[TheForge] Re: anvil stand

Thu Jan 8 11:27:00 2004

Thanks for all the replies. After asking the question I went back out 
to my shop and dug thru a pile and found the chunk of truck mudflap I 
had picked up about 15 years ago. True. I cut out a piece the size of 
my anvil, took off the u bolts holding the anvil down, put in the 
mudflap/rubber (about 1/4") and put all back together. I was in the 
middle of sharpening some chisels so I forged on.

The rubber seemed to make the anvil a bit more lively and took out the 
sort of buzz that was in the ring. The bottom of the anvil probably 
isn't perfectly flat and I know the angleiron stand isn't so... I like 
it better with the cushion...didn't think I would...

Thanks again.

Bob

ps. Mike who is "Dr Shaw"?
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On Wednesday, January 7, 2004, at 10:14 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:

>
> [email protected] wrote:
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>> The reason I am asking is that someone stopped by a few days ago and
>> was sure that I should have something between the anvil and the base.
>
>
> For years I had a 300# anvil bolted directly to the wood of a heavy
> (ca. 140#) beech stump which was in turn spiked to a wooden floor
> directly over a 6x6 floor beam.  I liked it.
>
> The new shop has a concrete floor.  I couldn't spike the stump down
> and it woggled too much.  So I made my first steel stand from
> 1-1/2x1-1/2x1/8 angle with 1x2 hollow structural legs and put the
> anvil on 1/2" of rubber/fabric conveyor belt.  It's okay but it
> doesn't feel quite right and it walks a bit.  I'm going to try
> clamping the anvil to the stand in a way that puts the rubber under
> compression.  If that doesn't make me happy, I'll replace the rubber
> with 1/2" plywood.  As a last resort, I'll bolt the whole thing to the
> floor but I want to avoid that.
>
> Re Minimum startup gear: I started with a 200# anvil, a pretty nice
> rivet forge with hood and flue, a fairly good machinist's swivel base
> vise, one pair of tongs, oxy-acet torches and whatever was in my
> mechanic's tool chest.  That included, of course, one light cross-peen
> among random hammers, cold chisels and ViseGrips.  The first tool I
> made was a very ugly but usable hardy from a VW rear axle.  That was
> enough for me to try to put into practice the occasional pointers I
> was getting from Bert Shaw [1] and get me fired up.
>
>
> [1] That's "Dr. Shaw", if you don't mind.
>
> - Mike
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