Willway Forge

Wow, what a gorgeous machine, bet she hits like a dream!

There is a guy on Craigslist in Florence, Ma. "Roscoe the Country Peasant" who sells anvils, vices etc. I have never purchased anything from him as I currently live in Virginia, but that is my home town, and when in town I plan to check him out. Worth a look if you are needing some gear.

You will definitely want to size your forge to your work to save on Gas expense. *Much* cheaper to build several forges than to pay for wasted propane running a large one all the time.

As you will be in a stable set up look into making a blown burner for your large one. Much simpler to build and run and they can get scary hot! We had a large propane forge up at 7000' altitude getting 2.5" sq stock up to welding temp with no problem using a blown system!

Shes a beaut! Looks like a Champion. I have a similar Champion and the date is 1914. Take care of it and it will take care of you.

Nice looking table. Love the legs.

Well that's that then, because my anvil beats the ears up pretty good. Guess I will be wraping it up.

Back up gas, no two ways about it, you need to use back up gas for this weld. (ie. argon on both sides of the surface to be joined).

Ive noticed a lot of folks wrap Chain around their Anvil base. Is there a significant benefit to this other than just adding weight?

OMG!!! Now theres an Anvil base... not sure if that would easily "Follow you home" though, might be a tad heavy! I love it, thanks for sharing.

Id offer the guy $200 take it or leave it. Its a good platform to get you started on making what could be a nice hammer. However $500 seems high due to what its going to take to make it usable. Give him your offer and a phone number, he will probly give you a call.

After looking at a lot of photos, the base looks to me to be a Peter Wright or Trenton. I know one of Trenton's adverts used to claim the recess in the base, (see ad).

Just found out from a friend who is familiar with this Anvil that it is a Russian cast steel anvil. It was purchased by a Guild and not used much if at all because of its strange Hardy set up. I have since closed the larger Hardy from 1"x1.5" to 1"x1" with a piece of tool steel. I will eventually do the same for the other, more then likely turn it into a pritchel.

Coal isnt going away, there are a lot of folks in the Northern States etc. using it for heating homes etc. The Bituminous stuff may get harder to find, however its going to be some years before its gone all together.

After looking at a lot of photos, the base looks to me to be a Peter Wright or Trenton. I know one of Trenton's adverts used to claim the recess in the base, (see ad).

Thanks CurlyGeorge, yeah, I had to add those magnets because the ring was quite loud. I appreciate the compliment, I took a lot of elbow grease to get it looking good again. The top and horn where badly rusted and the sides and base had about 150 coats of crap paint. I was hoping to find some identification under all that paint, no such luck. Not a mark on this thing. She is a beaut though. :)

Heres mine, I have no idea what kind it is, but its big and sings like a bell. I love it. It took a lot of work to get it looking like it does, but it was worth every effort.

Anyone have an idea of what kind of Anvil this is?? There are no markings on it anywhere. I havent had it on a scale but its about 150+-. It has 2 hardy holes right next to each other, one is 1 1/2 x 1" and the other is 1 x 3/4". If you played the bells, you could take this to a concert because it sings like no other. There is about a cannon ball size recess in the bottom dead center. Anyone??