[TheForge] Anvil stands

Mon Apr 28 00:49:00 2003

    *   I cut a curve in my stump that follows the curve between the
      feet  on the side of the anvil...stuff my toe in there where a
      falling  hammer will be sure to catch it. Better for doing small,
      close work..
    *  Thought about cutting a hollow in the stump bottom for that
      reason. But with a long handled hammer it doesn't matter as much.
      The hoffi style hammering seems to be all close and tight with
      short, fast, elbow swings. Damn near holding the hammer head in
      your hand. I can see it for carving marble, but, dunno about hot
      steel.

Ralph Sproul wrote:

>        The best feature to the fabricated stand is the ease of strain on
>your back the "toe space" provides from having your feet under the edge of
>your anvil instead of inches back(at perimeter of stump) and making you lean
>just a little more to make things harder.   At least that's my findings.
>What ever I can do to make myself comfortable and standing up straight all
>day matters by quiting time.
>
>Ralph
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>From: "Stephen McGehee" <[email protected]>
>To: "The Forge" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 7:11 PM
>Subject: [TheForge] Anvil stands
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>>John E.:  The 'Best Way" for some, perhaps.  What's wrong with a block
>>of wood?  You could not pay me to use a steel stand as you have
>>described, in my shop.  I much more prefer the feel of my anvils spiked
>>to a chunk of tree trunk, the wood adds plenty of more mass, absorbs the
>>ring better, accepts accessories anywhere, costs nothing.  Of course,
>>everyone does not have access to trees or chainsaws,  and in the desert
>>20 inch hardwood trees are kinda rare, but before you say those ugly
>>fabricated stands are the best, try a few others.  Of course this opens
>>the door to those who hate wood block "stumps" with a passion, I can
>>already hear the keys a'clickin'  I read an "expurt blacksmith" on
>>another site condemning those old fashioned things, he was promoting the
>>use of a pine or fir stand spiked together of 2 bys,  so whatever turns
>>yore crank.  Of course, if I had a three legged stand as you describe,
>>all the bits and pieces of arn that accumulate around my anvil could be
>>piled under it.  Jerry Hoffman designed a pretty useful stand cast of
>>concrete a few years back, with inserts to allow the attachment of
>>accessories and bolting down the anvil.
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