ddwilson

Not sure how heavy it is but looks to be in great shape, post vise sounds like a great deal. Took me a while to find my first anvil too.

looks good, great simple design need to build one for my 139# Peter Wright

Looks like a decent deal, they are great anvils and no they do not ring too loud, you will enjoy it, I really like mine.

Doug

the horn is shaped like the small bench top Columbian that I have.

Doug

225# dated 1942 in great shape picked up this summer for $250

This is the Fisher anvil I picked up yesterday do not know much of its history other than

the date of 1942, and that it belonged to an old friends father and got a good price

on it.

Doug

Thanks,

I scraped off some of the paint you are correct it is 1942, I will take some pictures today and get them to you but did not see a number for the size.

Doug

I just picked up a fisher anvil today that is in very good shape and a price I could not pass up. it has 1842 under the heel and what appear to be roman numerals L III on the left side and a 0 on the right. Does that tell the weight and would 1842 be when it was made? I am more familiar with the Peter Wright and stone weights this is the first Fisher I have seen. 

Thanks,

Doug

my first anvil came from a southern Indiana auction it is a small columbian about 40# did not realize it was quite as small as it is but makes a nice little bench top flat surface but is in near perfect condition. The second one is a Peter Wright about 120#, mentioned to a neighbor that I was looking for a decent size anvil to start out on, a friend of theirs had this one and sold it to me at a real good price. Edges are not perfectly square but close and top is pretty flat.

I usually put two or three wads of newspaper in and a few sticks or scraps of wood light it and when it is burning fairly decent start putting air to it and adding coal, and keep putting air to it. It has never failed to work yet

My sister thought I was nuts when I said I wanted coal for Christmas

Looks like someone has been pounding on cold metal for a long time. If you can get it for about half what he is asking and use it to hold hardy tools and small portions of the edge that is left until you find a better one. If you tell enough people what you are looking for a better one will probably show up, but it takes patience, I looked for about 6 months before a real nice Peter Wright landed in my garage.

looks like you got a good deal to me, I picked up a 127 lbs Peter Wright on Sat and paid just under 2 /lbs and thought I got a good deal.
Looks like you are set now enjoy.

This is my second anvil, the first one is a 35# Columbian that looks even better but little smaller than I wanted. I just picked up a 127# anvil at just under $2 pound seems to be in pretty good shape. From what I can read on it and what I have seen on here I think it is a Peter Wright. The end under the horn has a 0 on each side, can make out what appears to be Wright and Patent along with solid wrought above the weight.
Doug

I agree do not give up, I had been looking for a about 6 months and a friend metioned it to a guy they know and he said he had a couple I could chose from, the next day got an email from someone else with a lead so may wind up with 2 or 3 before the week is over.

It will have more surface to weld if it is square. Also, make sure you flux it before the surfaces to be welded are touching that way both surfaces are clean
before they go together.

Thanks,
It does have a plug on it. I thought it just needed to get up to the area round the shaft but was not sure. Planning on getting it back together and claying it this weekend.
Doug

How much and what type of oil should I put in the gears on a Champion hand crank type blower.
I took it apart and cleaned it up and painted the housing, but not sure how far up the gears the oil should be.
Any suggestions?
Doug

Brandon, thanks for the info will check with Dan, will be out that way next weekend.
Steve, thanks for the offer if Dan does not have any couple hundred pounds will last me quite a while.
Doug

Does anyone know where I can get coal around Indianapolis, IN?
I have been looking but have not found a source in the Indy area.
Thanks,
Doug

No problem I figured if I had a question others would as well. Too bad about the forge cracking, that is what a friend had said but did not say how to line it.

Thanks, will try and get it lined this week so I can try to get it heated up this weekend.
Doug

Where do you find clay to line a forge? I am a newbie so just trying to figure out the detail on this. Just had a decent forge given to me and do not want to mess the cast iron
up. There is no red clay that I can dig up that I know of in the area.
Thanks,
Doug

I am all new to this and it is my first forge. Champion 242 forge @ 20x30 cast iron base with blower and 6 pair of tongs were given to me recently. The forge was full of mortor that was cracked and the grate( think there is another name for it but all new to me) was broken out. I cleaned the mortar out and replaced the grate with a cast iron floor drain cover. Oiled the blower, and it seems to work fine.
My question is do I need to line the cast iron with something?

Doug