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Finished my Brian Brazeal style striking anvil. I made the upper section from 2 sections of 2"x 3" CRS that I picked up as rem. from my supplier for 35 cents a pound. I machined the hardy holes in the mill as a matched pair. Grooved the intersections deep and then welded them all around. Should work ok, now I just need a striker.

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I will be making one of these as soon as I source some good material for the legs. Yours is the first I have seen use heavy angle like that, I might steal the idea.

 

Are my eyes playing tricks on me, or is one of your hardy holes retangular? If so, do you have an anvil with a rectangular hardy or what was the reasoning for it?

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Hi Eddie,

 

Yes that's a 1" x 11/2" oversized hardy. One of the reasons for making this anvil is I'm going to be banging the same size mortise "hole"

in some 1" X 11/2" or 2" bar. So as soon as my H13 material shows up I'll be making punches, drifts and giving this a go.

 

As for the legs their 4" X 6" X 3/4" angle 40 lbs. each. I had that angle for a farm implement project that never got built, so I used it and think it turned out well. The anvil weighs about 150 lbs. I had to lift it off the welding table with the tractor.

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