[TheForge] broken anvil

[Andrew Vida]

On 12/17/2011 8:42 PM, blakkpawss at yahoo.com wrote:
> I have the top half of an anvil my Grandpa salvaged from somewhere.
> The face is good and so is the horn.  It's missing it's base from the
> waist down.  Looks like somebody used a torch to cut it off there.  I
> was trying to figure out a way to put a base back on it and mount and
> use it, when I found the anvil I have.  I believe the broken one is a
> Peter Wright like the one I bought.  Although, I think it might have
> been a bigger anvil if it were whole.  Still kind of want to fix it
> and use it.

	That would be a fun project.  I'd grind the bottom good and flat and 
chamfer 3/4" deep, fabricate a base of appropriately sized square stock 
and a 2" thick steel foot.  Weld together.  Drill and counterbore a hole 
for a 1" or 1.5" bolt.  Bore and tap hole in anvil.  Screw the mess 
together and torque mightily.  Weld the waist and plug weld the bolt in 
place.  Voy-luh!  New anvil.