[TheForge] Anvil design (was: slack tub)

Fri Nov 15 00:39:01 2002

At 06:53 AM 11/14/02, you wrote:

I like it!...Seconded.
If we are going to stand it on it's tail, it should probably be broader. 
While we're at it, how bout making the porter holes fit different size 
stakes or hardys...Pete

>Better than that, we could redesign the anvil.  No reason to have an anvil 
>sitting there like a lump on a stump.  Why not have it be a multiple-use 
>tool.  That's what the London-pattern anvil was created for, so let's just 
>extend the design.
>
>I've read how some blacksmiths would tip their anvil onto its heel to make 
>the horn stand straight up as a cone.  Problem is, most horns aren't round 
>in cross-section.  So the first thing is to make the horn round in 
>cross-section AND make the heel of the right length so that when you tip 
>the anvil onto the heel, the horn points straight up.
>
>I've also heard it said that all surfaces of the anvil can be used - the 
>sides for a broadly curved (or flat, in some cases) surface, the faces 
>under the horn and under the heel, even the sqare edges around the 
>legs.  In other words, let's design in some elements of the swage block 
>into the anvi.
>
>Now if we step back a bit and consider the anvil stand to be part of the 
>anvil "tool" we can modify its design to make it easier to turn the anvil 
>into different positions.  There are probably a lot of ways to do this, 
>which I won't elaborate on here.  Anyway, we could make it possible to 
>flip the anvil completely over.  You could have a London pattern anvil on 
>the top surface and a European anvil pattern on the bottom.  Why not?
>
>Have at it!
>
>Bruce
>NJ
>
> >>> [email protected] 11/14/02 09:35AM >>>
>We could always bring up which way the anvil horn should point (Chris is 
>wrong by the way), or whether borax is better or worse than EZ-Weld.
>
>Phil
>
>
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