Black Frog
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Also if you mount your anvil on a bed of silicone caulk, it does wonders for deadening the ring!
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vintage nut
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I laminated a stand from fir 2x12s. Very solid. A wrap of chain around the anvil is said to reduce ring, as is a magnet stuck to it
you can never have too many tools
you can never have too many tools
RivennHewn
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Thank you for the info.
It's kinda rough on the foot, but what I can make out is an 85 on the left, and a 1555 on the right.
It's kinda rough on the foot, but what I can make out is an 85 on the left, and a 1555 on the right.
RivennHewn
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Really, I'm not trying to monopolize this thread.
I did put together a 'stump' out of 4 x 12s, then today I was playing around with some photoshop.
I did put together a 'stump' out of 4 x 12s, then today I was playing around with some photoshop.
PWRstroke_smoke
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looks great!!Really, I'm not trying to monopolize this thread.
I did put together a 'stump' out of 4 x 12s, then today I was playing around with some photoshop.
PWRstroke_smoke
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Finally Made a stand last week from old telephone pole cross beams. the anvil is held in place with railroad spikes and railroad track side hook anchors. the hammer loop is a mounting ring from an old cast iron railroad light control box stamped western railroad supply company
Ozwelder
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Heres my homemade anvil.
The top working surface is 90 x 60mm x 450 Bisalloy offcut shaped by oxy acetylene cutting and grinder.
The base was recycled 16mm welding coupon test piece offcuts and shaped under a brake press.
I flipped it over and filled the base cavity with molten lead. It weighs around 90kgs.
When I sort out my recently erected shed I will make a wood stand like the ones shown in this thread - good work fellas!!
I also have a smaller bench anvil top made from coal railway line .
The top working surface is 90 x 60mm x 450 Bisalloy offcut shaped by oxy acetylene cutting and grinder.
The base was recycled 16mm welding coupon test piece offcuts and shaped under a brake press.
I flipped it over and filled the base cavity with molten lead. It weighs around 90kgs.
When I sort out my recently erected shed I will make a wood stand like the ones shown in this thread - good work fellas!!
I also have a smaller bench anvil top made from coal railway line .
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I have been looking for an anvil for several years. Auctions run the price up too high. Yard sales are usually womens clothes, purses, baby clothes and the one I stopped at today was the same. BUT! Another customer had this beauty in the back of his truck. He said $200 and I almost broke my fingers getting the money out of my pocket. Armitage mouse hole, made between 1854 and 1875, 147 1/2 pounds on my scale
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Outlawmws
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Nice find BG! and a Usuck price too!
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Nortonscustom
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That was a great score! Well done. I love my Mouse Hole, it's dated from around 1830's.
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Dagny
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how do you tell anything about themOutlawmws
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Any marking on it? They may be faint.
That was a great score! Well done. I love my Mouse Hole, it's dated from around 1830's.
Your shop isn't in Alabama, by chance, is it?
If it is, I think I've been there for Stutz parts!
-Brad
RivennHewn
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Norton,
What is the weight on the end of the chain hanging off the stand?
Is it like a ball and chain so nobody walks off with your anvil?
Nortonscustom
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Brad, nope I'm in northern IL.
RivennHewn, the weight and chain is used as a hold down when punching holes in the pritchel and such. Just toss the weight over top and the chain holds the stock in place on the anvil.
RivennHewn, the weight and chain is used as a hold down when punching holes in the pritchel and such. Just toss the weight over top and the chain holds the stock in place on the anvil.
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Norton: I have seen a few pictures of your shop in the past but can't recall seeing it all so i can be even more jealous. the machines and tools i see in the edges of pictures look amazing so did you do a garage gallery thread or would you because i'd love to see what a good shop looks like.
do you make or repair Norton bikes or do tell what you make in your shop?
back to that awesome anvil stand and anvil can you tell me how heavy that weight is and maybe a close up picture because it looks like something old?
also if you have time and want to can you post your anvil with the chain weight over on the blacksmith that a talented member started a few months ago and here's the link?
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=286785
ALL: i know an anvil is made to use with hot metal pounding and forming, but how many of you pre heat your anvils before using them? there is a lot of good information about blacksmithing and knife making on the thread that i provided a link and if you just need some awesome knife **** this is where you should look.
do you make or repair Norton bikes or do tell what you make in your shop?
back to that awesome anvil stand and anvil can you tell me how heavy that weight is and maybe a close up picture because it looks like something old?
also if you have time and want to can you post your anvil with the chain weight over on the blacksmith that a talented member started a few months ago and here's the link?
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=286785
ALL: i know an anvil is made to use with hot metal pounding and forming, but how many of you pre heat your anvils before using them? there is a lot of good information about blacksmithing and knife making on the thread that i provided a link and if you just need some awesome knife **** this is where you should look.
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RivennHewn, yep works really well. Borrowed the idea from a Polish blacksmith I met. He used a chain with a large loop on the end and would stick his foot in the loop. Have a hard enough time coordinating two hands, I dare not throw a foot into the mix.
Drivesitfar, it's a 5lb weight. Was a door stop at my grandparents house as long as I can remember so guessing it might be old.
Just a part time/hobby machine/fab shop these days but used to do full time custom fab work on bikes years ago.
I'm staying out of Junebuggy's blacksmithing thread, those guys are waaaaay beyond my skill-set.
I might do a shop picture thread sometime but it's a really packed 35x45 building and often looks more like a storage locker than a functional work shop.
Drivesitfar, it's a 5lb weight. Was a door stop at my grandparents house as long as I can remember so guessing it might be old.
Just a part time/hobby machine/fab shop these days but used to do full time custom fab work on bikes years ago.
I'm staying out of Junebuggy's blacksmithing thread, those guys are waaaaay beyond my skill-set.
I might do a shop picture thread sometime but it's a really packed 35x45 building and often looks more like a storage locker than a functional work shop.
RustnGrease
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Could've sworn i added mine to this thread last year, but after reviewing the thread, i guess i didn't, so here it goes Pics in order of the way i brought them home, #1 was my great grandfathers from the family homestead, Wm Parker, Pond Forge, Sheffield England, weight estimated around 80lb. I cleaned off the surface rust, coated with boiled linseed oil and she sets on the work bench.
#2 I bought it from a guy who got it from a local coal company when he bought the place, i believe it to be a peter or henry wright, but there are no markings besides the english hundredweight marking of 2 1 5 which means she's about 256lb, also my largest anvil to date. It is also my primary anvil for blacksmithing.
Last but not least is #3 which is a hadfield and sanderson, also of sheffield england, with a hundred weight marking of 1 2 1 which brings it out to 169lb. This is the first one i've bought this year. #1 and #3 were less than a 1/2 mile apart when i got them and #2 was only 3 miles from them.
Also i know of another within the 1/2 mile radius of my location, Just need to go buy it lol. I went from searching everywhere to finding a bunch super close to home, keep looking, they're out there!
Keep those pics coming, some of you guys are giving me anvil envy, especially those with the 500+lbers
#2 I bought it from a guy who got it from a local coal company when he bought the place, i believe it to be a peter or henry wright, but there are no markings besides the english hundredweight marking of 2 1 5 which means she's about 256lb, also my largest anvil to date. It is also my primary anvil for blacksmithing.
Last but not least is #3 which is a hadfield and sanderson, also of sheffield england, with a hundred weight marking of 1 2 1 which brings it out to 169lb. This is the first one i've bought this year. #1 and #3 were less than a 1/2 mile apart when i got them and #2 was only 3 miles from them.
Also i know of another within the 1/2 mile radius of my location, Just need to go buy it lol. I went from searching everywhere to finding a bunch super close to home, keep looking, they're out there!
Keep those pics coming, some of you guys are giving me anvil envy, especially those with the 500+lbers
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Parts for my first anvil. Next shop project.
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Finally found a anvil today. It's a Trenton, about a 100 lbs. the markings for weight are worn off due to pitting. From what I've read about it, it's a USA made anvil, solid wrought. The base is a hour glass shape that was ended around 1907.
It has a nice ring and using a 1-1/4" ball bearing, has about 75-80% rebound.
If anyone knows anymore, please speak,
Just need to find a nice chunk of stump to mount up.
It has a nice ring and using a 1-1/4" ball bearing, has about 75-80% rebound.
If anyone knows anymore, please speak,
Just need to find a nice chunk of stump to mount up.
MoparTrucks
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Thats basically what I started with and I used the piss out of it in that condition but decided a week or so ago to clean it up. Its a piece of BNSF track from a shunting spur and as you can see its well used.
Parts for my first anvil. Next shop project.
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I am still looking for a real anvil with a horn but jeese they are hard to find and expensive around here.
Streetbu
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My anvil at work. Old Trenton. Not sure of the weight, but its heavy LOL
Outlawmws
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Holy C&@% what does that thing weigh?
Heavymetalmechanic
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Wow! Now that is something I have never seen!
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It's a 36" X 16.5". Weighs roughly 1,200 pounds.
drivesitfar
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Eatbeef: OMG you have a nice piece of steel there. how do you move something like that? i just moved a 1000 pound surface plate with a pallet lift and a fork lift at my client's shop, but that looks a lot bigger. I own a lot of big pieces of steel and have seen my share lately and haven't seen one close to that size yet. was it part of a bridge or do tell?
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It was part of a locomotive shops bridge crane. We bought it from a scrap iron guy who scrapped out the shop before it was torn down. We've had it around thirty years or so. Oh, and we move it a fork truck when needed.
Dan in Pasadena
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We have even BIGGER beam cut offs than that at my current project - 48" deep beams that are over 400 lbs per linear foot. They're used as deck beams that hold up the 12" deep concrete panels that function as the street surface above our subway station excavations during construction.
But there's NO way I could move one. I could probably get our contractor to load one into my dually - VERY carefully! But there'd be no way to get it out and move it into my garage. And really, what would I need a monster like that for? Impressive as hell though.
But there's NO way I could move one. I could probably get our contractor to load one into my dually - VERY carefully! But there'd be no way to get it out and move it into my garage. And really, what would I need a monster like that for? Impressive as hell though.
Outlawmws
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Ten feet of that at 48" high would be one heck of an "industrial" bar! (two tons of it!)
rmalkow2
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General question about anvil mounting. Any thoughts, opinions, data, facts, history etc, on what the best method of mounting an anvil is? Historically I always see them mounted to a wood stump but now days sometimes see pics of them mounted to steel stands. Is there any benefit to the use of the anvil to be mounted on wood versus steel? Is it just user preference?