Rupes
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I actually stumbled into this side of things. By that I meant smithing. I had originally been doing a lot of research into a furnace for melting aluminium for some projects I had in mind. I pretty much always have some project or another going on. I find it more fun in building equipment and learning the technical ins and outs (gas forge design for example) for a trade skill and becoming reasonable proficient at it then moving on to the next project. But I always keep the gear and end up coming back to it at some point. I had a really good read of the 7 page long gas forge thread. But I still have this idea
I picked up my first anvil last week. I needed a stand though and happened on a youtube vid in the side bar re quieting down an anvils ring by Paul Krzysz, who then linked to a thread here with a post by David Gaddis. Neighbors will appreciate it. I made a slightly modified version but pretty close with a bolt down set up.
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Yup, he sold it as a 80kg anvil as thats what it was when he bought it. He said there were markings on it but they faced a wall and he couldn't move the anvil and the 2 pictures he sent were dark and blurry. So it was a nice surprise that the markings cleaned up so nicely. Another bonus is the marks indicate 217lbs, closer to 100kgs than 80.
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Here's my first anvil. Thanks to some good info here I bought this sight unseen from an old bloke about 1500klms away and had it freighted up. Turned out to be a bit better than the photos indicated and the rebound test/ring seems very good too.
Just in the middle of making a 3 legged stand for it. Almost done, just adding some foot plates so I can fill it with sand, and a few other bits and bobs.
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Hi all.
I've visited here plenty of times over the past few months when I started to take an interest in smelting and forging.
Great resource you all have here. Thanks to all who've contributed. Hopefully I can add something useful after the initial flurry of questions
Show me your anvil
in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels
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No kidding, I found this once I cleaned it up.
"BUCKLEY" .... I think that's what it says. As in you've got Buckley's chance of getting this anvil back