Very good restoration. Enjoyed it and love the fact your daughter is melting metal.

Thank you sir. It feels great to be at this point.

It sure was John, good morning.

Good morning Charlie

That's the way it should be.

Hey Jimmy, thank you.

Shouldn't really need a cut-off tool with edges like that.

Good morning Don.

Hello Super Spy. I'm still learning that.

Thank you. This thing took some time for sure, a lot of tedious work to get it where I could even weld on it.

I will.

@@TheTradesmanChannel Awesome, can't wait! Love seeing the young folks making instead of killing their brains with constant screening of other people's videos. It can be a great learning tool, but if you don't get out and put what you've learned to practice, it's wasted knowledge, for the most part.

Thank you T, good evening.

It sure did. I didn't realize how old it really was. Did a little research and was quite surprised.

@@TheTradesmanChannel - I figured it had to have some years on it, you just don't saddle-out a hunk of more or less tool steel with a few whacks! Great refurbish job! 👍🏻👍🏻

It was fun, I won't hesitate to do it again.

Those somethings have to go!

@@TheTradesmanChannel Dear Jim, Thank you very much for your courteous & hearted reply. Oh really it's that bad; well I guess you can always place them on the newly refurbished anvil & pound them into oblivion. But if you are going to take this course of action, please do it off camera my dear fellow. Kind regards.

Thank you sir.

Good evening. The major repairs were done with 7018ac stick (Hobart brand) and the face repairs were done with Hardalloy 58, also a Hobart stick rod. I ran both rods at 130amps AC. For preheat I used a brush burner and brought the anvil up to 300*F. Just keep the torch moving so that it's an even heat.

Good morning Guy

Pounding the welds compresses the welds and adds rebound. Preheat the anvil to around 400*F, fix missing edges with 7018 and put a butter layer of hard surfacing rod over face repairs, not the edges. Weld in small passes so you don't overheat the anvil face. After that it's hours of grinding. Make sure you don't suck up the fumes from the hard surfacing rod, they can kill you fast. I used Hobart Hardalloy 58.

Go back to sleep. Sounds like you need it.

I do that often myself.

@@thomasarussellsr I did finally then was back up again two hours later

I wouldn't on the face but edges should be fine.

Good morning Todd.

She swings it very well.

Thank you

Good evening. I used 7018AC to fill in the missing edges and then Hardalloy 58 for the face of the anvil. Very pleased.

My two older kids (boy and girl) love being at the anvil. My son is really getting into building things.

The preheat keeps the metal you're welding to stable, no thermal shock. Some metals need to be preheated just so that the welding will get hot enough to take.

I use this anvil daily, no issues of any kind with it. If you preheat properly, weld properly and work harden the welds before grinding then you're gold. In one of the videos in the series there is a hammer rebound test. As I said, I forge daily on this thing making tools and knives that I sell.

She loves the forge.

Been in PA for a few days, sick with strep for a few days before that.

@@TheTradesmanChannel oh, that sucks. Feeling better I hope. Hope also that it isn't bouncing around the family. Take Care and we'll see you soon.

@@thomasarussellsr it's been going through the house AGAIN! I'm doing much better now. Just got home as well and just fired up the forge. Probably won't have video out until tomorrow night.

The Hazard Frought 36 grit flap disk worked the best.

@@TheTradesmanChannel for those who may not know, that's Harbor Freight/harborfreight.com. Hazard Frought is a nickname because they have had lines over the years that it was your risk to save money buying there. I personally only ever had problems with corded/cordless drills and recip saws. But like I said, it was luck of the draw. I've seen review videos of tools that work great for me but didn't for the reviewer, and one that reviewed the tools I had no luck with that would swear by the tool they got. Hint, with the extended warrantee they offer on most of theirbtools they still come out way more affordable than most name brands.

@@TheTradesmanChannel thanks buddy

She has a really good swing.

I swear she hits harder than you do! LOL I was going to tell you the other day that maybe you should try hitting it with a purse. Now I'm thinking you should use her purse! On the serious side though, I just get a good feeling about her having a gift for this.

I do too. Better than a smart phone any day.

@@TheTradesmanChannel ...... but without the smart phone how will she watch all the YT vids to learn what she wants to do? (whispers so she can''t hear) and you always know where they are ;0)

It is an 1850's Peter Wright London pattern anvil.

He should've learned to weld!

What is it with folks putting every little grievance in writing on the internet? It's my first real anvil, I like the rebound.