[TheForge] treadle hammer anvils

[Dave Brown]

Bob,

The treadle hammer (finished and kits) that Centaur sells are from 
Kirkpatric, I don't know about the one advertised in the hammers blow.  But 
the Centaur/Kirkpatric ones do not have the adjustable head height.

Personally I'm a proponent of the solid or built up (i.e 4 2"x3" steel 
bars).  Just like a regular anvil, the solid body provides more "rebound" 
effect than do the tubular anvil bases.   I'll admit that the solid body is 
heavier than an empty tube and may make it more easily moved.  But if the 
tube is filled with concrete and scrap steel then there might not be so 
much difference.

I guess in the end you get what you want.  The empty tube base will work, 
but may not be as good as a solid base.  But if it does what you want it 
to, then I suppose it's just fine.

Then again, I'm not an expert in these things, just opinionated.

Dave Brown

At 09:14 01/09/03 -0500, you wrote:
>i am building a treadle hammer for a friend. he is not sure whether to go 
>with a solid anvil or a tube type. it seems that most commercially 
>available t hammers have tube anvils with a plate on top, centaur, 
>kirkpatric (the same?) and the one advertised in the hammers blow.
>
>are there others that can be bought?
>
>any opinions on the functional difference between solid or tube anvils? 
>the guy i am making it for is concerned about moving it (weight). he lives 
>in a flood plain and his shop has 7' of water in it some springs. he 
>usaully loads thing up and moves it to high ground till the water goes down.
>
>bob s.
>
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