[TheForge] Anvil height

Fri Mar 8 10:19:25 EST 2013

Oh beautiful.... still bragging about your fancy schmancy anvil after 13 
years.

I will never get over  this.

Never, I say!

On 2/28/2013 11:52 PM, williamsiron at comcast.net wrote:
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> I mounted my demo anvil, 137 lb Hay-Budden, onto a metal stand made of plate and angle iron. I put a piece of conveyor belt between the anvil and the stand which deadens the sound quite a bit. One of m y shop anvils is from Tom Clar k and rest upon a three legged stand that I've raised using 4 by 4 inch blocks. The other is on a BAM stand filled with sand. The anvil rests upon a plywood piece on top of the sand. I've had anvils on stumps but my feet get in the way when I want to be near the anvil.
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> Mark Williams
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> Snow Hill, Maryland
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> From: "Jerry Frost"<akfrosty at mtaonline.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:06:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anvil height
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> Sounds like a Sodorfors to me Charles, I have a 125lb and it'll make your
> ears ring using muffs or ear plugs.
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> Height that I've found works well is between knuckle and wrist but it'll
> depend on what you do the most. for heavy work I use my Trenton at knuckle
> height and for finer I use my sodorfors at wrist height. The Sodorfors is
> morticed into a spruce block, mounted green and allowed to shrink tighten.
> It doesn't ring like it does just sitting, chained, spiked, etc. on a block
> but it's still an ear buster. The Trenton is also a LOUD anvil though not in
> the same class as the Sodorfors but it's on a fabbed steel stand. Three rec
> steel tubing legs with a flange up angle iron frame, The anvil is wedged
> tight by light weight angle iron hammer and tong racks. Next time I'll leave
> room for another little rack frame so I can put a pan under the pritchel
> hole to catch punched slugs or other hot bits. Oh yeah, I have a shelf about
> 8" of the ground for handyness. It's also very rigid so there isn't any give
> when you use the anvil for max effect.
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> I'll be remounting the Sodorfors on a steel stand for a number of reasons
> that suit me. A steel stand leaves me plenty of foot room so I can get as
> close as I need/want. It's a LOT easier to move around than a 100lb. spruce
> block, especially with an anvil on board. While those are enough reason my
> #1 is noise, the steel stand has a different resonant frequency than the
> anvil so they self damp. Sure the anvil rings if I miss and hit IT but it
> goes away with a single note and doesn't hold it. The Sodorfors is a
> hardened steel face on a cast steel body, both materials have nearly
> identical resonant frequencies so it rings and holds it for seconds, VERY
> loud, VERY piercing and it lasts a looooong time. Fisher anvils are so quiet
> because because they're steel faces on cast iron bodies which have very
> different resonant frequencies so they damp almost immediately.
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> Anywho, that's my take on it. Knuckle to wrist height or whatever YOU like.
> Steel stand for quiet, functionality, ease of movement.
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> I bought an engine hoist at a yard sale a few years ago so I don't sweat
> anything moving, loading or unloading either of my anvils. Hydraulics and
> wheels!
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> Jer
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> From: "Charles"<xlch58 at swbell.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Anvil height
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>> I have a 185lbs swedish anvil that will render you deaf in no time at all.
>> Found it for my son for low dollars.  He traded it for one of my more
>> ragged
>> Peter Wrights.   I tried the magnet, now it rings and buzzes.  Obviously I
>> need
>> a bigger one.
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>> Charles
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>> From: Bob<blcksmth at wcnet.org>
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>> A magnet under the heel of the anvil will also reduce ringing
>> considerably.
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>> Bob Willman
>> The Eagle’s Anvil
>> Bowling Green, Ohio
>> WB8NQW
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