[TheForge] Anvil Shoot

[Bruce Freeman]

Charles,

I think you mean "Tool Making for Woodworkers" by Ray Larsen.  Some of
the tools he photographs are rather mushroomed and cracked, and he
does show some of these in use.

To be fair, though, he does discuss the problem on p. 64.

Bruce

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:55 AM,  <xlch58 at swbell.net> wrote:
> rhrocker at hilconet.com wrote:

> I think the issue would be how far a bullet sized shard of anvil base
> could fly with lethal potential.   Not entirely unlikely when you
> consider the age and abuse these anvils get and the laminated
> construction of the wrought iron variety, though a thorough pre-flight
> inspection for cracks would help mitigate that.  I remember years ago
> reading a story of a man who was killed when a shard from a splitting
> wedge spalled off and nicked his jugular.  Bled to death before help
> arrived.   I have always dressed all of my tools (chisels, mauls etc)
> studiously ever since.   There is a blacksmithing book out there, called
> something like the "How to make woodworking tools"  that the smith is
> using the most lethal looking set of abused hammer tools I have ever seen.
>
> Anvil shoots are rare enough that it is probably difficult for an
> actuarialist  to calculate a risk for insurance purposes, so you get a
> silly number from insurers.    Many good organizations have been erased
> by litigation, so I understand Abana's viewpoint.
>
>
> Charles
>
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Bruce
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