When you said make the surface better after the anvil has been heated, cooled and hammered on, what do you mean? does that mean the surface gets harder or softer? Tougher or less tough? thank you for this video.
Anvils have hardened faces. Any steel that has higher carbon content is hardened by being brought to critical temp and then(depending on the type of steel) soaked in water, oil or simply air. That's called heat treatment. The terminology we are looking at right now is annealing which is, if I am not mistaken, the phenomenon that occurs to hardened steel when they repeatedly get hot and cool down. This hot and cool motion gets the steel to loose some of it's hardening. That happens to anvils too. This happens to all hardened steel that get in contact with heat after the treatment. That is why you see farriers and blacksmiths soaking their hot tools such as punches and chisels into a water can next to the anvil every few blows. In any case, these tools will every now and then take a new heat treatment to make them harder again. I am no expert so here's a link to a much more comprehensive video that will tell you everything you need to know about heat treatment. Enjoy! ua-cam.com/video/6jQ4y0LK1kY/v-deo.html
Brandin Schrader thanks for the great idea. Make you sure you like and subscribe so you don’t miss it when we get to it! Thanks again for the good idea!
sillverwillie there are several big supply houses that we highly recommend. They all have websites, using their names. Well Shod, Anvil Brand Shoe Company, Centaur Forge and Stockhoffs. Or you can pick up a gently used one from our competition line, however we don’t ship them and the horseshoe supply houses do. Hope that helps!
Thank you for the info
When you said make the surface better after the anvil has been heated, cooled and hammered on, what do you mean? does that mean the surface gets harder or softer? Tougher or less tough? thank you for this video.
Anvils have hardened faces.
Any steel that has higher carbon content is hardened by being brought to critical temp and then(depending on the type of steel) soaked in water, oil or simply air. That's called heat treatment.
The terminology we are looking at right now is annealing which is, if I am not mistaken, the phenomenon that occurs to hardened steel when they repeatedly get hot and cool down. This hot and cool motion gets the steel to loose some of it's hardening. That happens to anvils too.
This happens to all hardened steel that get in contact with heat after the treatment. That is why you see farriers and blacksmiths soaking their hot tools such as punches and chisels into a water can next to the anvil every few blows. In any case, these tools will every now and then take a new heat treatment to make them harder again.
I am no expert so here's a link to a much more comprehensive video that will tell you everything you need to know about heat treatment. Enjoy!
ua-cam.com/video/6jQ4y0LK1kY/v-deo.html
Der sieht mal richtig gut aus der Ambos!
Thanks!
How about a video on shoe fit?
Matthew Love we certainly will add that to our list.
More detail on fire management?
Brandin Schrader thanks for the great idea. Make you sure you like and subscribe so you don’t miss it when we get to it! Thanks again for the good idea!
Is there somewhere I could purchase one of these used anvils online from yall?
How does one go about ording an Anvil to buy for home & DYI use ?
sillverwillie there are several big supply houses that we highly recommend. They all have websites, using their names. Well Shod, Anvil Brand Shoe Company, Centaur Forge and Stockhoffs. Or you can pick up a gently used one from our competition line, however we don’t ship them and the horseshoe supply houses do. Hope that helps!