SReynolds

From whst I gather on the INternet Most folks begin their smithing exploits by forging swords and knives. And the argument IS that basic skills are bunk a waste IF time and needless. Thanks for choosing common sense. Sorry for the format. My ohone will not operate correctly on this forum. It hates IT. Thus misspelled wirds.

The best thing for my anvil wad a grinder. I didn't have a 4" angle to use but a 2" pneumatic did wonders. Imagine an old anvil with corners so sharp they cut you. Yea, I had to grind that thing. It literally cut the stock with a half on/off hammer blow. No good. I even nicely rounded the face plate near the end of the heel to 1/4" radius. Real sweet for small scrolls. You can BUY anvils with rounded heel corners !

Thank you. I will dust it again and adjust the light/take another look. It weighs 85 pounds. That sounds about right?

Still married I might say. I did buy something. An ACME perhaps? 87 pounds for 1.45/pound. I couldn't pass that up. I could polish it and sell it or use it as a door stop.

I got the weight. That was easy. But I say Acme. That's a brand, yes? There be much jiberish on this thing. I can see what may be "PATENT" as well as "ANVIL" Seems solid. Heck of a ring and rebound on a hammer and 1/2" ball bearing.

Found this at the farrier supply.

Go big or go home. I hear plenty a tale focussed about " my pieces burn up and the fire goes out quickly. Problem develop with a shallow fire. You don't need a fire pot at all but you need some depth to it so's your work isn't at the bottom and it goes out when you stop to take a (non alcoholic) beverage.

LOL !!!!

I should have commented on steam locomotives operating in the rain. It would have been mean but funny at same time.

Cool. Thanks. I had this discussion today concerning the bloom and it's operation.

Jim, Exactly.

Yes. I use one ,model 145-18 with no. 140 Eureka blower. Buy another blower. I see them on eBay. I don't have pics on phone. If I remember I will post some from computer. But....you know what they look like....... If you don't repair the blower remove the tuyere pipe from below. Connect you a 400 blower or western chief via a pipe connection. That would only cost you about (depending on where you buy one) $300.00

No. 1 do not allow your tongs to become hot. Never keep them attached to the workpiece while the workpiece is heated in the fire. To do so will damage the tongs/make the brittle. So why is it ok to heat the workpiece? Won't that make the workpiece brittle? No. 2 you cannot burn damp coal. Damp coal is no good. It won't ignite. If there is high humidity, your coal won't work well. It smokes and won't burn until dry. So why is it ok to lightly water/dampen the coal surrounding the coke? I cant remember a day in july and August that the humidity effected the coal in a negative way.Did steam locomotives not operate in high humidity?

I have seen worse. I have used worse. I likely will offer him a price based on weight and condition regardless of who made it. I could use it in my class. If we cannot agree on a price I'm sure he could find it a good home. I'm not looking to expand my collection with overpriced damaged anvils. This is ohio. Folks use them for flower garden decorations and barn door stabilization.

So it isn't 87 pounds factory weight? I weighed it on a scale and have 84 pounds. Who is to say the scale is 100% The ap says 87 The owner said he bought it as a 90 pound anvil; it was sold to him as a 90 pounder. I need to ID it. Probably a Peter Wright. I see many of them with the face plate missing. I thought they were the best ?

I found an ap for English Hundred Weight. 84 pounds.

A friend has this old anvil. Reminds me of a PW. I Don't know why I didn't take a picture. ......he would like to sell it and needs a fair price. He doesn't know if it's a 100.00 or 300.00 anvil. There is some carbon steel face remaining. No corners to speak of and sections of face are gone. Very lightly stamped with several words. But like most anvils outside of Trenton and Fisher Norris you cannot read the stamping. It does have very deep and bold numbers at the waist. 0 3 3 It feels like 75-80 pounds. rings like a bell. How heavy is it according to the factory stamping?

I think you are supposed to burn it, but only when you weld low carbon steel. There are several videos on Youtube which demonstrate this and one advertises burning it quite a bit for 5 seconds. he makes real beautiful scrolled ornamental work. Welding sections together. No flux. Just lets it burn good and then lightly hammers together. Most of my students burn their projects up. I mean, when they isn't supposed to.

The steel supply store. They sell everything steel. Any steel. Any shape. Any size. Cut Shear Sliced Bent Free delivery too. Costs extra to have it cut. Everything is 20' long.

That is Yoder's Blacksmith Supply pictured above. Near Mt Eaton (ohio) my near-by source for everything blacksmith. A 500 pound Peter Wright for $3500. By my estimation, in six years time , the cost of the anvil and the forge have increased 300%. Old hammers and coal ; still negligent. Price of the old rusty tongs seem to have followed the trend somewhat as well.

Not allowing me to post pictures here. I was teaching blacksmith class today. Was thinking about the event. Such nice weather today. Much less heat and humidity than Friday! ! ! !

Did you notice the western chief had gold paint on the raised cast letters?

Anvils? Like I was tripping over them. I admit I did not read this page but did read through the sofa website event page. The registration topic was ignored as I am not a vendor In the past,similar events I have attended are advertised as "gate fee" for visitors and registration is required for vendors. SOFA is a little different. The best story I gathered was the gent who showed up Thursday in a pickup loaded with small/hand tools. The poor fellow didn't have a chance to park and folks was picking through his stock he had for sale. I met some blacksmith fellow from Germany. Working steel in the demo building. There wasn't hardly anyone in there but for some sofa volunteers/employees (?) along w/the German fellow. So I spoke to him awhile. Nobody chased me out so I asked him several questions. Apparently Kentucky does not have "blue-grass"

Man is it hot. Humidity off the chart. And somehow I missed the fact it was 35.00 to attend. Not problematic except I did not buget for it. I missed that little known fact somehow.

all these posts and not one.