Subject: Anvil Burning Temperature

From: [email-masked] (Clay Spencer)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:46:27 -0400

Hey, Jim McCarty
I heard that BAM conducted an experiment last weekend to determine if they
could burn up an anvil.
I really expected to see some results posted on theforge.
Please enlighten us so we can repeat the work on our anvils. Don't leave
out any details.
Clay

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From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 09:18:57 -0500

> Please enlighten us so we can repeat the work on our anvils. Don't leave

At the BAM meeting the action was so fast and furious that we succeded 
in actually melting a Tom Clark anvil brought specially for that 
purpose. We had a team of strikers practicing for when we will 
actually forge weld a plate on an anvil and this particular anvil 
would appear to be a good candidate for that honor, assuming we can 
figure out which side used to be the top. A one-of-a-kind demo, at 
least I hope soooooo.
-- 
Jim McCarty
Father Helias Forge
Taos, MO
Editor Rural Missouri Magazine
Newsletter editor, Blacksmiths Association of Missouri

³Foolish consistencies are the hobgoblins of little minds³