[TheForge] Blacksmithing, treadle hammer

[Ron Childers]

2 points:
Make sure that the anvil is solid steel.  You need that mass under the
hammer.  there were some designs out there that had hollow anvils, or anvils
filled with concrete or concrete and scrap metal. 
Make sure that both the hammer and anvil have hardy holes for tooling. IIRCC
at one time the Jere Kirkpatric's design did not have a hardy hole in the
hammer part.

D-ski 
Westminster, MD     
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.


You are correct on the solid steel; the heavier the better, but the anvil
can be welded up from slabs of steel, ie 3 pcs of 2"x6" or even a 3' pc of
rr track with additional pcs of steel welded to it to if the budget is tight
and you don't mind the junk yard look. The anvil doesn't care as long as the
solid weight = a 3' piece of 5" round.

Ron C





 
 
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