alex b.

thanks every one. I like the movable "pallet" idea. I'm sure I'll have more questions. And I'll post pics, of course!
It's there a forum just for power hammers you know of?

Greetings all,
Picking up my first hammer in a few days. 25
Lb lg.I live in Joshua tree,ca. high dessert so sand soil. Also putting right next to house garage, out side. I am guessing/hoping a 3'x3'x3' concrete foundation should keep it in place, with rebar frame inside too. Then some kind of rubber mat under hold down bolts. How this sound?
Thanks for your time.

That would be my question too, welded around the edges or full plate to anvil contact by full root welding? - JK

i have a fire hydrant and a several thousand gallon tank on site, just have to go check valve. will let you know what happens, thanks for input.

greetings,
i have read for an hour or so on some of the past posting, got allot of info an laughs.

i think i have a plan, but thought i should share and see what all you others thought.
i will be getting 2 anvils back in a week or so that will have new 4140 plates welded to them.
anvils are both under 100lbs and i will have help getting them moved around
{ with some fabricated tongs to hold it, or a lever and fulcrum}.
i plan on using a coal forge for all heating.
i plan on using tempi sticks to get to temps for normalize, harden and temper.
i have read that both water or oil can be used for quenching, so water is the choice and i have a 50 gallon container for it. i will agitated the water with a couple of paint mix paddles to keep the water flowing around the anvil.

the normalizing and hardening seem straight forward enough, but the tempering might be a little tricky, as i need to watch the colors run during the tempering, and the anvil will be upside down and such--maybe not that big a deal-we will see.
have any of you seen or done this process?

thanks

Greetings all,
new here , and as usual, i can't put it down.
just looking so far, will share in time to come.
was woundering why i can't see any blueprints from the 300 to 500 series.
is this "norm" right now, or is it something else.
thanks for all every one has shared.