[TheForge] Acme Hold down

[nicknaylo at aol.com]

Roller chain IS better, lots better but we used what we had at hand and
never improved on it. A person could twist a loop of wire to the top 
link of
the chain and lift it with a finger of the hammer hand to slip the work
under it without hampering movement and wouldn't have any extra 
mechanism's
potentially in the way.
Just don't stomp down on the stirrup with your finger in the loop!

Jer

I've got a section of roller chain nailed into the near side of my 
anvil stump and a weight on the other end. It was a sash weight, but I 
found a cast iron ball about softball sized with a nice cast loop in 
the top, it doesn't snag on the hammer/tong racks on the stump as much.

Jer, love the wire loop idea to lift the chain! I've got my chain 
painted bright orange for the foot that lays across the anvil (and the 
hot steel) that chain gets hot!  the orange paint reminds me to grab 
the chain from a cold, unpainted section.

Michael