[TheForge] treadle hammer anvils

Thu Jan 9 21:54:00 2003

I agree, the answer depends on how the hammer is used. Also, if the 
hammer is screwed down to a large concrete foundation, that should help.

I don't think filling the tube with loose scrap concrete, sand, etc. 
will help. I think the fill would have to be firmly attached to the 
hammer. Just my opinion, no facts to back it up. Maybe you could fill 
the base with sand and put some kind of hold down on top of it to 
compress it. I also like Bruce's and Mike's idea of bolt on mass.

I suspect most of the pre-made hammers use a hollow anvil so that 1. 
they cost less to make and 2. they cost less shipping.

Both of the hammers I've made were solid anvil.

Steve Smith

GHS wrote:
> bob, The "solid "configuration that you
> used on mine is good and solid. That
> being said, for the most part I do not
> hit hard enough to really utilize it,
> most of the time.. I use it as a striker
> when I am holding tooling. So for me the
> tube probably would have been fine. 
> If he is not likely to be stomping as
> hard as he can most of the time a tube
> will still make a sufficient immovable
> object. It might be a bit noisier
> though.
> 
> Mike Graf
> 
> [email protected] 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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