[TheForge] Anvil design (was: slack tub)

Fri Nov 15 08:56:00 2002

I don't know why you would want to make the horn a cone.  It really works
well with it's constant variable change.

Is that an oxymoron - "constant, variable" - or just the wrong way of saying
it?  :->

The idea of having two surfaces top & bottom  ... or 4 sounds great for a
small shop, but I prefer 2 anvils....4 anvils ... going

Walt

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, November 15, 2002 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anvil design (was: slack tub)

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