Old Acme anvil

[jasonv]

I just got an old ACME anvil. It is in pretty decent shape. i cleaned the grime and rust off and found the ACME marking on the side.

On the front under the horn is 33
On the front foot is 125 (I am guessing 125 lbs)
also the number A147072

Anyone know what any of these mean?

I am a new member so can't post pictures yet.

 

[txvwnut]

A lot of those sustained damage from being dropped on road runners.

 

[The Cobbler]

but they were easily fixed with the acme anvil repair kit

 

[jasonv]

The part I love the most about this old anvil is the Wile E Coyote jokes.
My wife don't know it yet but this is going on display in the house for at least a week before I take it back out to the shop.

It was mounted on a stump with hand forges spikes. The stump is rotten so I am going to mount it on a new one tomorrow.

Here are pictures.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10rv3WQcg3Syo3W1sbn_nHWaG-5l8Dxf7?usp=sharing

 

[RTM]

Those numbers are the cel numbers it showed up in.

 

[SilverDeck]

Trying to remember which of the anvil makers made ACME’s. I seem to recall all that it might have been Columbus Iron & Forging Co (makers of Trenton anvils). The number on the front foot starting with the letter “A” is the serial number and will help you date the year it was produced. The weight should be stamped on the side of the anvil under the ACME name.


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[steaks&anvils]

Welcome to GJ! nice anvil!

You might want to post over on the anvil thread. Also, uploading some pictures to the GJ site makes it easier for everyone to view your pics and then they won't disappear if you lose them off of google drive.

anvil thread:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33788

 

[rustyjames]

Never knew there was a real ACME anvil. I wouldn't mind having a set of their Rocket Skates.

 

[Farmer J.]

Never knew there was a real ACME anvil. I wouldn't mind having a set of their Rocket Skates.

Apparently they were real. It didn't take Google very long to find an advertisement for one.

 

[macgee]

Apparently they were real. It didn't take Google very long to find an advertisement for one.

And they're only .09.5 cents a pound and not $9 dollars a pound. Aaaah, the good old days.


It's definitely a cool looking anvil you have there and looks like its in pretty decent shape despite how many times it's fallen on roadrunners. I think you did well

 

[Roberts210]

Looney Tunes production records from the 1950's are in a shambles, but after much research I was able to come up with an actual photo of the actor who played Wile E. Coyote, returning home after an episode which used an ACME anvil exactly like yours.

 

[OnieH924]

Hi Robert, can you check your PM?

 

[leg17]

According to Postman, Acme was a Sears brand and was usually made by either Hay Budden or Columbus Forge and Iron.

 

[rustyjames]

ACME = A Company Making Everything

 

[yatg]

ACME = A Company Making Everything

Wile E was very dissatisfied with his ACME purchases

Coyote V. Acme
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1990/02/26/coyote-v-acme

 

[jasonv]

Thanks all. I have the anvil all cleaned up and on a new stump. Have already bent some metal on it.

I dug a starrett 925 vise out of a dumpster and that is my next project. It is pretty rough.