I don t know if this is what you look for , but that is what I use for pins on scales .Roller from bearing , they come in different size .....I rammed one into the thick wall pipe and that is my anvil .....I even made small hammer from small steering wheel ends rod.Big one steering wheel rod /from big truck/is hard on surface , but when i grind it to get flat surface inside that red ring was soft .Strange how it was made , picture don t show but there is visible line between hard surface and soft inside . like they are jointed somehow , certainly not one piece .But it is good for bigger round hammer .
I don't get it..............? Aren't you looking for something like decent peening surface for pins ?
Yes I am. I was just saying I had an opportunity to get some of those but passed and no longer have access to that type of thing whereas a grade 8 or 9 bolt is easy to get and cheap. A stock removal guy doesn't have a use for a giant chunk of 52100 especially if he didn't think of the fact it could be turned into an anvil of sorts.
Very nice!I made this out of piece of RR track that came with my coal forge. A bookend for the past 2 years. Flattened it, then welded on some hardened/tempered 1095 scrap. Top is rounded on one side, sharp ledge on the other. Going to add holes soon to mount, and to hold punches.
That's very nice. Will be on my list to make when I have a shop that isn't in a basement and can own large equipment like a mill or surface grinder.Here is the one I just made.
1" thick hardened D2 top, mild steel base, maybe 25 pounds total. Top is about 3X5". Base is 6" round and about 2" thick, all bolted together to threads in the bottom of the anvil portion. I have a bunch of in-progress pics if anyone is interested.
I love it but it was a lot of work on the mill and surface grinder.
Here's how youd use it to peen on a scale of an assembled knife:
