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I just had missed a very nice 8" post vise(over 200#) for $500 because of unexpected bills..Asl long as Ive looked for one and had this beauty get by me makes me very,very sad..

That's a heck of a deal!

that's a nice vise..I just sold a 160 pound parker vise..

There's a big difference in asking price and getting price. A thing is NOT worth what a person asks, it's worth what someone will pay for it. I'm with NJ, I'd take 8 $100 bills and the intent to say good day. You can't effectively bargain if you let the seller know you REALLY want a thing, you have to have your mind made up that it just isn't really all THAT important to have.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

I run inot that all the time.."Well Ive been looking online" right then I know Im gonna hear some ridiculous number.."Well I saw them on ebay priced for $1100" but they don't realize that same anvil has been relisted a dozen times..

First one is 1060 if Im not mistaken and the second is mild steel with 1075 bit..

Ive done a lot of wrapped/welded axes over the years..I don't know so please don't take it as me picking but just to add that the biggest reason I see eye welds fail are that the whole piece was not brought up to welding temp..Not just up to the eye but a bit past it too...

Yes, VaughnT is right..Some Vulcans can be dogs but some can be good anvils..Ive seen both..I did a demo on a Vulcan once that had about 8%-10% rebound, then Ive seen some that would give a Trenton a run for the money..If its got pretty decent rebound its probably a decent using anvil. Also like has been said cleaned up with good pics goes  LONG way in selling an anvil.

Im curious keep us posted..Vulcans that size are very rare indeed..id like to have it myself.

Yea, 300 pound. stu's right Id say. that's a big Vulcan, don't see many Vulcans near that size.

As much as I love fishers that's too much..You can find a much bigger and equally as nice of an anvil for that price even on ebay.

Ive been wanting to get a set of bolt in dies for mine so that I can make special bottom die blocks for tooling. right now  I have an anvil saddle and spring tools but my flat dies were homamde by the previous owner and are pretty large. They are great dies but with just the dies you have very little space for top tools..I have just enough for spring tools in the anvil saddle..Mine dosnt have a removable sow block, that would be a god idea if it did..A 100# would have more room than a 50# anyway Id say..Good luck!

that's a awesome anvil and shouldn't be hard to fix..Ive fixed several myself and never had an issue with them..I even completely rebuilt the heel of a little hay budden. that awesome beauty is absolutely worth the effort.

That is beautiful work! Id like to add a little something. I know your looking for a 100# hammer per your other post..Be careful of which hammer you get if your still looking to use top tooling to make hammers and such with..Some hammers like the older LG's that have the wrap around guides have very limited space for top tools..I know I have one. You can still use top tools but they have to be very short and the guide makes it hard to see at times..It looks like you have plenty of room with that hammer.Not that Im dogging LG's, I love mine, just thought Id throw that out there .Regardless very nice work!

Beautiful, Id love to have that for our demo set-up,and yes, 83% is good rebound.

Well we had a wheel bearing go out and missed the first festival but we did the mountain heritage festival/battle of middle creek in Floyd county this weekend..It was fun, not a huge crowd but fun..

Great job, I also like your trunyon mounted swage block :P

I made a 5# cross peen with the same style as Peter after taken a class from him. He is one of the most impressive smith's I have ever seem. to hit a piece of steel on the edge of the anvil and have both sides the hammer side and the anvil side come out the same. As he says a few extra min in the forge and a lot less filing. He dose suffer from damage to the elbow. 

I heard him say "10 min at the forge will save you an hour at the vise"..So true

Awsome, you know I actually like farriers anvils..I find some of the features useful, not for heavy forging of course but really nice for demo work.

Sweet hammer, Im sure you wont be disappointed. They have the best control I think Ive ever seen.

Do you think its because they were so many made? That they were so easily obtained(some sort of finance program from manufacturer?) Im kinda leaning towards that they were just so many of them compared to other hammers..

Well, Ive thought about a ring roller espically for smaller trivets made from 1/8" flat stock..It would be handy to have regardless but we often make rings from 1/2" and 3/4" thick round stock for farm equipment(our own and familys). Im thinking of getting one of the salt fork craftsmans cones..We have one of their blocks and have been very happy with it..
 The tumbler is actually a much better example of what Im talking about (Thanks Tim) When you have a hundred items laying there waiting to be all brushed off by hand with a whirly bird you realize just how bad you need one :blink:  A tumbler is absolutely on my next to build list..

675 pounder, wow!

A natural gas forge is on my wish list but we are waiting for a new shop..We have natural gas forge hook ups on our property and our natural gas is pretty cheap. A tumbler is absolutely on the next build list..We were just talking about that yesterday. Its funny you mentioned that.

Yea, that is the problem.. :D  You know how blacksmiths are we try to get around the problem as much and as cheaply as we can for as long as we can <_<

If you guys had ever spent much time around artists, especially graduate artists you would understand that hammer just fine :D