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Very nice! You also have a very nice website with an excellent tutorial section. Thank-you for all the information.

Phil, are you thinking of Soluquip? http://www.soluquip.com/table_platen_5x5_ref1820.htm http://www.soluquip.com/table_platen_5x5_ref1821.htm http://www.soluquip.com/table_steel_4x8_ref2021.htm

I think Sid is in Nebraska?

If it says Brooklyn, NY, it is probably a Hay Budden. If there is a serial number on the front of the foot, someone can help you out with year of manufacture.

It seems that Peter Wrights usually had 4 handling holes according to AIA. Apparently Peter Wright started producing 2 piece anvils after 1930 where the entire top half is steel (like the post-1907 Hay Buddens).

Peter Wright did do a very good job of blending in their face plate seams. It was an area the U.S. makers tended to take a shortcut on in order to be competitively priced with established anvil manufacturers (per Anvils in America). I don't know if you feel like doing it, but you could try drilling a small hole just below where the face plate would be (maybe under the heel?). If it is all steel, I would think the drill would have a hard time cutting as one would expect this area to be harder than if it were a forged wrought steel body. I might be totally off on my reasoning here, but it's a thought...

If I were to guess, I would say it's a Peter Wright for the following reasons: 1. It has a similar overall shape to other Peter Wrights I have seen. 2. It has flat ledges on top of the feet. Peter Wrights were known for this feature while few other brands had this. 3. Peter Wright seems to be the most common brand of anvil in the larger sizes in Canada. I realize this is a purely empirical observation, but it seems to fit given my above 2 reasons. It appears to me that a previous owner tried to get rid of a rough edge of the face plate by cutting it off, first with OA, then by machining/grinding to get a crisp, square edge.

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Based on the sag of the face plate, I would guess it's a forged wrought iron anvil. Unless it was indeed cast from a pattern based on a forged anvil with the sag in the face plate.

There is excellent quality metallurgical coal available directly from the mines in the Elkridge area. I realize Cariboo is fairly far from there, but it might pay to arrange a bulk shipment. You might be able to contact one of the coal companies (like Fording coal) to see what options they have and prices etc.

Frosty, if I recall correctly, you were incorporating a floor anchor/smoke removal system into the floor slab of your shop. How did this work out? Have you had a chance to use it yet?

Larry, A27559 = 1902. Do you have a pretty good collection of anvils to go along with all your power hammers? You have these 2 Trentons and you picked up that 400 pound HB a couple of weeks ago. I'm sure there are more around your impressive shop.

That wouldn't make any difference for the year. Anvils in America list 1898 as the first year of Trenton manufacturing anvils, with serial numbers 0 to approx. 4000 being built the 1st year. Nice anvil by the way.

A3483 would be 1898.

That's awesome Ian! Congrats on the awesome aquisition (both of them).

Very true. An acid + base reaction will give you salt and water, but it is quite an exothermic reaction. You could dilute the acid down quite a ways with water, then add baking soda, weakening the acid. This would be similar to the baking soda and vinegar reaction that kids use in their home-made volcanoes.

48058 = 1904

I would agree with you Thomas except the serial number does not seem to jive with the oval caplet depression of the Trentons. See post #13 here for my rambling reasoning:

A 103 pounder made in 1916. It's not stamped but everything indicates a Trenton.

Phil, that looks like a Trenton to me. The 168 indicates a weight of 168 pounds and the serial number A108898 indicates it was made in 1912. Some of the Trentons had the 'A' in the serial number. Mr. Postman believes the A stood for 'anvil'.

My 7 1/4" vise weighs about 170 pounds. However, it's not a Columbian (it looks a lot like my smaller Peter Wright).

Very nice work Beth.

This material by Fabreeka that John referenced is used as the bearing pad material on bridges. It sits between the abutments and the girders to prevent direct contact between the two.

Anytime. I am an anvil geek...

136854 = manufactured in 1907