marcusb

Moving my shop, finally got a group pic

I planned on bidding on the 500 pounder, glad you got it, hard to get one that size in the shop without the better half noticing........ :D

Had a good day Hit up 3 places and found a nice item at each

Sure looks like one. Sounds like they are about as tough as they come for anvils. I sure hope to stumble onto one myself someday. Thanks for the pic!

What size is that WEST? Shes a beaut!

-13 here now without the wind chill, supposed to get to -18 tonight and windchill near -50

I have a late model Trenton, they are long and thin in porportion, this one doesnt look like that to me

My guess is a Fisher

Looks minty from the side view, great find!

I would place some heavy flat stock in the wood stove when you light it, when you come back out and the shop is warm, the steel should be at a red heat. You could place the plate on the anvil while you get your tools laid out. When you are ready to go, it should be to.

I have found them to be a great additional to any shop. Great for small task or others that may injury a larger exspensive anvil. I remeber Weyger saying somthing to the effect of fastening them down well and using them as he would a much larger anvil without issues.

100% agree

Great info for hay budden owners, had to dig awhile to find it, guess I will send it up top

Thanks for all the input guys. Looks like the threads in the screw box are brazed in so a repair as described above would be my best option. I have a decent quanity of silver braze. To quote my wonderful wife "just what you need....another project"

Least I can do for such a fast response! Thanks frozen! Just got it in the shop Weighs 486 pounds

Brought home another Hay Budden, hope someone out there can tell me the year it was made, Number on foot looks like A21897

Good things come to those that wait for sure. I have been looking for a larger vise since I started working metal, found several, but all were priced beyond what I could pay for one. Well, while on vacation I spotted a really run down barn with a lean that had piles of stuff all around. Sign said antiques and OPEN. I pulled the car over and went in. Place itself was fantastic, one of those places with antiques piled to the ceiling and narrow isles in between. Made my way to the back, found the tool room, nothing special, all old farm/woodworking tools. Around the back side I saw the vise laying on the floor. Couldnt find owner, so decided to leave and stop back, he caught us as we pulled away. I got out an asked him what he wanted for the leg vise. He said im keeping that for my basement. I said thats alot of vise to carry down the stairs and he realized we were talking about diffrent vises. Long story short, he made me a great deal, I didnt even ask for a lower price. Vise weighs 150 pounds as is, missing screw, box is present with VG threads inside. Jaws are 7" wide, and as you can see in the pics the front pivot can be adjusted in and out. What struck me on this vise is the attention to detail and qaulity of forging, such as end of spring, mount plate, leg, etc etc. I imagine this was not a cheap vise when new. I normally use vises as is, but this one is going to get painted up and a screw made for it, I think it will be well worth it. On the downside it does have a corner chipped out of jaw, im debating on leaving it, welding it up with mild rod or ? any thoughts would be great. Here are the pics.

Pics of the anvil???

Update: Hammer is saftley in garage, rolled in with bar no problems. The pipes pictured are indeed around 2" od. I chose this size so that once rolled up to my garage I could use smaller pipes on the floor and transtition over the lip between the garage floor and drive way. Worked great.

Thanks for the tips guys, I will give LG a call. I was hesitant to just ask for demensions without purchasing anything. I have plate gathered for sow, 4140 for die material, hoped to give it a go myself to keep the costs lower.

I have been going back and forth how to get my Little giant upright after transporting it to my shop. I finally caved and asked a co-worker for help. Took us about 2 minutes to have it up and unhooked, amazing what 100 HP can do :) Now I can give it a bath, good oil up and some dies On a side note, I need demensions on sow block and dies if anyone has one they could measure for me.

I have a late style trenton, 5" wide 36" long weighs 308 pounds With those measurements, 400 would be a pretty big stretch

Correction, its 500 pounds not 560 pounds....guess I need to read up on CWT a bit better :unsure:

My name is marcus, and I have a confession to make, I am offically a hypocrite. The fever finally got me, bought a 5 cwt HB yesterday...... So I guess I would if I could

I was there selling some stuff out of my shop, had a U haul trailer hooked up to a black ranger along tailgating row. I thought afterwards I shoulda put up a sign so people would let me know they were on I forge.Bet i met some of you on here and never knew it, There is always next year