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That's excellent. I have a long piece of 4340 myself, but not yet the skills to make that hammer. For future reference, what heat treatment did the hammer get ?
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5 minutes ago, marcusb said:
Depends on its height, does it fit you? I have found its best to just start making things, you can get so wrapped up in tools and setup you don"t move forward. Congrats on a nice anvil find.
You're right, I've made that mistake before. I'll bend some metal and see how I get on with it.
Thanks all, I'm off to find some project ideas. 1st up will probably be some tongs.
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Is it worth cutting the steel stand off and mounting it to a stump ? Or am I overcomplicating things when I should just get on and mangle some hot metal ?
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3 hours ago, C-1ToolSteel said:
Nope. The were just heated face down on a normal forge until they got tired of sitting and watching it, then they would lower it down into a small pipe full of motor oil using a forklift. Then they would jump out of the fork lift and have at it with their fire extinguishers to keep the flames from catching their car on fire!
Just a joke realated to a previous post.
Did they use waterwheels to power the forklift ?
I'm joking of course - I found that video when researching anvils, I was expecting the oil to boil over and set the car park alight.
6 hours ago, Tubalcain2 said:it's strange that it doesn't have a step. other than that i would guess PW.
It does look like a PW, but I can't see any stamps on it, so I wonder if it's a copy from a less famous maker. Not that it really matters, it's a keeper, I don't imagine I'll ever need a bigger one for my amateur metal beating efforts.
I'd like to see the anvil / hammer they made it on, that must have been huge with a big waterwheel to power it, or perhaps steam.
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No, not weighed properly, weighed on 200kg scale and went off the end of it until some weight was supported. That steel stand is welded on, so that must weigh a bit too - I don't know how much though.
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This is my first anvil, possibly a bit bigger than I need but it was local. I'm interested in identifying it, it looks like a Peter Wright but then again so do many others. It certainly works well whatever it is, rings like a bell, weighs approx 506lbs, so I'm well pleased and looking forward to some more projects.
There are no easily visible stamps on it, apart from some punched initials, probably a former owner. It has the handling holes I have seen on pictures of PWs, and what I can only describe as "ripples" on the sides and horn - I've tried to photograph them.
The total length is 34 1/4", width 6 1/4" and height 14".
If anyone can tell me a bit about how these anvils were manufactured I'd be very interested, I read somewhere that the factories were built by rivers so that the red-hot anvils could be dropped into the waters. Is this true ?
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Battleboar, your stand looks great, a mix of space-age and steam-punk. I love it.