Recent content by CrazyBear

Not sure how much it weighs, but it came with a HUGE stump it was spiked too before we had to remove it to load it in the truck, I did get the stump too. I would make a rough guess of 250 pounds maybe, it's not nearly as hard to hand-truck as the anvil, but there is no way I am picking that...

I talked him down a little on the price, so got it for just under $3 a pound. I am happy with it, if I have to avoid using the heal on the anvil that's ok. This beast has lots of real-estate I have plenty of other area's to use. I did look into anvil repair, they make special electrodes for...

I have a very only tiny hobby size Atlas Lathe 4" chuck, don't remember the age anymore, but she's old. Restored that a decade ago. I have a handful of vices, none very large. Mostly machinist type's. Got the standard workbench type vice that is my largest, but it's pretty modern and not real...

Hardy hole is 1.25" so it may be a pain to find hardy tools pre-made it seems. Guess I will have to learn to make my own. :) Either that or I could go buy some 1.25" square tubing with 1/16" wall thickness and braze that onto the 1" standard shank tools. But first, I need to recover money...

Sorry! :o Ok, shot a short video of it before my phone died. Ignore my voice, yes, I'm a ****. And yes, COLD out, 20-30 MPH winds, and it reads 14.3F on the thermometer. :) Does have England kind of half *** stamped on it too, guess from reading elsewhere, that means it was made after 1910...

:shocking: :scared: Well, this is interesting. I just bought an anvil. :3gears: I did a google search for my anvil to see if they are a common size or anything. Utter newbie, first piece of blacksmithing equipment I have ever bought. A this thread poped up near the top of the list for "360...