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O nooooooo, without the foot it will brake the mounting bracket after much hammering on, i don't know how you used it on the trailer without a leg anyway, seems like you could have just unbolted it from the mounting bracket and rebolted it any time to got some where and just let the leg rest on a board on the ground

what kind of brick / blocks do you have in the forge, looks like normal concrete, if it is the block will break up and little bits explode when heated

oooo I love it, I see myself building one in my future

I think you need a shop lacky and some type of rolling stock stand working the back end of a long piece of steel while you direct

thanks guys, ill check out those leads

Hey guys were out of coal for my college. We are located in Charleston SC. Where is a good place to pickup some? were looking for 1000lb to one ton Thanks Mackenzie

looks fantastic!

If you use heavy wall tube thats near 8 with 2.5 wall you would be looking at around a 3 hole in the middle, I would think about the possibility of a power hammer with a hardy hole right in the center of the anvil, could be pretty nice for certain operations

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One type of stand ive seen a few times that acutely can turn out pretty well if care is taken is to use 4 or maybe 9 6by6's. I have seen people glue the seams and clamp them together, then run a lag bolt from one to another. If the lag bolts you have can only reach from on to another then you might have to slowly piece it together one joint at a time. then maybe collar all the pieces together with some flat bar. good luck

Sorry about the pictures guys, Ill see if I can find them and re-post them to this thread if anyone is interested.

There is occasionally a screw & box for sale on ebay, if you choose to buy a replacement make sure to take some measurements of the vice and compare to size of the screw & box, Vices come in many sizes and not all parts are interchangeable with each other. Many people have also replaced damaged parts with modern acme rod and nuts Search this site, I'm sure some folks have posted pictures of there fix's Good luck

vary true, it would take my millions to generate my own power with a nuclear plant, any other things you can think of that would take tones more money to make that you buy cheeped??? A forged post vise is not a overly complex thing to make, it is a large forging and would take time and skill but its not something that's out of question to make. I don't believe that 100 or 200 is drastically over priced for a good vise, say 5in or larger in good condition. Its beginning to get annoying how you keep personally attacking my post, I am not making any snide remarks at you and all my post have been relevant to the thread and not even close to inappropriate or out of line.

I know there is generally more supply in the US then there is demand so many good deals can be had. But think about this, for the people that have the ability to make one (large forge n anvil, power hammer or striker, ext) What price would it take for you to make a leg vise? Seams like a full days worth of work to me. so near minimum wage at least 100 dollars and that's not counting materials, probably also near 100. What ever you pay, I am almost sure that you'll be happy as soon as you use the vise as long as you mount it vary firmly to a bench or table. Its just wonderful to use a vise that can take a hit and wont move an inch!

ugggg that thing looks like crap now, At the rate people are wearing out anvils these days lots more folks are going to start to half buying new anvils

ACBA is always glad to have visitors, anyone here on the site is more than welcome to stop in for a visit!

Actually Mr Simmonds grandson is not the Architectural Iron working professor. Hes not a blacksmith at all. He dose however work at our school, Mr Ofunniyin is the school provost. Richard Guthrie is the iron working professor. He was a smith at Colonial Williams Burg for many years, and has worked many years outside of CW. He is an excellent smith.

Thats right! I do Not have scars all over my body from blundering up and breaking things, I do my best to use common sense when ever I do any physical task every day to avoid injury. I do have just a few small scars from mistakes, but not many. Anyone that chooses to forge metal is fully aware that its dangerous, The intense heat that comes off of steel at forging temperature are a direct link to the brain that what you are doing CAN be dangerous. Because of all the possible danger there is with metal working everyone needs to be careful, but that dose not mean everyone has to do it one set way. As said before most folks are only wanting to have fun forging, and if forging swords is whats fun to them, then that's what they should do. But I think its horrible how many people jump on new folks for "doing it wrong" when its just fun and games to anyone that dose it as a hobby. Yes some people will take the hobby vary seriously and heavily disciplined, but others will just attempt to forge what ever comes to mind that day, and theirs nothing wrong with that. other than something that can catastrophically explode if done wrong, IE gunpowder. yes a sward can brake and hurt some one, hammers also some times chip and hurt people, anvils chip and hurt people, fire burns people, hitting your hand with a hammer hurts and just about anything in the shop can hurt or scar you if your not careful.

The slot in the anvil is great for holding little tine business cards

there is no bump or clip off the anvil table, its just a illusion from the picture. look at the first picture of the sheer and you will notus that you can see the anvil from straight above and there is no clip, the bump in the anvil picture is just something in the background. also its not just a sheer it looks to be a punch to, ask about if he has any punch and dies to go with the sheer, looks nice!

Looks rotten, just buy the thing then ship it to me down in Ga and ill take care of discarding it for you. haha The hammer looks great! I would love to have one. I would guess with some oil and elbow grease the thing would run fantastic. If you do buy it make sure to post pictures of the thing cleaned up and running! Best of luck on it

also if you do bottom out the tenon it leaves lots of room for the tenon to upset into the hole and get stuck in the tool!

I suspect the anvil is only 150 pounds, as you can see in the photos there is a small 15 on the front of the right foot. If I remember right there is a number on most of the fishers and it states the pounds minus a 0. Ext 10 = 100, 18 = 180. Hopefully some one that owns a fisher will chime in and let us know for sure. But at 450 that would be 3 dollars a pound, kinda pricey for my blood, for not much more you could buy a brand new anvil. if it is indeed 180 it would be 2.5 a pound, sounds like a fair price, the face dose look pretty nice. Try and get the thing weighted to find out the true weight, and I would not let the guy weight it and then just call you, I would want to see the scale myself, Ive had folks knowingly lie to me and try to sell an anvil they claimed was much heaver than it truly was. All in all the anvil looks to be in pretty nice shape! Good luck

Yes you may have ruined the steel but don't worry about it, its just steel, steel is not vary expensive compared to the time to work it. About not making a sword because your just a beginner, I would not worry about that at all. Certainly you will not make a masterpiece in the beginning work, but hey, who cares. Have FUN forging! I am assuming this is a hobby as probably 90% of the folks on this site are just hobbyist, and that's great!. Because its just a hobby theirs nothing lost as long as you have FUN forging. Your not trying to make a canon or a firearm that could fail horribly and cause risk to people, so theirs no need to worry about it going wrong. The guys above are right that you could probably learn more from starting vary simple and slowly working up, but its just a hobby so I would not worry about doing everything by the books. Don't let anyone tell you there is some way you have to work at a hobby. Happy forging

Here is a reproduction I made of one from the early 1800's I believe, probably made in the North East, maybe a shop from Pennsylvania. I will have to look back in my book to check on that information. I forged this from wrought iron, Hand forged and filed.