[TheForge] Anvil Hole...

[Mike Linn]

All of those types that Ive seen had a square hole through the anvil (to 
keep it from rotating).

I cant figure out what you'd do with a round hole...  keep your minds out 
of the gutter here ;^)

mike

At 06:38 AM 9/28/2003, you wrote:
>Mike,   What follows is pure guesswork.
>
>Not 100 percent sure I can see the hole but it seem to run across the anvil.
>No hint if it is tapered or not.  It's position is about right for adding an
>chain link finishing finger on the "far" side of the anvil.  These were used
>to close a link rather than work on the horn.  Finger was curved and point
>up kind of like "giving you the finger".  Through hole -- with taper allows
>you to drive out the "finger" on the far side but the taper locks it in
>place.  I have only see a picture of this type of arrangement and it really
>wasn't a good photo.
>
>Dave


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