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I know this is a several year late reply, but your press appears similar to mine, which has the original depth stop collar. I'm attaching a few pictures in the event it is helpful to you or someone else.

John, I'm not sure if it'll be of help, but on Facebook marketplace, in Merritt, NC, there is a Beaudry for sale. It is misspelled as "Baudry" Power Hammer. I believe the seller is the wife of a retired smith, and they may be able to get you some pictures and/or info. Good luck the hammer is impressive. Also, in this video the guy makes the tower for his Beaudry.

Pault, it's been a while since this post but how did these work on hammer eyes?

These were part of a set which included a drill brace. http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=11199

Matthew Harris Studios did something similar. I know there YouTube short of him making the tooling. I believe I saw the longer video of the actual project, but I can't put finger on it.

Very nice!

I just searched my favorite browser for anvils in your area. That "500lb" Fisher look alike anvil in P-cola was just dropped to 1,200 per facebook marketplace. That may be striking range for your price point.

Didnt someone post about this anvil a month back? Probably not 500lb.

I have a Peter Wright and the stamp is very similar to the anvil you posted.

Is this similar to your forge? https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/63339-info-on-forge/ All patents from Hammelmann. Maybe you will find what you need in here https://www.datamp.org/patents/search/xrefPerson.php?id=5406

Thanks Frosty. And you're right - make your place too much work and the trouble makers will move on.

Angiolino. I believe I am missing some of your unique requirements; however, a friend of mine has had similar issues on a large tract of very rural land. He built something similar to these. Some were of wood posts, some of scrap metal, some of trees that he needed to clear. It was successful deterring trespassing vehicles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_hedgehog

Julian could you provide some information on that attached hardy hole? Was it done to avoid punching through the anvil body, or some other reason?

Sounds good; thanks Frosty.

Is there a preferred method of cutting fish plate? American style fish plate for clarification. I ask preferred method because I understand rr track is easier cut from the bottom to the work hardened top.

I can not say that is a Fisher or is not. Here is a link to a post about a 250lb Fisher. It is measures longer than what you posted, so infer what you will from that regarding weight. https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/53783-1936-fisher-250-lbs-anvil/

Ridgeway, your rotten logs are great for hugelkultur beds. You may want to look into that.

Zip, for what it's worth, I use anthracite regularly. The link JHCC posted above is great and I referenced it regularly to trouble shoot my coal forge (thanks JHCC!).

Nice anvils. Care to provide the story on how you obtained them?

Title is The Art and Craft of the Blacksmith: Techniques and Inspiration for the Modern Smith

Woody, It says you are somewhere on the Shore. Dave Collier of Broken Hammer Forge is east of Centreville towards Delaware. He has beginner blacksmithing classes and I believe a single day welding class to get your feet wet. If I recall he and the place in Easton are part of a guild which would be good for you also.

Ignore the above next time ill watch to the very end! Great vid

Nice video! Joey van der Steeg, who used to (and may still) post here as TechnicusJoe, has some great videos of himself forging small anvils. Link to his public playlist. https://youtube.com/@technicusjoe?feature=shared

Have you contacted their new owner? https://www.allard-europe.com/en/our-company.html

At the risk of a thread necro, I came across the following images of a 5th foot anvil and figured I'd put them here for posterity. No hardy/ie. Thought initially the heel had been broken off but I think it was just damage from use.