Hi.
My dad just gave me his old anvil. I used it as a kid. It looked old then. It is sort of a crude or rough looking casting like what you would expect from chinese, does not apear high quality but I reckon the only surface finish that is important is the face.
It has had some weld repairs on the face and the face has been remachined and is really nice but the horn looks like some one wacked on it with hard material like a hatchet (could have been me when I was 8 or 10 years old... ) a lot of small grooves and nicks. I plan to take a sanding disk to the horn and knock of the knicks.
It is cast or stamped with "WILKINSON'S"
Then a logo that looks like two crossed bars
Then "PATENT"
Then "L10" ( or "L1D" ?) "ANVIL"
Backside says "038" (meaning 92 pounds? form what I gather.. it is not a serial number, as I 1st thought...)
I am trying to find out when and where made and what it is made of, if any body knows or can tell me where to look. It does not appear Wilkinson's is still in business....
I am interested in using it to help with metal working and always wanted to fabricate a knife ... as well as any tools I may need to make to help with garage hobbies. I have always sort of hung on to old lawnmower blades and saw blades etc, with this in the back of my mind..
Also will probably fabricate some kind of furnace that will fit nicely with knife or blade type tools. Or a brake drum type furnace... I do have a small alloy smelter that will melt aluminum - I can make steel pretty cherry red so I think it may be hot enough 1750F or so? I am guessing it will reach high enough temp to work steel?
Thanks for any help. This looks like a great website.
Also- Anyone near Little Rock Arkansas, or any groups near LIttle Rock that use anvils? I am curious to see what accessories are used in the square and round holes in the top and try to make them.
Regards
Bradley
