It followed me home

[ApprenticeMan]

Fred, that is some PEICE!!!!!!!! That would be neat for working deep things like pitchers and stuff.

[Gronk]

Any chance that is a mooring cleat, Fred? You can use it to tie up your battleship.

[one_rod]

It is indeed a mooring cleat, and as such will almost certainly be made of cast iron.

In spite of the shape I would be very reluctant to try to use it as an anvil, (if that is what you were thinking).

Cast iron and heavy hammers do not mix safely.



one_rod

[GobblerForge]

Fred. You have to have at least one friend wirth a pond, rowboat and a sence of humor. Unless someone has a real use for it, sneak it down to the dock some night and tie the boat or canoe to it. Thats the stuff stories are made of. Gobbler

[the_sandy_creek_forge]

Just picked up quite a bit of heavy angle (2.5"x2.5"x0.25") A local antique dealer, knowing that I blacksmith, said "Hey, I have some old angle iron in the back of the garage, ya wanna stop by and look at it, there's probably 80 or 90 feet if I remember" Sure, I'll stop and look. Ended up being over 250 feet and I got it for about a dollar a yard...The kicker? the stuff has never been exposed to the elements, no rust , and straight as an arrow. Practically new!

And of course there's always the beverly B-1 in excellent condition that followed me home because i was the only one at the auction that thought it was worth ten dollars

[FredlyFX]

I don't think it is cast iron, it rings like a bell when struck with a hammer. I really think it is cast steel. You can see a bit of a parting line down the top center at one end.

I don't plan to use it as an anvil, but will probably set it up once I have a real shop built so I can tap on long stuff, or bend things around it etc. Nothing that might break it, as it is too good of a conversation piece. According to the friend who gave it to me it used to have luxery liners tied off to it in its previous life. I am planning to build a deck on the back of the house some day, and may create a spot for it as part of a railing or seat or something. Time will tell.

[ThomasPowers]

Fredly; mount it on the deck and get a short piece of 2"+ cable to tie to it with a frayed end---then you can talk about the gullywasher rain you had back in....

Thomas

[yesteryearforge]

This is a 50 lb drop hammer that I came across or rather it came across me, in any event I am now the proud owner of it.
I made a bracket to support the rope pulley so that I can move it around but originally the rope pulley would have been mounted overhead on the ceiling or rafters .

[Alan DuBoff]

That's a nice thing to have follow you home...I felt lucky to have a cast iron forge follow me home, but your gloat takes precedence.

[Don A]

yesteryear,

Congrats on a very interesting find.
What is the intended application of that drop hammer? What type of work was it designed for?