[TheForge] anvil point

[Ben Barrett]

Thanks Chris -- admittedly, my anvil is almost 7 inches too low for
me, and is not quite level in either axis... yes, I am ashamed.  Next
project is raising my anvil.  Promise.

Straightening as you go -- absolutely, although I've seen that basic
drawing-out is slowed down a lot when this becomes a hard-and-fast
rule... it is a lot faster to beat the heck out of it, either over the
horn or edge of the anvil, even w/ straight pein when applicable, and
then smooth things out :)  Last fall's NWBA conference (my 2nd) had a
thread-the-needle competition, and the guys who drew out the most
thread didn't keep it purty :)
The clock isn't ticking, that way, when I'm screwing around, but I
learned a lot just by watching the variety of techniques.  Bummer that
the Spring '08 NW & Cali. conferences are scheduled at the same time
again...

~ben



On Feb 18, 2008 3:19 PM, cpworsley <cpworsley at cox.net> wrote:
> Ben,
> Hopefully this will answer your question. . . I found that it is always
> helpful to keep the piece I am working on as "even" as possible as I work on
> it.
> So, for example, if it starts to curve in a direction not wanted when
> working one edge of flat bar stock, I straighten as I go.
>
>
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ben Barrett
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 4:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] anvil point
>
> I'm pretty sure this is because the world revolves around the anvil!!
> I also work around it, and although I'm a newbie and take a lot of
> crap for doing things "wrong"; I do like hearing about the right way
> (esp. why that is so)... and keep doing what I'm doing (the info is
> merely perspective for a more-informed choice at any given moment).
> Here is an additional question though:  if it feels like I want to
> work something from the other side of the horn, just to even out a
> piece from the directional shape of the horn, is that quite
> reasonable, or should I actually be paying more attention to keeping a
> ring or bell or whatnot even whilst working just one side??
>
> I thought the thread was going to be about whether the horn points
> slightly upward, which is I thought standard on new horns, or whether
> it sags down a bit like one well-beaten :)  Well-beaten, like these
> ongoing gags ;)
>
> ~ben
>
>
> ...
> > Heresy Alert!
> >
> > Whichever way is most comfortable and suitable to how you work. Point it
> any
> > way you need it pointed to do what you want to do at a given time.
> >
> > Mine points to the left until I walk around to the other side. Then it
> > points to the right. If I stand facing the horn, it points right at me. If
> I
> > stand at the other end, it points away from me.
> >
> > Damn thing can't make up its mind!
>
>
>
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