[TheForge] opinions please, 2 Qs

[Dave Mudge]

Peter & Phoebe, About your 165 early Anyang, I have a foundation, 4' x 5' x
5' solid reinforced cement on a hard clay that I poured many years ago for
a 250 lb Moloch mechanical hammer. (wish that I still had it). O'course
what I don't have is 3-phase electricity (if it needs that) nor a lot of
money. So what do you have in mind for a price?
dave m


On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <
artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:

> Just back from the CBA conf..It was a good one. Must have been 50 anvils
> set up in the education-open forge area!
> All my small shiny bronze forgings ( knobs and belt buckles) sold to other
> smiths! Yea!
> Those guys are supposed to know better.
> One friend just finished a lucrative job, had some bucks, and came with
> his wife to the conf. He spotted a very nice 350# anvil he really wanted at
> the tailgate sales for $1500 and while the wife was off somewhere, quietly
> negotiated the price, paid, and to avoid familial friction , erased the
> final 0 from the price chalked on the face. Everyone seemed happy as we
> helped him load it in his truck.
>
> Questions please.
>
> 1 A friend has a worn, early, 100# Big Blue hammer he wants to sell. It
> has a recently rebuilt air cyl but loose gibs.
>  I've heard that with the new valving package it would be capable of
> single , controlled strength, blows, which i want.
> Opinions? Is it worth fooling with?
>
> 2 I have an unused 165 early Anyang that needs a big, expensive,
>  foundation on this steep clay ridge we live on, and my screwed up back
> isn't going to allow to handle big enough steel any more  to justify that
> big a hammer.
> Educated guesses as to what it's worth now?
>
>
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