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Thanks for all the compliments.  Frosty i do have this old dayton industrial equipment light that i was thinking about mounting on this rack somewhere.  Im sure there are a few holders and hooks I will add as time passes and i use it more.  I am still very new to the art of blacksmithing, and learn something new everyday.  

I use the wheel for touch ups on chisels, hatchets, etc. it takes i little practice to crank and sharpen at the same time!  thomas is right on with what he said.

i was surprised they were so cheap 375lb load rating per wheel should be sufficient!

Thought I would post a project up I did this weekend.  Built a 3 tier hammer rack out of recycled wood and hardware I had lying around the yard.  One oak pallet, some old 1x6 tongue and groove redwood for the top shelf, 4x4 PT for the main structure, and Walnut for the side table that the Keystone hand crank sharpening stone is attached to. For the top shelf and side shelf I used some old galvanized simpson ties I had leftover from another project.  I will be making some misc. hooks for it also.  I already had all the bolts and lags to assemble it.  I did have to buy the metal casters form a local hardware store, they cost me $5.50 each.

I was wondering who makes Hilger & co. /Sons stake anvils?

I read they were a company from 1842-1864 and imported primarily from Germany.  Then became the well known Wiebusch & Hilger.

Hilgel & sons stake anvil

1968 craftsman industrial block grinder, heavy duty stand and separate motor with wire wheel 50$

Hilger & sons 

i have not seen any with the hollow back style before.  It really has me stumped, hopefully something pops up after I clean it up a bit.

great link, thank you!

Im in Chico california.  I cant see any markings on it but it has decades of dust and oil accumulation on it from setting in a welding shop.  ill have to clean it up a bit and see if any markings become visible

I picked up my grandfathers swage block finally. I was wondering how you tell the age of these and who makes them.

very nice! Thats a sturdy stand.  I think 01Tundra put sand in the legs of his stand to help eliminate the ring.  maybe an idea for yours too?

Nice job cant wait to see a photo with the anvil placed on top.

Good call bigun that would be cool if they matched.  I do however enjoy the arm and hammer quality and ring.

do you know anything about the date or mfg. of the swage block? 

Finally picked up my swage block today, it was my grandfathers also.  I bring home more and more pieces as time allows me and I make space for it all at my house.

I will be buidling a stand in the next couple weeks

Is there any way to date these old block?  Who manufactures them?

15x15

Well its all done just going to add a ring around the very top to help hold it all together. will forge some more holders when I finish moving and my shop is up and running.  I need to shim the one railroad spike i used an existing hole in the timber and it was a little too far from the anvil only got a small bite on the edge of the base.

The hammer holder his a control box mount for a railroad terminal box made by wrrsc (western railroad supply co)

Ill stop posting pics now!

For anyone interested there is quite a bit of info from fellow members on the arm and hammers in the "anvil identification" thread a couple below this one.

great looking anvil and a wonderful family story to go with it. those are the best kind of tools to own!  All my smithing tools  are form my grandfather and a few from my great grandfather.  I just got an arm and hammer and it looks just like yours.

Quickly sanded the surface of the stand and got it nice a level. then attached the railroad track straps. They work great in their original shape and fit the anvil base nicely. I was one lag bolt short however.

I still have to drill and drive in 2 railroad spikes on the adjacent base corners  to keep the anvil from rotating the other direction as well as hold it tight to the surface of the stand.

Thanks frosty and thomas for the great advice.  The piece of walnut is so nice looking i wish i could use it for something! would it hurt my setup to have it under the anvil?  seems like it would allow all the downward force to be evenly distributed across the cut faces of all the timbers.  I found these today in some of my junk i think they are railroad track hold downs.  thinking i could run a lag bolt through the looped ends and another at the notched end to keep it snug up against the anvil base?

Finally had some time to make an anvil stand today.   It is made from the cross beams from the tops of power poles. I had a hole stack of them lying around. I still have to secure the anvil. I also have a flat piece of walnut for the top.

post pics if you can. how is the condition, rebound?

thank you for these they are great.

whats the specs on your arm and hammer Mullin

awesome thank you.  I will print them out and ad them to my binder of manuals and vintage ads for all my old equipment

I have seen many ads for trenton and peter wright as well as Vulcan, I also own a few misc. copies of those.  I am looking for any original advertisement ads for Arm and Hammer anvils.  If anyone has some pdf scans or extras they want to sell let me know or post Them up for all to enjoy.  I have searched through here but did not find any. 

yes it was. However, I didnt make the dagger aaron cergol did.  I don't think it will be an issue being the blade is so thick nearly 1/4".  It turned out just how i expected, he really does superb work.

gotcha I figured that's how it is was used for but wanted to make sure.  Guess I should have not called it a hammer, haha.

I have about 15ish more to hang.....lots of different swages