[TheForge] Anvil repair workshop in NJ (was: Old tools)

[Jason Nass]

My experience with chinese made anvils is that they tend to be cast hollow and use lead shot to get the weight... I stay as far away from them as possible.

Jason Nass – MacTalis Ironworks
me at wargoth.com


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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 4:18 PM
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Subject: [TheForge] Anvil repair workshop in NJ (was: Old tools)

Well, in NJ you can get cheap Chinese anvils at Fazzio's any time you like.  As one fellow asserted:  "That's a better anvil than you are a blacksmith!"  (True for many of us, but certainly not all.)

Meanwhile, if you have a beat-up anvil that you like, NJBA is holding another anvil-repair workshop on Nov. 13 in Howell, NJ.  See our website for details (http://njba.abana-chapter.com/ then click "upcoming meets")



On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> wrote:
> I have never seen a $20 anvil, but I came close.  I got my main anvil, 
> a 170 lb HB, for $75 from a friend who got it for $25 the day before.  
> He fell into a great deal and so did I. That was 13 years ago.  I 
> sometimes see old beat up anvils at flea markets for under $200, but 
> given the condition, they aren't really that good of a deal. If you 
> keep your eyes open, and have some cash in your pocket you can still 
> find an ocational deal, but they are getting fewer and fewer.  I like 
> making tools so it doesn't bother me to spend time on tools, even if 
> it ends up costing me more in time than it would have to just buy it.
>
> In BAM we have some members that like to go to auctions, they 
> frequently by stuff just to bring to meetings and resell. They make a 
> little profit, and the members that don't have time for auctions get 
> some tools at a reasonable price. Like the kick press I got this 
> summer, a friend got it at auction just about for free, and I traded 
> something for it that I just had lying around, that my friend needed.
>
> It's not gouging to make a profit. If the price is too high it won't sell.
>
> PS: I do remember when I would see anvils in the hardware store along 
> with the other shop tools, it's been a while.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
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