[TheForge] How bad are the HF cast anvils?

Sun Dec 30 23:23:03 2001

Chuck Robinson of Mississippi also makes these of 5-1/4" sq.
Robinson, Chuck  [email protected]

dave m.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Linn <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 1:30 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] How bad are the HF cast anvils?

> Chuck Patrick makes and sells a custom "blade" anvil. Its made from a
piece
> of 4"x4" and about 24" long. It sits end up in a stand he makes from
either
> square tubing or 4 pieces of heavy angle. The anvil has "ears" welded to
it
> and the stand has slots cut into it for the "ears" to sit in. There are
> probably 4 or 5 levels of these slots so the height of the anvil is
> adjustable. I know quite a few bladesmiths who use this exclusively for
> forging blades.
>
> mike
>
>
> At 09:57 PM 12/28/01 -0800, you wrote:
> > >
> > > I know a kid who makes damascus swords on a 55# HF anvil, so who
knows.
> > >
> >I dunno- I've always wondered if there's a use for a large hunk of
> >relatively soft metal in a shop. What if, for punching or something, you
> >needed to really whang something, cold, with the ten pounder? Come to
think
> >of it, I had a job this fall straightening out a little arbor. Too big to
> >work hot any practical way, so I took an old Trenton that needed face
work
> >and put it on the ground and had my son thump the trellis with the biggie
> >whilst I turned it this way and that. Sure would have preferred to have
an
> >old hunk of something that even a POTENTIALLY nice anvil...lots of chunks
at
> >the scrap yard for less, though. 100 # @ $.22 = $22 instead of $100.
> >OTOH, a platen table might have been better anyway, and now I have one.
> >
> >Andy
>
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