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I made a bellows out of sewer pipe similar to the one you were suggesting. here are some pictures. it is kind of hard to use but if you have an extra person to use it I think it would provide enough air. just remember to blow on the fire and step away to draw air. Here are some pics.

I just won an auction on ebay for one of them.

Looks great!

I could make a swage type tool out of it and buy a real anvil... but if it is actually cast steel and not cast iron I would probably like to fix it, ill post my ideas on fixing it later, but bacicaly it is just fill in the empty space where the face should be and then put a railroad tie plate or two ontop for a new face. But if it is cast iron I probably should just turn it into a swage block...

Okay, motor oil, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!

I can't wait to see it finished!

Where is the anvil located? I might be interested in it to put in my broken tools collection. If it isn't too far that is...

If there were more markings on it then it probably wouldn't be as old... Nice anvil though, despite a few flaws.

I live in Pennsylvannia and bought the anvil at a local flea market. So you think it might be a vulcan...

Would wd40 work to lube the gears once in a while?

It was obviously painted over fairly recently, rather sloppily I might add. The pritchel hole has also been welded over for some odd reason.

Hey guys, I acquired an anvil a while ago that is in very rough shape and I don't really know anything about it other than it is so worn that i can't use it the way it is. My main question is what kind of metal is it made of is it cast iron, or cast steel or something else? I have some ideas for repairing it but I don't know if i want to even bother trying to repair it if it is cast iron. I did a rebound test on it and it seemed to get about about 50 percent with a ball peen hammer but maybe i was doing it wrong. it doesn't sound exactly like several pieces of cast iron that I hit but it definitely sounds more like them than it does like my piece of mine track sledge hammer R.R. tie plates etc. I searched the anvil over and over but have not found a single marking on it. This is most definitely the worst anvil i have seen in my life and cannot imagine what someone must have done to it to get it in this bad of shape, unless it is cast iron and they were cold forging on it. Here are some pictures of it, note the tong holes in the sides they may be indicators of something. If anyone could identify what kind of metal it is made of I would be very much obliged. Thanks in advance. Oh yeah, it weighs about 100 pounds by the way.

Your uncles anvil is obviosly a wrought iron based anvil with a tool steel face. It is probably from the colonial era.

Your uncles anvil is obviosly a wrought iron based anvil with a tool steel face. It is probably from the colonial era.

I just won an auction on ebay for a blower just like this, the seller said it works good. I can't wait to get it. very interesting project you got going on there. do you have any tips of what I should do to my blower when I get it I.e. put motor oil in the gearbox paint it etc.