[TheForge] Re: Ringing Anvil

Mon Oct 28 20:38:00 2002

    I have a couple of inches of sand in a box on top of the anvil stump
in which the anvil rests. It dampens most of the ring and allows for some
relative easy adjustment of anvil height. Just make the box sand tight.

Bob Willman
The Eagle's Anvil
Bowling Green, Ohio
WB8NQW

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> In a message dated 02-10-28 14:44:12 EST, you write:
>
> Question -- why did you use PT plywood?  Why not regular plywood, thereby
> creating a surcface which would be less likely to cause problems if
burned?
> Most of my West Texas Stump is PT...but the top is solid non-PT 2X12.
> Doesn't help the ringing at all, but smells purty when I drop hot steel on
it.
>
> Jerry V
> Williamsburg VA
>
> << To dampen the ring of and securely attach one anvil to a pressure
treated
>  stump I have a piece of 3/4" pressure treated plywood cut to match the
>  perimeter of the stump with a hole cute in it that is just a hair larger
>  than the silhouette of the anvil base.  The plywood doughnut is attached
to
>  the stump with nails and construction adhesive and then the anvil is
nestled
>  into a bed of construction adhesive in the doughnut hole.  Anvil is held
>  securely to the stump and ringing seems to be dampened.  Moving it to
>  another stump is problematic.
>
>  Jeff Valentine >>
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