TheFullSmokingBar

1897 110#

Would this count as a young smith?? Lol. My son Marius at the anvil.

I hear brake rotors work awesome.

Just for fun, what do all you other blacksmiths drive? Use this thread to show off your ride/rides. First pic is my 1975 Goldwing in near mint. Has < 20K miles on it. 2nd is my daily driver. And the last one is if I need to haul stuff.

Check this one out. Be sure to watch the 2nd vid in the series too.

At it again. Got this for $25 at a farm auction 15 min from my house. It's a 112# Peter Wright anvil. I'll post pics when I'm finished with the resto.

Oooh light a forge and stick it over the top!!! That would look awesome with a fire in its mouth. Oh, be sure to post a pic too!!

The bent horn with the mashed point leads me to believe its been dropped pretty hard. Looks like the top plate is trying to come off in one spot too.

Hah, took off work yesterday and forged. I finally whipped up one of these And a bunch of these that a guy I work with is gonna use in his BBQ restaurant to hang old lanterns on

What do they usually go for if a feller threw out some ole greenbacks?

Very nice

It has company :)

Since we are showing off new hammers... Got this in today.

What's it weigh?

Awesome!!! Problem solved :)

Looks kinda like a rhino maybe.

Ye be havin my gratitude!!!

Alright, I looked on the box of laundry booster and it just said sodium carbonate. Dunno if your stuff will work or not. Sorry I can't be more helpful than that. You might have to do a little leg work or just try what you have out. Be sure to post a few pics of the anvil when you are all through.

That's precisely what I would do. :)

I'm not sure. You'd have to try it I guess on a sacrificial piece of metal. I have heard of people making it from baking soda which is sodium bicarbonate. I'm not sure the process but I believe if you heat up sodium bicarbonate it will become sodium carbonate. I'm sure YouTube might be a good resource as well. I know in baking, dough rises as the bicarbonate becomes carbonate. Good luck with the anvil resto.

In my experience it removes pretty much everything down to bare metal, as demonstrated in a before and after pic.

Use a jam nut. Thread a nut onto your bolt before you screw it into your holder. Tighten down the punch with the bolt, then tighten the jam nut. Voila.

Hello all, I was reading the forum the other day and stumbled onto a thread talking about removing rust from tools. This thread was specifically talking about a small anvil. Various methods were discussed and I mentioned electrolysis for rust removal. I have personally used this method many times and it works great. It will also take off old paint and other impurities from the surface down to bare metal. There are many good links on YouTube that demonstrates what to do. One of my favorite designs is in this link. Hope this helps someone some time. Thanks all for reading.

Look at the price scrap sells for these days. Economy is bad so commodities go up. No wonder anvils are so expensive.

U could make an electrolysis tank and put it in there too. Plenty of vids on YouTube showing how to remove rust via electrolysis. I'm removing rust from a bunch of old hammerheads this very minute using this method.