[TheForge] Survey: How high is your anvil.

[Dann Johnson]

Bruce,

Anvil working height of  32 to 33 inches catches most  everything I have, 
which is sheer coincidence, because much of the stuff that I use  had the 
working height set up by smiths of a generation or more back.

Your question got me thinking, so   I  just walked out and 
measured  my  25#  Little giants.    One was 32 1/2 inch from the floor to 
the anvil.   The other was 33 inches,  which turned out to be the same 
height  as  the  welded up angle iron frame to anvil top,  of  my  old 
farrier  185 # anvil,  and  by coincidence  also the same 
height  from  the  floor  to top    of  my bench vice,  of a  welding 
table  that  I made up in 1978.

Based on my old favorite anvil,   When I was making a Mike Linn  style 
swage block stand,  my goal was to get it so that the swage block had the 
same 33 inch working height, no matter which surface was directed up.

My torso is / was bigger than my 6 foot father's, but my legs and arms are 
slightly shorter  in proportion.   I am 5 ' 9"

Dann Johnson

At 05:02 PM 5/5/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>I'm working on plans for a modern "oliver" hammer to work on an existing
>anvil.  I need to know how adjustable to make it.  Please let me know
>the height of your anvil (floor to anvil plate).
>
>(I don't need to know your opinion on how high anvils should be.  I
>don't need to know how large your anvil is.  I just need to know the
>height of the top of the anvil over the floor.)
>
>I would appreciate your response even if you have no interest in an
>oliver hammer.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Bruce
>NJ
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