Finally got a new anvil

[Bear]

well new to me actually. 200lb fisher anvil (from 1940) that looks like it was never used. Only two small dings on the horn. Photos here: bearsphotoalbum/anvil - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting



Sean

[Ron Hicks]

bet you are happy with the anvil
you are right thats like new
nice

[Ted T]

Bear,
I heard it through the grapevine that somewhere there is a set of instructions that said we are not supposed to lust. Oh well!
I was born in 1940 also. That anvil looks much, much better than I do.
Looks to me like you got your self a prize. Good for ya!
Be safe.
Ted

[ApprenticeMan]

NICE, Fishers look like great anvils, and that one looks almost BRAND SPANKING new!

[ThomasPowers]

Quick ship that anvil to *ME* before the "too good to be true" karma truck runs you over!

That's 1 sweet anvil---now tell everyone how you found it.

Thomas

[bruce wilcock]

no i think you should ship it over to me,,, to look after it , you will have a job on keeping it safe now they have all seen it , i will send you a shipping address, it will have to come over express no time to be lost fast as possible.

of course i will give you a recipt im not a crook.

[Bear]

Originally Posted by ThomasPowers

Quick ship that anvil to *ME* before the "too good to be true" karma truck runs you over!

That's 1 sweet anvil---now tell everyone how you found it.

Thomas

Bought at the cabin fever model engineering expo' s auction(cabinfeverexpo.com). Paid about $2.50 a lb but she was worth it. Cleaned me out. My chin almost hit the ground when i saw a 14-15 year old guy there with a wad of cash as thick as my wallet and they were all 100's( he had to have at least $5k, maybe 10). Actually saw a smaller cannon ball in one of the box lots and in my mind i was thinking- hmmm..... that would make a great tool or something to work on. A lot of melting cauldrons and ladles, something that looked like a flat anvil(no horn and was about 2 ft long- wasnt a rrr track ),plus a ton of other stuff. Saw a large number of older metal lathes- they were going for $200-300 each and now i am seeing them on the local craigslist going for $800 +( same exact ones too).


Sean

[RegionalChaos]

Thats one nice looking anvil! Congrats

[ThomasPowers]

"cannon balls" are usually mill balls---from a ball mill. Real cannon balls were traditionally cast iron and so a pain to weld and not too tough as a stake. Mill balls are usually the other way around---hard to weld and very tough.

Of course you buy old mill balls at scrap price and cannon balls at "historical artifact" price...

Thomas

[ApprenticeMan]

Thomas, do you have a source for mill balls? Do they come in all different sizes?