Glen K

Yeah, I've been having an internal argument with myself if I should just fork over the $1000 for the 1887 196lb fisher anvil for sale.  

10 hours ago, Branding Iron said:

Not sure if the Brooks or Fisher anvil that show in the same general area are any closer, but they might be a decent option to consider if you can get the price down. 

Those are only about an hour away.  Same guy also has multiple other ones as well.  It seems like there is one "anvil guy" here in Utah and if you want one, you get to pay him a premium price.

I know I'm not giving too much to go on, but was hoping someone could recognize the marking in the middle of the first picture.  This is up for sale a few hours away from me, so haven't seen it in person, nor can I get other pictures.  It's on a stand that says fairbanks morse & co with numbers below of  216 or maybe 2L6 on the stand, but I wasn't sure fairbanks-morse made anvils from what I can tell, but since they make so much stuff, maybe they did at one time.  Seller says "been in family 4 generations"

2 hours ago, BillyBones said:

 Well if you are ever in the Dayton area, holler at me, we will light a fire. Hope to see you at Quadstate sometime. Have fun and stay safe. 

Might actually have to take you up on that sometime!  Brother lives in Dayton and visited last year.  Probably be a few more years though until I drive through again.

3 minutes ago, Frosty said:

Welcome aboard Glen, glad to have you. What kind of propane forge did you get? 

Got the two burner hells forge off amazon for Christmas, so nothing too crazy, but figured would be fine to see how things go.

Thanks Frosty, George, and TwistedWillow for the warm welcome.

I'm probably just being a bit paranoid, but I'd never hear the end of it if I started the barn on fire .  I already have an up to date fire extinguisher and long term I'm sure I'll get things setup inside.  Luckily, I do have a decent size property with a good sized concrete patio off the barn in my backyard, so it will be easy to wheel it outside for now.  

Hi, I'm Glen and slowly gearing up to do a bit of blacksmithing/metalworking.

I currently have a decent array of woodworking tools(planer, jointer, tablesaw, bandsaw, drill press etc) and have recently started acquiring some tools for metalworking/blacksmithing.

I got a great deal on a 1x42 belt sander/grinder and just purchased a two burner propane forge.  I have a couple pieces of railroad track which I know isn't the best to use, but figured it can get me started while I try to work out acquiring a used anvil.  

I'm a bit afraid to do any forging in my barn where I do all my woodworking since I always have plenty of sawdust and junk around, and I'll probably be doing most of my work outside but the snow is preventing that for the time being, so trying to see what I can get ready over the next few months.

Appreciate all the good info here and I know there is some people/groups further south in Salt Lake, would love to find a group north of SLC if there is any.