[TheForge] 700 lb Hay Budden

[Andy Vida]

Jerry Frost wrote:
> 
> EGADS!
> 
> Makes me even sorrier I didn't figure out a way to take that shipwright's
> anvil when I had the chance.
> 
> About 15+ years ago I happened onto an old machine shop that was going on
> the auction block and got early dibs on the tools and equipment. I bought a
> number of hammers, tongs and hardy tools but passed on the forge and anvil.
> Both were just too big for me to pack off. The forge was basically home made
> and huge.
> 
> The anvil though was in very good condition though I don't know what make it
> was as that side was buried in a rather unstable looking heap of stuff. The
> side I could see read: 10 - 3 - 3
> 
> Hmmmm. Let's see 1,207 lbs @ $14/lb 

	Well, up in Jersey City, there is still (last I saw) a 14,000#
	anvil sitting outside the building that had once been home to
	a 6000# Niles Bement hammer, a 6000# Chambersburg, and a lovely
	3000# Chamberburg high frame.  I believe it it there for the
	taking, so if you have the tow truck and the time...