rlord

Bumping an oldish post because my anvil stand rocks. Not like "rock on, dude" but like "rock a bye baby". When I strike sideways over the edge the whole thing rocks a bit. It's just a 115# Hay Budden and mounted on 5 or 6 slabs of 6 inch + thick oak. the whole thing is nailed/bolted together and I thought I had it secured into the ground under my cement floor. Guess not. Question is what's the best way to secure the whole assembly to the ground? My shop floor is semi-traditional being straight cement (no aggregate) that I wetted down over a week or two to fuse into a nice smooth and solid floor, but it does have a little give. I think the answer may be to drill/dig a couple of holes on a couple of sides of the stand and then fill them with concrete and put a J-bolt in each, then bolt angle to the stand and snug down nuts onto the bolts. Otherwise I suppose I could pull the stand up and concrete under it and then bolt. I like the hole solution better because I can dig those holes pretty deep (post-hole digger size and it won't affect the anvil height) and put in some pretty robust concrete pilings. too much info? Not clear?