eseemann Posted October 25, 2017 Goodness, how many wheels and belts did it take to make that shape and shine! I assume you were preheating it so you could weld the face on? Nice bit (and by bit I mean LARGE HUNK) of work. Quote Link to comment
ThomasPowers Posted October 25, 2017 Do you actually need that shape or were you just spending a lot of time to make something that looked like the old ones? Quote Link to comment
Anachronist58 Posted October 25, 2017 I see from your other work that this is not your first rodeo - What is the anticipated final weight of the finished anvil? Pleasing to my eye. Robert Taylor Quote Link to comment
darren70 Posted October 25, 2017 The horn took an afternoon, starting with a 9" grinder and then a 5" flex disk and a french curve. I wanted it to look like an anvil, just because i could. Its about 90kg Thanks Quote Link to comment
ThomasPowers Posted October 25, 2017 It does NOT look like an anvil; it looks like 1 type of anvil; some have perfect cone horns, some have variants of that shape some have no horns. Quote Link to comment
Anachronist58 Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) Apples and oranges are fruit. Apples look like fruit. Oranges looks like fruit The anvil DOES look like an anvil. The anvil DOES look like a certain type of anvil. Robert Taylor Edited October 25, 2017 by Anachronist58 Quote Link to comment
darren70 Posted October 25, 2017 1 hour ago, ThomasPowers said: It does NOT look like an anvil; it looks like 1 type of anvil; some have perfect cone horns, some have variants of that shape some have no horns. Whatever Quote Link to comment
ThomasPowers Posted October 25, 2017 It's beautifully done; but if your goal is to get smithing it's way more than was necessary and linked more to reproducing an old look. An analogy would be: building your own car from scrap parts---you don't need to build a Packard with an inline 12 cylinder engine to get a working car. (It would be impressive I admit!) Quote Link to comment
34kw Posted January 23, 2018 I think many here are missing the point. Obviously you could buy an anvil like they did. You built this and it's a work of art. Nice job! Quote Link to comment
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