[TheForge] Anvils

[williamsiron at comcast.net]

As I mature,, I find I like the top of the anvil about wrist height rather than at my knuckle. The lower anvil was mainly for strikers. 



Mark Williams 

Snow Hill, Maryland 



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From: "Jallcorn" <jallcorn at suddenlink.net> 
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:24:38 PM 
Subject: [TheForge] Anvils 

I tried the knuckle height & found it a bit too low too. What bothered me was that I wasn't hitting the hammer face squarely on the work. Seemed the far edge lf the hammer hit first. I raised it a bit and it seems better maybe. It's a 500 euro anvil so it's a chore to raise. The base is  bunch of 4x4 blocks on end w threaded bars running thru it w nuts holding it all together & the base is anchored to the concrete.    It too rings till my ears hurt-I usually use muffswhen working   & I've got magnets all over it.. 

 My other is a 70 JHM on metal stand.  Given time, I'll build a wooden base of some sort. 

James 
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