domdanial

Definitely hard, 50s era anvil

https://reddthat.com/post/60927334

Feb 25 at 9:01pmWeb
Show threadWhiteHotaruFeb 25
What are we looking at? Are you polishing the top face to be usable again?
Show threaddomdanialFeb 25
Yep, just decking the top to make it smooth and flat. Had been forgotten in a barn for 30 years.
Show threaddeadbeef79000Feb 25

It’s looks like it’s in remarkably good condition for 30 years in a barn!

What comes next after machining the top?

Show threadNomecksFeb 25
Anvils last a long time even in the shittiest conditions. They’re blocks of iron or steel and it’s hard for rust to really penetrate deep
Show threaddomdanialFeb 25
Also I’d already attacked it with a flap disk to get most of the surface rust off, it was pretty fuzzy when I started.
Show threaddomdanialFeb 25
I flipped it over actually, try to get the bottom parallel but I gave up after a few passes, it would have taken more than I was willing to cut.
Show thread𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆Feb 25
How much does a job like that run at retail walk-in rate?
Show threaddomdanialFeb 25
Well this was a personal project at a shop I work at, so I don’t have any pricing knowledge really. I did burn up several sides to the inserts I used, so that’s like $60 in tools, took about an hour of messing around with it. I bet a shop with more experience with hard metal and big stuff would charge you $100-200 to face it, depends on shop rate and stuff.
Show threadAtroposFeb 26

If it’s hardened, you’ll want carbide tooling, which can be spendy if you break it. A shell/face mill like was used here works great.

Personally, I probably would have tried to fly cut this with a carbide tool for that extra fancy surface finish!

I would charge $75 or so to do this if I like you. But I only machine as a hobby, and have no idea of going rates for walk-ins.

Show thread𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆Feb 26
I wonder what someone with wire EDM would charge. That seems like an ideal and cheap use. I’ve been dreaming of EDM lately… in a Linsey Publications type of context.