LastRonin Posted November 9, 2013 Just how big is that hunk of steel? (I'm guessing 2"x12"x36") How much does it weigh? (guessing around 230#) Nice looking set-up. I'm a beginner myself really, but I would think it should work pretty well. Quote Link to comment
Justin Carnecchia Posted November 9, 2013 Nice score with the chunks of steel. Both should work quite well. I would work on a better method of mounting them though. The half round in particular is going to lose a lot of energy sitting on that piece of wood like that. I've always used large stumps but anything solid will do. For the slab, you could try a large bucket and pack sand around it. I did that with a piece of railroad track and it worked pretty well. Quote Link to comment
norrin_radd Posted November 10, 2013 Just how big is that hunk of steel? (I'm guessing 2"x12"x36") How much does it weigh? (guessing around 230#) Nice looking set-up. I'm a beginner myself really, but I would think it should work pretty well. Its actually 2"x9.5"x28" with the cutouts toward the bottom it still weighs right at 130lbs its very solid even has a nice ring to it. Its a lot better than what we had. We are just starting out too and I'm glad I did a little research before I dropped some coin on a "real" anvil. Thanks for the comment, I added a note with the dim's . Quote Link to comment
norrin_radd Posted November 10, 2013 Nice score with the chunks of steel. Both should work quite well. I would work on a better method of mounting them though. The half round in particular is going to lose a lot of energy sitting on that piece of wood like that. I've always used large stumps but anything solid will do. For the slab, you could try a large bucket and pack sand around it. I did that with a piece of railroad track and it worked pretty well. Thanks for the advice. This is all just sort of thrown together quickly with what I had on hand. I might try something like the bucket of sand deal. The half round will definitely need to be a better mount. Quote Link to comment
woodsmith Posted November 17, 2013 I built an anvil in the shop at work by welding section of 2" plate like like you have there, to the top of a 4" round tube, welded a short piece of 4" round tube with 1/2" wall thickness to one end for a sort of horn, and a heavy tube to the side for a hardy. (intended to bring it home) Works great, I had said to the boss that we needed an anvil, after seeing us use it all the time for a few days he bought it from me. That block you have there looks really solid to forge on Quote Link to comment
norrin_radd Posted November 19, 2013 Thanks. It works alot better than what I had so I've been happy with it. I'll probably make a stand similar to what you describe for that half round some day. Quote Link to comment
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