[TheForge] treadle hammer anvils

Thu Jan 9 22:38:02 2003

Once the hammer is used for a while the sand compacts down to a very solid 
mass. Granted its not like a solid anvil but the mass in there does help 
and it deadens the ring.

mike

At 07:54 PM 1/9/03 -0700, you wrote:
>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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