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Ianincornwall

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  1. Yep there's through holes for the hardy & pritchel & you're absolutely right about the forces involved. There's fair clearance around the rods now as initially one was held skew by being too snug & lifted a corner of anvil from the base. No amount of battering or bolt tightening would've sat it down. The non visible ends of the rods go through about a 10" length of steel 1" box tube which then pulls the legs apart. It's surprising how well it all holds, I really have to put my back into it before I get any wood splitting sounds. I'm going to bend up, weld & then hot fit a rectanglular hoop (with a tong/hammer rack) around all four legs, half down the threaded rods. That way the two bolts will be kept under tension by the spring they put in the legs (or my weld will break). It'll probably make no initial difference but it'll mean there'll be less retightening & lower liklihood of the catastrophic creation of a anvil tripod. As I've got a bad back it's not been used in anger yet but a few test taps show the ringing is now all but gone.
  2. Thanks to everyone's top advice on here I bit the bullet & bought one. Thought I'd share my clamping solution using 10mm scrap plate I had lying around as it worked well & the sketch might save someone some grunt work. I tapped the holes in it & secured 12mm threaded rod with lock nuts on the underside to make assembly a little easier & leave a flat 'shelf' under the anvil. Obvs be aware there may be nominal differences in anvils, so check also thicker plate will need more clearance. It'll clamp better once I've fitted a steel hoop around the legs, at the moment if I crank the plate too hard it'll spilt the legs akimbo but that's just me over engineering everything (& wanting to fit & cool a hot ring like a wheel maker) tbf because it's more than serviceable.
  3. "The bigger the file, the bigger the smile" Mr Barnard MOD apprentice training centre 1987 Told to every young engineer being overcautious with his file choices Another, but specific to that training centre... "That has a wee in it, you'll see it better in daylight" Goes outside offers it up to the light, professionally perusing it's surface, then throws it as far as he can into the woods whilst shouting "weeee" Mr White I believe he was called
  4. Made the stand for my 1st ever anvil. Got my angles muddled on one of the legs but they weren't cut to length yet so no matter, none of us are perfect. It now has character or a very wonky leg depending on your outlook span widget
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