forging a anvil

[bruce wilcock]

these are the only photos i can find of anchor and anvil forging ,and the finished anvil making a pr of shoes on it ,these jobs we just went ahead and did it thers were no bystanders to take photos ,apart from the anchors these were filmed ,

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by bruce wilcock

these are the only photos i can find of anchor and anvil forging ,and the finished anvil making a pr of shoes on it ,these jobs we just went ahead and did it thers were no bystanders to take photos ,apart from the anchors these were filmed ,

That's a serious bit of hand forging for sure.

So Bruce, which one of the gang are you?

Frosty

[matt87]

The one with the snowy beard in the last picture if I remember correctly.

[m_brothers]

That is some serious heavy dury hand forging, good luck. One you get that done, are you gonna make more, and use them instead of the ones you have?

[KYBOY]

Thats some awsome pics and serious work..Very cool..

[JosephPrivott]

I'm boggled! that is the coolest thing I've seen in the past 20 minutes (short attention span )


I mean.... good lord. Would still love to see some anvil pics, the anchor is duly impressive, and those are four men i whose fist I would not want to be on the wrong side of (not that us smiths are 'hot' tempered or anything! )

[nett]

Bruce, I really like this black and white photograph of you, it captures the moment wonderfully.

I would like to have been there that day to lend you a hand, but this native Californian would insist on a fire in the hearth to keep my fingers from growing numb.

I'm curious, can you remember the inventory of hammers in the photograph? Are those masons hammers on the bench to your left?

[Quenchcrack]

Bruce, that sounds suspiciously like work....

[gazilla]

Hi Bruce,

thanks for sharing these pictures, they're an encouragement of sorts. Did you use coke or coal for the welding fires? And how big was the hearth for these huge forge welds? I'm first doing some studying on the subject, to see how "do-able" this is, in order to convince a few people in our school. So any technical information would be welcome.

[hammerkid]

Now that is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! You say u made a vid?
Chris