[TheForge] Top of a broken anvil?

[rsmuck]

Jim, where are you located, I am south of Dixonville, have a lot of 
equipment, not much energy. 673 1245
Rowland Smuck/Schmuck of Roseburg, OR 97470
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Top of a broken anvil?


> well as for who made it im lost but for a base you could get some sheet or 
> plate and weld it in to a prymidal shape with the tip missing, fill it 
> with sand the weld the anvil to a piece of sheet the size of the opening 
> of pyramid, place anvil welded to sheet and hit a few time to balance out.
> sydney foster
> From: Jim Beard <regionalchaos at gmail.com>
> Date: 2008/09/08 Mon PM 01:48:56 CDT
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> Not sure how you want to mount it, but by your description it is a
> farriers anvil (nothing wrong with that :).  They commonly have (had)
> two pritchels and and the offset surface you mention.  That may or may
> not help you determine the maker, if you are inclined to.
>
> Maybe a bucket of sand would be your best bet to mount it?  I'm sure
> others will have better ideas..
>
> Jim
> Drain, OR
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Jonathan Barnhart <blakkpawss at yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
>> I've been looking for a bigger anvil to work from lately.  My 70lb. 
>> Swedish Kolswa is a nice anvil, but I need more working space.  While 
>> digging through a and selling scrap from my Grandpa's old farm we found 
>> the top of an old anvil.  When I say top, I mean the base was cut off of 
>> it at about the point where most anvils neck in.  The narrow spot between 
>> the top and the legs of the anvil.  So, it has no base to mount it.  Also 
>> it has no maker marks visible on it.  They must have been cut off with 
>> the base.  It's somewhere around 2-2 1/2' long.  I'd guess that at one 
>> time it was between 125 and 150 lbs.    The working surface is long and 
>> narrow.  It has a small offset working surface on one side of the horn. 
>> It has one hardie and two pritchel holes.  There is no step on the horn. 
>> I can't afford a new anvil right now, but I might be able to put a base 
>> on this one using scrap that I already have.  Or at least devise some 
>> sort of cradle to mount it
>>  solidly.  Any suggestions or tips?  I have pics, but I'm not sure how to 
>> post them safely on here.
>>
>>
>>
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