[TheForge] Treadle Hammer Anvil Stand

[craig.schaefer at verizon.net]

The same could be said for figuring out a hundred ways to put in fence 
posts when you could just rent a tractor with an auger on it.

I'm smiling, but I don't do emoticons.

Craig


On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at  6:46 AM, Andrew Vida wrote:

> 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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