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Vent: I miss when anvil repairs meant a file and elbow grease, not $200 in epoxy

Bought a beat-up Peter Wright at a farm auction 10 years back. Took me a weekend with a bastard file and some scrap steel to true up the face. Now I see guys pouring epoxy and welding hardface on every nick. I get the science, but they miss the feel of working the metal yourself. Anyone else think we lean too hard on chemicals instead of skill?
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cole356
cole35620d agoMost Upvoted
Those old Peter Wrights weren't tempered that hard, a file will cut them pretty easy.
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kim.zara
kim.zara20d ago
Nah, I mean a little epoxy never hurt nobody if it saves a good anvil from the scrap pile.
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