[TheForge] treadle hammer anvils

Thu Jan 9 18:21:01 2003

I've had about the same experience.  Mine is a Spencer style with a solid
anvil.  I set it level at about 4" and use 3" long tools for the most
part.  I have a 1/2" plate, a 2", and a 4" that I welded a 1" square to
fit the hardy hole.  To change height it is a matter of picking one up
and putting the other on.  

When I finally got around to building it, the only thing I questioned was
why I waited so long.  It is by far the best blacksmithing tool I ever
made.  

Jack Geisler
OKI Forgers
Hamilton, Ohio

On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 12:40:29 -0600 GHS <[email protected]> writes:
> bob,
>  That was my experience also.
> The adjustable height was nice at first,
> but quickly the tooling height became
> uniform. Then it was less of a factor.
> 
> A simpler solution would be to make the
> hammer with a fixed height for , say
> 1.25 - 1.5 inch stock plus tooling, and
> then make a few thicker plates to pop
> onto the anvil for thinner stock,
> when/if it would actually make a
> difference. That makes for a changeover
> of about 5 seconds.
> 
> Martha says Hi back.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> [email protected] wrote:
> > 
> > bruce,
> > 
> > i tend to agree with you but there do seem to be a lot of tube 
> anvil t hammers out there doing good work. i have a solid anvil t 
> hammer in my shop and in spite of the 240lb anvil it seems to be a 
> really inefficient way of moving metal (with a 70+lb head). i think 
> the t hammer really shows it's stuff in use as a striker for hand 
> held tooling. in that app a solid 240lb anvil is less important i 
> think.
> > 
> > also someone else mentioned that the kirkpatric t hammer doesn't 
> adjust for different height work/tooling. i used to think this was a 
> big problem but i have changed my opinion on that.
> > 
> > my t hammer is a spencer style swing arm. at first i did adjust 
> the head but over a period of time i made all my tools about 4" 
> long. now i can work in the range of material i usually work without 
> raising lowering the head. the shmirler book with the picture of a 
> treadle hammer has provisions for swing away anvils to accomodate a 
> variety of work/tooling lengths.
> > 
> > thanks for all the response.
> > 
> > bob s.
> > __________
> > 
> > >Bob,
> > >
> > >Have you ever seen a Peter Wrong anvil?  There's one hanging 
> overhead in Gichner's store that's very convincing.  You'd think 
> it's solid to look at it.  It's actually fabbed out of sheet metal, 
> maybe 16-ga.
> > >
> > >How'd  you like to do all your work work on that anvil instead 
> of, say, a Peter Wright anvil.
> > >
> > >Nuff said?
> > >
> > >Bruce
> > >NJ
> > >
> > >>>> [email protected] 01/09/03 09:14AM >>>
> > >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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