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My shop had OSB when I moved in. It's working fine and I think it's not too expensive.

#12 Peddinghaus is around 250# I think. I hear they make a nice anvil.

My little teaching studio no power tools allowed...  The other three are in the background...

Too bad it doesn't snow much there lol.

I found a spot where there was a huge pile of cross ties. What had happened was they had made a bunch of repairs to the track. There were spikes lying all over the ground. I filled up a 5 gallon bucket in about 5 minutes. The stuff is out there.
 
 
WARNING in the USA this is a federal offense.  IFI does not condone stealing from rail roads, nor is it advised that one makes a public confession about the crime

Ok let me be more clear. I saw the pile of ties, that's what caught my eye. The guys that repaired the track said the spikes that were lying all over the ground were being discarded. I didn't steal anything, nor am I admitting to a crime on a public forum. Thank you though for pointing out my lack of being thorough.

I found a spot where there was a huge pile of cross ties. What had happened was they had made a bunch of repairs to the track. There were spikes lying all over the ground. I filled up a 5 gallon bucket in about 5 minutes. The stuff is out there.

 

 

WARNING in the USA this is a federal offense.  IFI does not condone stealing from rail roads, nor is it advised that one makes a public confession about the crime

Here goes

Thar it is

Thanks for all the info. It's really cool that someone keeps so much knowledge alive about a great American anvil/anvil co.

I had a 66 Chevy long wide inline. 6, 3 on the tree and it was awesome.

It could be. I know that later models didn't have the eagle. They had a sticker on the side that usually came off if I recall correctly

Don't think it's a fisher, unless its from a different era. The bolt ears don't look right. Maybe its newer than mine. who knows. Pics of mine...

Holy Cow!!!! Those are awesome!!!!
Please tell me you sell these things?
The only thing bigger than my collection of tools, is my collection of kitchen knives.
I love cooking and there is little better than a good knife in the kitchen.

Pics

He could mount it on a wall then whenever he did a good job he could back up to it and give himself a pat on the back.

What size/price are you looking for?

Go big or go home.

What you want to do is get the crappiest materials you can together. Then build it like a shanty town. I mean make it look REAL bad. Lots of graffiti and rusty old corrugated metal. A real eyesore. Then when they complain about that just tell them you would be happy to put it all back the way you had it. Lol.

A set worthy of Hephaestus himself!!!

Ok, not one but two layers of paint, one red one silver, and about a pound of rust later and there's an anvil under there.

I use rebar. The best stuff to use for anodes is carbon like they use in EDM machines. Waaaaay less mess

Wow huge upgrade IMO

Brasso maybe

Here's mine

Awesome guys, keep em comin.

Are old smiths invited? Just wonderin'.

You're young at heart aren't ya?