Filling the top of that gap with hardfacing as well, and probably with a decent gusset underneath made out of plain mild steel. Next, we also annealed a 6" by 3-1/4" roundbar of 4140, which I plan to mill down to a vague horn shape, and weld to the end of the rails. Probably with a normal rod like 7018, except for the topmost 3/8" or 1/2" of the gap at the face, which I plan to fill with hardfacing rod. From here, I plan to mill the two mating faces fairly flat (I have a machine shop) and weld them together. I then had the machine shop at the college run them through the heat-treating ovens to anneal them. I torched it in half, notched one end and trimmed the base so that the two can sit fairly close together. I had a section of heavy-gauge rail in the scrap pile, just over 20" long. Now, what I have in mind is this, see attached photo: I'll just be doing small ornamental stuff, or the usual knives and whatnot, until I either get the hang of it and start thinking of bigger stuff, or I lose interest and go back to combat sportfishing. I'm looking to build myself a small propane forge, using one of the various designs out there (any recommendations?) and to go with it, I'd need an anvil.
And, there's a fair number of farriers, do-it-yourselfers and elderly metalbeaters around so that anvils are rarely sold, and when they are, they're bought up instantly and for relatively high prices. I'm in Alaska, and so shipping on heavy items like anvils can easily be equal to the cost of the anvil itself. Followed a link over from the Home Shop Machinist site, and since I'm starting on a project, I thought I'd hang out a while.
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