[TheForge] Anvil repair workshop in NJ

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

  Gee Jason;
Never saw one like that..only solid cast iron.
Without a tool steel face they are fine door stops.
Seems odd..isn't lead shot more expensive than cast iron?

On 10/13/2010 1:43 PM, Jason Nass wrote:
> 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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> 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")
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> 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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