MLMartin

I think he was looking for a bit more information than that........ Sir that is a Rusty Anvil!

I think one of those 1000 would look just right at your shop, besides 750 is just to small for any real work, more of a toy really. I vote for 2000

Post away, we all want to see a shinny hammer!

such maddness, Ill have to make it back down to GA soon

Is there any reason to get such large anvils, If its all beginner students then i would think something in the 150 range would be just fine. We have EURO Anvils at our school, have held up just fine for the past six years with lots of striking and pounding from beginners. I think there in the 150 range. As long as there secured well to stands and maybe fixed to the ground then that size should be great. If students will be striking all day long with 18lb hammers then i would certainly look for something heavier, but people just lurning and hammering be hand then 150 is perfectly fine. The anvils have a few little dings here and there but all are vary minor, and im quite surprised at how well they have help up from the abuse. Personally i dont really like the shape, and having the hardy hole next to the horn is just stupid in my opinion. But all in all they work fine every day, day in and day out, and there cheep too! I would certainly stand by Euro anvils, and am sure they would hold up fine in any full time professional shop

Where are ya in SC Im over in Charleston, I would probably not do any welding or grinding until your absolutely positive the best option. Many Many people just destroy good anvils trying to weld or grind them

Ive seen a few smiths that have pretty little metal resources make one pretty similar to this out of wood and then reinforce the jaws and back with some metal strapping

east of Atlanta, kinda far away

I would also be interested in one or two of the Al blowers if you have a few on hand. I live in Ga, shoot my a message with your asking price and well see if we can make a deal, Thanks

Hey celtic forge, how about this one on craigs list, i dont think its to far from you, may be worth looking into

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/tls/1875013841.html

I would definitely recommend A DC welder, my first welder was this Miller Thunderbolt, the 225/150 AC/DC. And i can tell you that i would weld for hours with this thing. A really good machine for what it is. I'm sure that the Lincoln AC/DC equivalent model is just as good as the miller, but the miller has done great for me, and i was 17 at the time i got it and i would weld at least a few pounds of rods every day for a few years with it. Ive sense moved up to a dynasty for the tig capability's. But with a tig torch and argon bottle you can scratch start tig with those little AC/DC machines - Tig on DC only. I use to go a little bit of tig welding with my thunderbolt.

So I recommend AC/DC Miller or Lincoln

Heres the thunderbolt
http://www.millerwelds.com/products/stick/thunderbolt_xl_ac_dc/

O another thing that just came to kind, how about making the iron hole the same way as before, then cut your brass slug, but cut it just a little longer than the with of the iron, insert the slug and lay the whole assembly on the anvil, then set a flatter or set hammer over the slug and give it a good hit or two, this will slightly stretch the edges of the brass slug and rivet the whole thing in place, lastly take your touch mark and stamp your name

well the hole loots pretty chamferred and rounded. maybe next time punch and drift hold to 1/16 smaller than you need, then drill the hole to full size. also you can gently peen the edges of your brass spacer so that it will widen out in the hole and rivet itself in place

Did you buy the Hammer? Were all waiting for pictures. If you decide the hammers not for you would you please put me in contact with the fellow thats offering it for sale, Im a young college student studying forging in school and plan to make a living at it some day. A good large mechanical hammer would be a great help to me.

Regardless I sure hope the hammer ends up put back to work in a good shop!

Mack Martin

Thats a Beautiful little Anvil, Vary Rare! It will be nice on the bench but way to small for normal forging, Please dont kill it with a large hammer. keep it on a table for a little tap here or there on something or another. go back to the fellow at the junk yard and ask him for a nice heavy block of steel, something like 3 by 6 by 12 or 4 by 5 by 8 any large thick block of steel with one side thats kinda flat will do great, One of my favorite anvils is just mild steel that 6 by 6 by 12.
Remember Little anvils are for little work, have fun with it and good look, hope to see some nice pictures of your work soon!

whaaa, where do i find something like that, looking forward to some pictures of it standing up and cleaned up a bit. LUCKY FELLOW

copper can be fused with iron, just take a look around on this site, i have seen more than a few blades that have copper in them with iron, whether you call it welding or brazing matters not, the two will fuss together solid. This can prove to be difficult as copper has sure a lower melting point, but is posible

I am quite sure that the Bow tie key is in fact a key to help hold the scrolls in place and not some type of makers mark or decoration, there are many of them scattered on the piece, and when i touch it i can feel that it is raised up just a little. Lots of braising around the joint on this one.

ooooo i can hear fish and chickens shaking a terror, looks good

I wonder if anyone has ever taken an old steam hammer and attached a second cylinder to make it a self contained?

Its a Wilton vise, probably 8inch jaws, nice heavy vice for the shop, but its still a machinist vise so i try not to pound on it to much, normaly has soft AL jaw covers on it, keep from marring the work

Look up the "Alex Bealer Association" guild in Northern Ga, may be a little bit of a drive but there will be a monthly meeting at Michael Dillons shop this weekend, saterday. Mr Dillon is a top notch smith and has a great shop to see. New folks are always welcome at our guild meeting. If you have any trouble looking up the Bealer guild just drop a line here, ill be glad to give you directions.
Again this Saturday the 19th i think it starts at 9am or 10 am

If you do come ask for Mack - Me

do do do , looks like it will only be you and me there, well just have to run the big hammer all day

Ill be there with my School ACBA in hopes of finding a new Iron working teacher

It looks like a cast iron tractor weight to me