[TheForge] Treadle Hammer Anvil Stand

[Andrew Vida]

Why fart around with this at all?  Go to the scrap yard and find a piece 
of 6" solid round or 4" solid square and do the job correctly.  If it 
costs you $50, so what?

Just a thought anyway.

Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Lynn;
> You want as much solid mass as possible for your TH anvil.
> If you are going to laminate the elements, orient them vertically and 
> weld the heck out of them.100% penetration if possible.
> Square tubing will waste a lot of your effort....just too light...pf
> 
> Lynn and Susan Lang wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I am looking to build a treadle hammer. The anvil base is usually
>> constructed from laminated stock, would an anvil base constructed from
>> either 3 or 4" thick wall pipe or square tubing be structurally
>> equivalent or as functional?
>> Thank you
>> lynn
>>
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