with a mirror finish looks very strange. 2) With all of those sparks, it would have made a good Independence Day post. 3) Why didn't you use some Motion Lotion when grinding the top surface?

I hadn't realised that you were a trained mime artiste. I could understand everything you didn't say about the rounded edges. Every other refurb I've seen just used the hand wheel and went for a close(ish) finish. Using the mill like that was both visually pleasing ... and looked to put down a fine finish. Too fine in fact to go pounding on it with a big hammer!!! That's the point I'd have lost any sense of reason and would have been sorely tempted to go for perfect edges... even if it left the anvil 1\2" thick.

normally that edge isn't square, but should be rounded and the rounding should be tapered from large radius up near the horn to almost square at the back.

Hi Randy. Bill from Seattle

Anvil has been on a diet, lost some weight and looks good Randy. Cheers from John, Australia.

Now it looks like someone own's it good clean up job but to much music for me !

What kind of anvil was that Randy, a Hay Budden? Also like those hold down clamps you used.

10 days too late .......you should have published this fireworks display on the 4th July!

What?! Nobody made a "buffing the horn" joke? C'mon...dropping the ball people.. ;-) Like th efile handles...I have bag of those somewhere..

Why the music? It looks like you're pointing out things and I'd like to hear your comments.

Randy, i know when an old shipyard guy starts on a project like this the ending is going to be awesome. What do you think Tom L??? BTW, what is the intro/ outro music, it really deserved the be in the background of this video. Kindest regards. Joe.

Is that a cast iron anvil with hardened/tempered top plate. Do you prefer the golf ball handles over the standard wooden file handles. She looks pretty good, compared to what you started with. Many more years of service in the old girl. Got me a shirt during the video. 'Til next time.

75 a bargain now a days

Is your anvil cast iron or cast steel don't know much anvils .appears to be steel just a guess. BTW very nice work.

How much did you end up taking off of the top? Makes a nice tool