Show me your anvil

[skunkriv]

I already posted pics of this anvil but here it is "fully dressed". Made this one year to poke fun at a friend who was coming to my shop for a hammer-in. He came to blacksmithing after starting out doing cold armor work. Told him he needed two responsible parties present to unlock the shield before he could work. Didn't want him beating up the anvil on COLD iron There were a bunch of people here and we really had a good time with it.

[Askdamice]

Wow piglet.... that's a good hunk o track!! If you were so inclined, you could do some shaping and get a tonne of contours with that thing...

On a side note...... Someone told me of a friend of a guy's friend's brother that this other guy knew ....... who coated the sides of his track anvil with spay insulation to deaden the ring...... hmmmmmm.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by piglet_74

Does this count? I don't even think it counts as an "ASO" but it's heavy

Of course it counts Rob. You even have it in the really make it count position.

Frosty

[Frosty]

Yer killin me Steve!

Actually makes me wish I lived close enough to attend your meetings and events.

Spray insulation to deaden the ring eh, Speaker For Da Mice?

Hmmmmm indeed. I don't know how foam would like hot iron on it but a little RinoLiner might be just the thing.

Again, Hmmmmm.

Frosty

[hammerkid]

Here is my M&H Armitage Mouse Hole anvil . Its in good shape. Weighs in at 108lbs. . Was made in betwen 1830-1835. It has GREAT rebound

[Scratch]

Here's my 151 pound Peter Wright. I went with the steel tripod design as you can see. Legs are 2” tube, ¼” wall. Anvil is clamped down with railroad spikes. 1/2" green Treated plywood between the anvil and the base. No ring at all. Just thud.

Hammer rings on both sides.

The lower grate is 3/16” steel. I thought I’d make it with 1” square cutouts so hardie tools will fit in also for storage. Can’t have them laying on their side ya know.

I heard that it’s sometimes usefull to do this for some reason so I thought I’d incorporate this into it too. That’s 1” solid round bar and it fits nice and snug. Can somebody tell me when this is usefull? I’ve heard for upsetting but not sure how or when I'd ever do it.

[Glenn]

Put a rod into the prichel hole and you have a bender.

[Mlmartin15]

new toy, will clean tomaro with a brush on a angle grinder, cant find a name on it yet, looks alot like a peter wright to me, the shape, and the little clifts on the feet, but not sure if it is. also not positive if its cast of forged, cant find any forging marks, but not really any cast marks eather. ill do a little spark test tomaro near the broken area to see if its wrought with a steel face or all cast steel, its a monster to me, was told it was 470, looks to be right, probaly was 500 but after the heel was broken at the hardy 30 was lost. 16in tall, 6in wide face. sure beats the pants off my old 140lb
Do i need a 470lb anvil, no but i sure am happy i found one after lookin for a few years
Maybe ill weld a new heel back on one day... maybe
tell me who you think the maker is?

[BT]

Your pictures don't show the bottom, but I see a handling hole under the horn and under the heel which would indicate a forged anvil. The ledges on the feet and the handling holes would make me guess Peter Wright also.

[John B]

Here is a couple of pics of my home made anvil, courtesy of and with thanks to, the BP on this site (Can't currently acces the relevant one, no doubt someone can add this for me)

Someone once said "Start small then work up" Good advice