Rojo Pedro

Big time. Really nice swage too.

Awesome anvil. how much does it weigh? Looks German except for the horn.

Yup. Looks just like my Vulcan and in good shape. A very serviceable anvil but keep in mind that it is has a cast iron body with a thin tool steel face so dont put a 10 pound hammer to her. With a little care it will look like that in another 100 years.

I have the 165 pound Kanca and I never notice the narrow waist issue. It has the same rebound pretty much eveywhere between the holes and is super stable. I really dont understand the comment. There are a lot of narrow waisted old anvils and I have heard from the old timers around here that you dont need more that a sledge hammer head for an anvil. ??

We are planning to tent camp at least friday night. Cant wait. I might bring my fisher chain vise and see what can be bartered....

Is the Hay Budden sitting on a Fisher anvil?

Wow Jenifer that is a nice collection.

Cool gator Das but I missed the function part. Is it a chimenea?

Resistance is farrow.

Very nice Nodebt. It has personality. Thumbs up!

Nice anvil. The heel looks a bit like a Brooks but it appears more forged than cast.

That is a very nice looking anvil. how about some more pictures. looks french? I am especially attracted to the pig styles.

I would love to see the museum someday but it will be hard for me due to the 2500 miles. Maybe a mobile exhibit will roll through the west someday ??

Love those blades Mr. WRLD especially the third from the top. Would like to see them finished.

Looks really nice. I like the low count pattern

Very nice knife CS

That is so cool! Nice score. Bet that one is worth a whole bunch more than a 4" one

I would take a grinder and lightly radius the chips and sharp edges. You dont show a picture of your horn but why not shape it the way you want it.

Looks good rooster, you have your work cut out for you

My burner acts a little strange when I first start the forge. A little sputtery and inconsistent but goes away once it heats up a bit. It might not make sense but my forge likes to be closed at start up. I leave my back door closed always unless I need to pass through some longer stock. The front door I normally have half to full open once it is up to heat but I have found that it likes both doors closed when I first start it up. It seems to stop the sputter and help heat it up a little faster. after a few minutes, the burner settles down and I open the front door and all is well. something you might try

The one on left is designed to be used in a vise. Made from 1” 1045 round bar, quenched in water and tempered to straw twice. The right one is made for the anvil, vise or stump and is made from an 1-1/4” cv axle I think. It was about 14” long and had splines on both ends. hard to forge, quenched in oil and drawn to purple twice. Put it to the test and I need practice but was starting to get the swing of it. Thanks for looking.

I recently did a bit of maintenance on my trusty gas forge. I built this 3 years ago using an old air tank and advice from this site. I use it at least once a week and I guestimate it is 250 cu.in.. I got the parts from Mr. Coe and I have a little over $150 into it including the commercial burner (mathewson) which has worked great I built this forge about the same time I bought the coal forge it is sitting on and it works so well and is so convenient that I have only burned coal a dozen times since. It has worked great but I needed to patch a couple cracks and a couple voids near the burner inlet. I also replaced my kiln shelf floor, expanded my sliding door shelf, and made a pull out rest I found that I have been wasting some gas because the temp was about the same at 3-7 psi I normally forge around 5 psi but think I will keep it at 3 for general forging I also learned that the door wants to be open a bit at any psi and full open at 15psi. I found this interesting as I usually keep the door closed as much as possible thinking that would increase the temperature . I didnt take it any higher as it seems to be screaming at 15 I played with the air intake throttle too. It seems to like about 3/4 open at 5 and full open at 10-15psi. all in all a fun couple hours

Have fun Pat. Lets see some pictures :-)

Looks good. That is one serious furnace! I think we ran our heat pump like three times this year

I did some much needed maintenance on my trusty propane forge. Also expanded the shelf for my upcoming new kastolite sliding door and installed a sliding helper or what ever you call it.