Sam Salvati

Sounds like poor control to me

just forge a new wrench LOLOL

LOL no just a little wiggle when I was sharpening! I like the round handle, though gonna oblong them in the future. This one was sort of a test.

Thanks Vaughn! I like your idea for anchoring it down. Might steal it :D Hey did we just trade?

Here is the first knife using the wood lathe for the handle. This is a prototype for a small production run I am considering doing. Blade is high carbon, 1/16" thick starting thickness, 8" blade, Handle is mahogany and ash.

just got to anchor the anvil down and it's all set.

MOBlacksmith, that's the types! Bionicarm, yeah might not be, can always beef it up or straighten it out then weld in more gussets :D John for sure!!! Well put, 4 legs makes things seem bigger too, which in my shop is nonono hehe. She is either a virgin or very lightly used, the fella I traded it to said it was his grampa's, and also that he had it blanchard ground top and bottom to so it has been resurfaced a bit. PE I like that hehe. Safety Sally's in my mind are the same but press they're "ideals" on others.

Thanks!!! Dan, it should be easy to beef it up, but with the wood it should be fine. Beth a "Safety Sally" is a weak-ish, nervous type who is more obsessed with safety then with actually doing something, and feels compelled to comment to others about they're safety. Usually a step above "woobees" but a step below "armchair professionals" :D :D LOL They are different from those that actually care, and feel they are performing some sort of "duty" to someone. It was mentioned on another forum to use big wing nuts like Hofi makes and I think that is PERFECT.

The Peddinghaus I got is SO NICE and SO NEW I decided it needed it's own custom dedicated brand new stand, so I have been taking evenings and fabricating one. Kept it s the horn protrudes over the edge for extra free space when bending big things around it, plus extra stability over the 2 legs, Added a little tray for holding things like punches, lube can, chisels and rivets and stuff, with a hammer ring and a bending fork/tool holder out the other end. I would have liked to use something more substantial then 1/4" plate but that's what I had, hence the gusset, and figured I would ridgidize the whole thing with gussets all over. I want to add more tooling rings, and some made special for specific tools. I need to add some wood or perhaps some G10 slabs under the anvil to cushion things and also adjust the height perfectly, then figure out how I want to anchor it to the stand so as to be easily removed for transport, I want to do something cool and mechanical.

thanks guys! Mike truer words never said "they are on the light side for me" hehe. I agree completely, I think Jymm makes an awesome quality product. Mark, I have lusted after them since I tried one, let alone just the plain desire for a brand new anvil! you can come over and use it anytime :D

LOL of course I will with lots of photos!

Javan me too, but then it wouldn't be so cheap :D I agree too a study stand will make a big deal and I will of course fab up a nice study stand.

I have thought about it long and hard, and searched the darkest corners of the internet, spoken with many people, tried many out, asked alot of question and I have arrived at the answer of what brand new anvil to get, and I have settled on one of Jymm Hoffman's Continental double horn designs. Made in USA, cast at an American Foundry of H13 means alot to me. Jymm is an incredibly talented guy, he came to demo at my local guild in NY and then I saw him again at the guild here in MD and it's always a pleasure to watch him work. Kinda small at 110 pounds, but having tried them they work like an anvil twice the size with the mass properly put under the face, plus it will be easy to move/transport. I am very excited! http://www.hoffmansforge.com/anvils

LOL Thomas, the greatest smith no one on the internet will ever know LOL

Wondering if anyone who has purchased an anvil from old world anvils can speak a little on the softness hardness of them? The cast steel ones, not the forged kanca one.

Justin I got it for scrap. Thomas you need to hurry up and join the 20th century and get a camera. What I mean is, I wish there had been the modern examples now of block anvils when I started, I would have gotten going alot sooner.

thanks everyone! Dave what do you mean pivot pins? Iron Woody wish I was in the middle of a roast dinner :D

Thanks Bob. The idea for block-o-steel type anvils has been around for a long time.

thanks man. This is a REALLY nice alternative if someone doesn't have an anvil, took me an hour to grind the shapes, could just use the big block too.

Seen a couple folks make these up now, here's mine. 2" by 8" by 16", angle ramp/butcher shoulder, heavy radius then 2 decreasing size radii then a flat. It's just mild steel, I peened the flat face and it seemed to get noticeably yet slightly better rebound. gonna make a 3 leg stand that can set screw hold the anvil upright, on it's side for a long flat surface, or on it's long side for a big wide long flat surface. I will add some more shapes, some little cup/dents for dishing, also will add an L shape hardy hole, and other shapes as needed. makeshift work rest it's around 72 pounds, which is easily moveable, flippable. I think of it not really as an anvil, but as a swage block that can be forged on. More shapes and additions to come.

Hey Tim!!! Yeah please keep an eye out! Didn't you have a powerhammer already?

that's the one Pugman, thanks Bob!

Yeah they do and they are EXPENSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!! but they do have some AMAZING looking machines there, and bigguns too.

This could be great, I bet you could get a setup like that to forge tong blanks, put an induction coil in the mix, drop a blank in then run the program using the controller to run the press also, would be a cool tool!

Yeah Nuge, I would love a big one but it's not in the cards right now unless it turns up for the cost of the #0. we use a BIG H frame where I work all the time, it's incredibly powerful yet gentle and easy to use.