Alternative anvils was Re: [TheForge] ABANA

Sun Jul 7 14:01:02 2002

Dann please remember to change the subject line, I almost missed your post.

Something similar to the 4x4 square anvil was discussed at Anvilfire.com
while back. Jock Dempsy might be able to tell you more about them and their
availability. I missed teh conference so I can't say.

--dave

----- Original Message -----
From: Dann <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 9:05 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] ABANA

>
> I  made my first  rail road track anvil yesterday.    I  have heard that
> old RR track is usually 1080 steel.  I  shaped a horn with  my acetylene
> torch, and took the blemishes out with my  DeWalt side grinder.  It looks
> pretty good to me, but I could buff it out a little better on the belt
> sander.    What I liked from the start  is that one edge is a sharp 90
> degree  and the other has a radius  curve.  Time and labor,  involved was
> substantially less  welding and grinding out acetylene torch cuts/ marks
by
> the prior owner of my favorite  195 # anvil.   My "big" anvil has  been
> restored / survived being used as a work table for modern cut and paste
> "blacksmithing"
>
> For mass, I am thinking I might nickle weld the rail anvil  to old cast
> iron engine block head that I unearthed  last fall removing an old
> well-pit.    Hoping to set it up at the right height for my 13 year old
> daughter to try her hand.
>
> I had admired the looks of those 4 inch by 4 inch steel  modern anvils
> available  for "on hands training" at the ABANA  conference in La
> Crosse.   I didn't find out who was selling them or the price, but I think
> I saw a reference to something like that a year or so ago on this
> "theforge" list.
>
> I also restored a post vice that was frozen up,  but the jaws were in
> pristine "new"  condition.  I mounted it to a 4x4" steel tube  on a  bench
> with  a 205 # anvil on the other end.  The bench is about 55 inches long
> and 15 inches wide with heavy duty 3 inch steel caster wheels. So far, it
> seem pretty stable, but I anticipate that I might have to build support "
> feet " .
>
> Dann Johnson
>
> At 05:29 AM 7/7/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >At 02:24 07/07/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >>Well, Dave, if
> >
> >You've missed the point too.  Bob Bordeaux got it.
> >
> >Dave
> >
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